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Cassandra Huerta

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Schools

Fairfield's Sacred Heart University Adds New Theater Arts Major FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Sacred Heart University is announcing a new undergraduate degree in theater arts, which is expected to launch in the fall. The new program will be housed in the Department of Communication & Media Studies and will be based at the university’s main campus in Fairfield. “This major was the exciting next step to our rapidly growing theater arts program,” said Jerry Goehring, artistic director of the new major. “Due to overwhelming interest, it seemed like the right time to create an academic track, and we are very excited to offer a fresh approach to those who want …

by Cassandra Huerta

03/26/2015

Neighbors

Ex-Larchmont-Mamaronck Community TV Production Manager Is Making A Movie MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- Former Larchmont-Mamaroneck Community Television Community and Government Production Manager Christian Vogeler is making a movie. Vogeler is in the final stages of a prestigious AFI (American Film Institute) fellowship - collaboratively creating a thesis film he wrote and is directing titled "Danny Boy." "LMC-TV was my starting place in the world of television and film," Vogeler said. "The experience I had still plays an important role in my development as a filmmaker today. Through working closely with such bright and talented community members I now possess the ab…

by Cassandra Huerta

03/26/2015

Sports

In-House Swim Team Tryouts Begin In Ridgefield RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- Children ages 7-12 can try competitive swimming for the first time or continue to grow as a competitive swimmer with the co-ed team at the in-house swim team tryouts in Ridgefield. Students practice and refine all four competitive strokes (freestyle, breast, back and butterfly), learn proper starts, turns and dives, improve relay skills, and increase swim endurance. This program culminates in an intra-squad meet. Swimmers should wear competition-style suits. Goggles and swim caps are recommended, but are not required. Participants must swim at Red Cross level five …

by Cassandra Huerta

03/26/2015

Events

Westchester County Association Academy Helps Develop High-Demand Skills WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The Westchester County Association is offering customer satisfaction as the next course at the Hudson Valley Workforce Academy. Launched in January 2015 by the WCA to address the critical need for skilled workers and help fill the 2,500 plus critical job vacancies in the health care, technology, and business sectors in the region, the announcement was made at a special “graduation ceremony” on Tuesday at WCA’s headquarters in White Plains, that honored participants in the Academy’s inaugural five-week pilot course in Healthcare Analytics. Both courses — and …

by Cassandra Huerta

03/26/2015

News

South Salem Animal Hospital's Veterinarian Invests In Laser Technologies LEWISBORO, N,Y. -- Dr. Jeffrey Hubsher, owner of Noah's Ark Animal Hospital in Danbury, Conn. and South Salem Animal Hospital in Lewisboro, routinely invests in cutting-edge technologies used in veterinary medicine. The cold “therapy laser” helps with pain relief and healing and is most often applied to joints that are painful from injury, old age, or arthritis. “We use our therapy laser routinely after surgery because it reduces pain and inflammation at the surgical site and greatly helps our patients,” according to Hubsher. In addition, the therapy laser is also applied to large w…

by Cassandra Huerta

03/25/2015

Neighbors

Greenwich's Bruce Museum Introduces Permanent Deep Sea Exhibit GREENWICH, Conn. -- A display featured in the Bruce Museum’s Extreme Habitats: "Into the Deep Sea" exhibition (April through November 2014), has been transported to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Ocean Science Exhibit Center for permanent installation. The 10-by-10-foot display was a focal point in the Bruce Museum’s 2014 Deep Sea exhibition, and replicated the scene one might observe around a deep-sea hydrothermal vent located 8,000 feet below the Pacific Ocean along the Galapagos Rift. Models of bizarre organisms, such as the giant tube worm, zoracid fish and hydrothermal vent oc…

by Cassandra Huerta

03/25/2015

Events

Junior League Of Central Westchester Has 'Big Night Out' Fundraiser WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The Junior League of Central Westchester will host Big Night Out, a fundraiser with musical entertainment, a silent auction and more. Big Night Out is a celebration of the launch and success of the JLCW Westchester County Diaper Bank, an effort in conjunction with the Westchester County government to end the silent epidemic of diaper deprivation. The fundraiser will be Friday. The VIP Champagne Reception and Honoree Awards Ceremony will be at 7 p.m., and at 7:30 p.m., the cocktails, silent auction and dinner activities will commence. “Special thanks to the Ju…

by Cassandra Huerta

03/25/2015

News

White House, Federal Agencies Honor Westchester Health Associates WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Westchester Health Associates recently was recognized at the White House during an event that launched the Healthcare Payment Learning In Action Network, hosted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Center For Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. Westchester Health Associates Chief Medical Officer Nancy Beran was invited to showcase Westchester Health’s great success in creating and implementing alternative care delivery and payment models the past five years at the 120-physician, multi-specialty, community-based medical group. Beran was do…

by Cassandra Huerta

03/25/2015

Events

Tarrytown Singer Stars In Gilbert And Sullivan's 'Iolanthe' TARRYTOWN, N.Y. – Soprano Maria Jacobi will take the role of the leading fairy Leila when the Troupers Light Opera performs Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Iolanthe” in Norwalk. This will be Jacobi’s first performance with Troupers. Joining her in “Iolanthe” are fellow Westchester County residents Miran Robarts, of Mamaroneck as Phyllis; David Richy, of Larchmont as Strephon; Linda Mekeel, of Shrub Oak as the Fairy Queen; and John Matilaine, of Armonk as Lord Tololler. One of Gilbert and Sullivan’s masterpieces but not performed as often as some of their other operas, “Iolanthe” opened in Londo…

by Cassandra Huerta

03/25/2015

Lifestyle

American Red Cross Announces Blood Donor Sites Across Westchester WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to give blood during National Volunteer Month this April and has announced donation sites throughout Westchester County. The Red Cross salutes the hundreds of thousands of volunteers who help fulfill its lifesaving mission and encourages others to join their ranks as volunteer blood donors. Volunteer donors are the only source of blood products for those in need of transfusions. Donors of all blood types – especially those with types O negative, A negative and B negative – are needed to help ensure blood is avai…

by Cassandra Huerta

03/25/2015

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