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New Water Class Helps Rockland Residents Lower Bills New Water Class Helps Rockland Residents Lower Bills
New Water Class Helps Rockland Residents Lower Bills WEST NYACK, N.Y. -- Join the Rockland County Task Force on Water Resources Management during its upcoming classes at Rockland BOCES and learn how to create and install water saving projects around your home or business that might just lower that water bill. Projects to be studied included rain gardens, rain barrels, disconnected downspouts, pervious pavement, drip irrigation, native plants and more. Students will also learn how to plant and maintain ecological landscapes which help conserve water, provide food and habitat for wildlife as well as increase the aesthetic beauty of a property. …

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Mount Kisco Looks To Ease Development Approval Process Mount Kisco Looks To Ease Development Approval Process
Mount Kisco Looks To Ease Development Approval Process MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- Looking to make it easier and faster to gain approval for development in Mount Kisco, an 11-member task force recently presented a list of suggestions during a joint meeting of the village and planning boards, according to The Examiner News. Recommendations ranged from updating the village's Master Plan to reducing the number of planning board members from seven to five members and allowing building inspectors to decide if small home improvement projects need to move on to the planning board, said The Examiner News. In addition, the task force suggested the village shou…

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Business
Chair Of Dumont Land Use Board Defying D'Angelo Farms Developer Chair Of Dumont Land Use Board Defying D'Angelo Farms Developer
Chair Of Dumont Land Use Board Defying D'Angelo Farms Developer DUMONT, N.J. -- Refusing to sign off on a settlement agreement with a developer that would allow new apartments and affordable-housing units at the former site of D'Angelo Farms, the chairman of Dumont's Joint Land Use Board did so because he wanted to see the plans first, according to NorthJersey.com. The agreement would allow the developer, Landmark Dumont LLC, to build 142 new apartment unit, including 18 affordable-housing units, said NorthJersey.com. It also asks the borough to declare the properties as areas in need of redevelopment, reported NorthJersey.com. Not signing the agreement…

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Eastchester 20-/30-Somethings Book Club Tackles 'Happiness Project' Eastchester 20-/30-Somethings Book Club Tackles 'Happiness Project'
Eastchester 20-/30-Somethings Book Club Tackles 'Happiness Project' EASTCHESTER, N.Y. -- Join fellow 20- and 30-somethings for a book discussion of the New York Times best-seller "The Happiness Project" at the Eastchester Public Library on Monday, April 25. The new book club for the younger generation will meet monthly and explore a variety of genres.  Gretchen Rubin is the author of several books, including "The Happiness Project" and "Happier at Home." She has an enormous readership, both in print and online, and her books have sold more than 2 million copies worldwide. On her weekly podcast, "Happier with Gretchen Rubin,…

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Schools
Briarcliff Manor Celebrates Self Expression Briarcliff Manor Celebrates Self Expression
Briarcliff Manor Celebrates Self Expression BRIARCLIFF, N.Y. -- Briarcliff Middle School and High School students are gearing up for the school’s Original Student Choreography Showcase 2016, on Saturday, April 9 and Sunday, April 10 at the Dr. Frances G. Wills District Auditorium.  “The dance concert will feature eight pieces that are all student-made work,” said dance Teacher Diane Guida.  One special dance, titled “The Change,” was inspired by a piece of choreography Guida produced 25 years ago for a teen dance company. This year, a Briarcliff student group made up of nearly all ninth-grade students, worked to draw inspiration from …

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Ferguson Library And Stamford Public Schools Form Partnership Ferguson Library And Stamford Public Schools Form Partnership
Ferguson Library And Stamford Public Schools Form Partnership STAMFORD, Conn. -- The Ferguson Library and the Stamford Public Schools have joined together to form Linked Libraries, a far-reaching partnership that will provide students and teachers with unprecedented access to the library’s full array of resources. Linked Libraries will give students in Stamford’s public schools access to the Ferguson Library’s online catalog, allowing them to check out books from the library and have them delivered directly to their school.  Students will also be able to create and share reading lists, reviews and recommendations about books, movies and music, fosterin…

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Funding For Exit 131 Project In Woodbury Included In State Budget Funding For Exit 131 Project In Woodbury Included In State Budget
Funding For Exit 131 Project In Woodbury Included In State Budget WOODBURY, N.Y. -- Streamlining traffic and easing resident's frustrations with traffic in the Woodbury Common area will be addressed now that the funds for the Exit 131 interchange project have been included in the 2016-17 budget, according to State Assemblyman James Skoufis (D-Woodbury). “Securing the funding for the Exit 131 project was my number one local priority entering budget negotiations this year,” said Skoufis. “Today’s long-awaited announcement is the culmination of years of my championing the regional importance of this project; likewise, the support of Woodbury’s local officials …

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Police & Fire
Yorktown Woman Charged With DWI Yorktown Woman Charged With DWI
Yorktown Woman Charged With DWI YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- Yorktown police arrested a local woman for driving under the influence after finding her passed out behind the wheel of her car in the CVS parking lot on Commerce Street on March 30, according to Yorktown police.Police said they discovered Ginevieve R. Milar when they responded to a call of a woman passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in the store's parking lot. When they arrived, they found Milar was intoxicated and sleeping.  She was charged with driving while intoxicated and aggravated driving while intoxicated after failing a breath test, police said.  Milar was pr…

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Stratford EMS Offers 911 Emergency Tips For Residents Stratford EMS Offers 911 Emergency Tips For Residents
Stratford EMS Offers 911 Emergency Tips For Residents STRATFORD, Conn. -- April is National 911 Education Month, and the National 911 Education Coalition is encouraging residents to learn the do's and do not's when it comes to using the emergency system, said J.P. Sredzinski, Stratford's Emergency Medical Communications supervisor.  Here are some tips and tricks to using the system: Do dial 911 only for an emergency. An emergency is any serious medical problem (chest pain, seizure, bleeding), any type of hazard or fire (business, car, building), or any life-threatening situation. You are also urged to call 911 to report crimes that are in pro…

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Helen Hayes Hospital's Eileen Andreassi Elected To National Post Helen Hayes Hospital's Eileen Andreassi Elected To National Post
Helen Hayes Hospital's Eileen Andreassi Elected To National Post WEST HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. -- What does a person do when they wake up following an accident and find out they are paralyzed? Or following a stroke? That's where a caring person like Eileen Andreassi, a native of Spring Valley, steps in. "What do you do with your life when that happens," Andreassi says. "You now have 50 or 60 hours a week in your life to fill up that you didn't have before. You might be depressed or anxious. What happens when you leave the hospital?"  That's where she and those just like her, certified therapeutic recreation specialists, step in to come up wit…

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