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Apply Now For New Rochelle Summer Youth Jobs NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- The New Rochelle Youth Bureau will be accepting applications from New Rochelle youth for summer positions. The Network Youth Leadership Program, which attempts to provide youth, ages 14 years to 17, with job readiness skills training and actual work experience, will be operating for six weeks during July and August. Payments in the amount of $175 per week are based on 20 hours a week program participation. Fifty-five percent of the program participants must meet income eligbility guidelines; 45 percent of the program participants aren't required to meet any income gui…

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04/09/2015

Events

Peekskill's Field Library Celebrates Earth Day PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- The Field Library will be having a celebration in honor of Earth Day April 22. The celebration will take place from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Come make a recycled biodegradable pot, fill it with soil, and plant seeds in your new pot – then bring it home to start your own garden. The celebration will be great for all ages and free of charge. All supplies are included and open to the entire community. For more details, visit www.Peekskill.org, call (914) 737-0010 or e-mail eanastasi@wlsmail.org. The Field Library is at 4 Nelson Ave., Peekskill.

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04/09/2015

Events

Port Chester Pancreatic Cancer Survivor Ready For Research Walk PORT CHESTER, N.Y. -- Port Chester resident Barbara Nusbaum will join more than 1,000 Westchester and surrounding area residents in support of her battle against pancreatic cancer by participating in The Lustgarten Foundation’s sixth annual Westchester Pancreatic Cancer Research Walk. The walk will be held Sunday, April 19, at Rye Playland Park in Rye. The Lustgarten Foundation is the nation’s largest private foundation dedicated to funding pancreatic cancer research. Due to Cablevision’s support of the foundation, 100 percent of every dollar Nusbaum and her fellow walkers raise will go d…

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04/09/2015

Schools

Rye Student Selected For 2015 SUNY Chancellor's Award For Excellence RYE, N.Y. -- Miriam Ward of Rye was one of just five SUNY New Paltz students selected for the 2015 Chancellor's Awards for Student Excellence. The annual award recognizes distinctive academic, athletic, leadership, service, and other achievements and contributions. The awards were conferred in a ceremony April 2 in Albany, N.Y., which was attended by SUNY New Paltz President Donald Christian and vice president for Student Affairs L. David Rooney. "It is my highest honor to recognize the achievements of SUNY students who have excelled not only academically but as leaders on their campu…

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04/09/2015

Politics

Greenburgh Assemblyman Announces State Budget Victories For Libraries WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- As the newly appointed chair of the Assembly Committee on Libraries and Education Technology, Assemblyman Tom Abinanti (D-Greenburgh/Mount Pleasant) announced two major victories for public libraries in the 2015-16 state budget. First, starting Jan. 1, 2016, downstate libraries will no longer be required to pay the Metropolitan Transportation Authority commuter tax applicable to employers in the MTA region. This puts libraries on equal footing with other local, public educational institutions. Second, the budget includes $5 million in additional operating fu…

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04/09/2015

News

Cold Spring Planning Board Approves Butterfield Project COLD SPRING, N.Y. -- The Cold Spring Planning Board gave its approval for the Butterfield Square development project, according to phillipstown.info. The approval was received on April 1, but the process has been going on since October 2011 and construction won't start until 2016, reported phillipstown.info. To read the full story, click here.

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04/09/2015

Sports

New Rochelle Athlete Breaks Iona 5K Mark In Stanford NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Junior Kate Avery made her 2015 outdoor track debut in grand fashion, setting a school record in the 5,000-meter event April 3 at the Stanford Invitational in Stanford, Calif. Avery finished sixth overall and was the first collegiate finisher in the top section of the 5,000-meter event running against several world-class athletes. She was sixth overall with her time of 15:25.63. Avery lowered her own school record of 15:27.90 by more than two seconds, set a year ago in the same event. Last year’s time in Stanford led to an NCAA appearance in the 5K and an eighth-plac…

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04/09/2015

Events

New Rochelle Library Hosts Lecture-Concert With Eric Jennings NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Music master Eric Jennings and soprano Geraldine McMillian will present a musical program on "The Almost Forgotten Songs of Ivor Novello and Noel Coward" at the New Rochelle Public Library. The presentation will be from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 26 in the Ossie Davis Theater of the library. Ivor Novello was the Andrew Lloyd Webber of the 1920s and '30s. Noel Coward was the “bad boy” of popular music in both America and England until the 1950s. Both were musical geniuses. Novello left behind some of the most beautiful, melodic songs in the English language writte…

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04/09/2015

Events

Arts Bloom In Weston Fundraiser Seeks Artist Entries WESTON, Conn. -- The second annual Arts Bloom in Weston fundraiser at Weston's Emmanuel Church is calling all artists and, to salute them, has developed an evening to exhibit works in varying mediums. The celebration is designed so that artists and select nonprofits simultaneously benefit. The Arts Bloom will be held Saturday, May 16, from 6-9 p.m. and includes both a live and silent auction, as well as wine and refreshments. There will be live music performed by pianist Justine Macurdy of the Schubert Club, and the dress code is smart casual attire. Tickets are $35 per person and can be…

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04/09/2015

Events

Gretchen Carlson To Serve As Emcee At Time For Lyme Gala In Greenwich GREENWICH, Conn. -- The Stamford-based Lyme Research Alliance and Tick-Borne Disease Alliance's annual “Time for Lyme” Gala is just days away and promises to be an exciting night with celebrities, including Fox personality Gretchen Carlson. The gala will be held Saturday, April 11, from 6:30 p.m. to midnight at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich in Old Greenwich. This year’s event will also celebrate the merger of LRA and TBDA. As previously announced, Carlson, anchor and host of the Fox News program “The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson,” will again serve as mistress of ceremonies. Carlson,…

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04/09/2015

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