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Police & Fire
Fairfield Firefighters Respond To Steam Leak At Fairfield Warde High Fairfield Firefighters Respond To Steam Leak At Fairfield Warde High
Fairfield Firefighters Respond To Steam Leak At Fairfield Warde High FAIRFIELD, Conn. – A leaking steam pipe forced the evacuation of Fairfield Warde High School on Tuesday afternoon. At 11:55 a.m., Fairfield’s Emergency Communication Center received a water flow alarm indicating an activated sprinkler system at Fairfield Warde High School. Fairfield Fire Companies 2 and 3 responded and when they arrived the building had been evacuated and the alarm was sounding. A leaking steam pipe was found in a tunnel under the building and students and staff were allowed to return to the building.   Company 1 and the Fire Department safety officer were called …

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News
Legislators Express Concern Over Pipeline's Impact On Parkland In Cortlandt Legislators Express Concern Over Pipeline's Impact On Parkland In Cortlandt
Legislators Express Concern Over Pipeline's Impact On Parkland In Cortlandt WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Several members of the Westchester County Board of Legislators wrote a letter expressing their concerns about a proposed natural gas pipeline expansion project passing through the town of Cortlandt In a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) delivered yesterday afternoon, several members of the County Board's  Labor, Parks, Planning & Housing Committee expressed serious concern with the environmental impacts of the proposed Spectra Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM ) natural gas pipeline expansion project within Blue Mountain Reservation, which i…

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Sports
Briarcliff Manor Girl Goes To Soccer Development Program Briarcliff Manor Girl Goes To Soccer Development Program
Briarcliff Manor Girl Goes To Soccer Development Program BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. -- Briarcliff Manor-based Perfect Touch Soccer Academy is pleased to announce that two of its players have been selected to participate in the NYCSL NPL Player Development Program (PDP) of the New York Club Soccer League National Premier Leagues  The PTSA pair, Bridget Richer from Briarcliff Manor and Isabelle Tola from Ossining, started in the annual program in September after being identified by a national scout. The PDP feeds into U.S. Club's ID2 national identification pool and ultimately the US National team pool. PDP strives to challenge, reward and ultimately …

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Neighbors
See A Record-Setting Pogo Team In UBS Parade In Stamford See A Record-Setting Pogo Team In UBS Parade In Stamford
See A Record-Setting Pogo Team In UBS Parade In Stamford STAMFORD, Conn. – The UBS Parade Spectacular on Sunday, Nov. 23, will feature 13-time Guinness World Record breaker Xpogo Stunt Team and the Butler Golden Tornado Marching Band, from Butler, Pa.  . The Xpogo Stunt Team is the most talented and experienced extreme pogo performance team in the world. Jumping over 9 feet in the air on next-generation pogo sticks while throwing down flips and incredible tricks, The Xpogo Stunt Team athletes create crowds in an instant and keep them engaged until the final bounce. The 247 member Butler Golden Tornado Marching Band has established itself as o…

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Police & Fire
Bridgeport Leads New England Cities In Reduction In Violent Crime Bridgeport Leads New England Cities In Reduction In Violent Crime
Bridgeport Leads New England Cities In Reduction In Violent Crime BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Violent crime fell 21 percent in Bridgeport last year, leading all other medium-size cities in New England, according to statistics provided by the FBI. In 2014, police and city officials continue to work with the community to make the city streets safer for our kids and families, said Mayor Bill Finch. “I am proud of what we have accomplished, but we still have work to do. One homicide is too many. We have seen violence consistently decline here in Bridgeport, and it has reached historic lows we have not seen in four decades,” Finch said in a statement. “Our comm…

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Neighbors
Person-To-Person Event In Darien Raises $150,000 Person-To-Person Event In Darien Raises $150,000
Person-To-Person Event In Darien Raises $150,000 DARIEN, Conn. – Person-to-Person's Blues & BBQ benefit at Stepping Stones Museum for Children netted more than $150,000 for the P2P Scholarship Program. Guests included P2P scholar alumni Jennypher Alabre, Lucas Codognolla, Kashaine Ferryman, Boris Gonzalez, Anthony Harris, Tim Hodges, Bethany Ingraham, Steven Jean-Paul, Andrea Lopez, Patricia Billie Miller, Andres Morales-Guzman, Petersen Seth Pierre, Jasmine Prezzie, Grzegorz Rdzak, Yves Victorin and Rebecca Wilson. Guests mingled and chatted with the alumni and other dignitaries, including U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, State Sens. Bob Duf…

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Schools
Broadway Star To Inspire Music Students At Danbury's WestConn Broadway Star To Inspire Music Students At Danbury's WestConn
Broadway Star To Inspire Music Students At Danbury's WestConn DANBURY, Conn. — Western Connecticut State University’s new Visual and Performing Arts Center will welcome to its stage an award-winning Broadway star who will share the ins and outs of theatre life with students. Tony Award-winning actress Cady Huffman will conduct a Musical Theatre Audition Master Class from noon to 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 21, in the Veronica Hagman Concert Hall of the Visual and Performing Arts Center on the university’s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Ext. in Danbury. A master class is given to students by an expert of the discipline they are studying, usually in the a…

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Events
Cortlandt Hospital Features 'Landscape Visions' Exhibit Cortlandt Hospital Features 'Landscape Visions' Exhibit
Cortlandt Hospital Features 'Landscape Visions' Exhibit CORTLANDT MANOR, N.Y. – A fine art exhibit titled "Landscape Visions" is now open as part of the Art for Health program at Hudson Valley Hospital Center. This exhibit highlights the works of six artists and features a special guest artist, Elaine Galen of Mount Kisco, whose work has been exhibited internationally. "The hospital is honored to exhibit the work of an artist of this caliber," said curator Suzanne Ashley. Galen's exhibit of recent paintings is complemented by that of the five area artists whose works – a diverse selection of landscapes in many different mediums – are also ex…

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Holiday Tours At Boscobel In Garrison Start Nov. 20 Holiday Tours At Boscobel In Garrison Start Nov. 20
Holiday Tours At Boscobel In Garrison Start Nov. 20 PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- Boscobel mansion in Garrison will offer holiday tours of the house from Thursday, Nov. 20, until Wednesday, Dec. 31. Boscobel’s docents will guide and entertain daytime visitors with stories of early 19-century yuletide traditions and at-home entertaining during the Federal period. The mansion is decorated with ribbons, greenery, flowers and fruit as it would have been in the early 1800s, when Elizabeth Dyckman was head of household.  In 2014, Boscobel celebrated a makeover of its grand entry hall, an important historical upgrade that exudes the beauty and style o…

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Schools
Bridgeport First-Grader Gets Special Ride To School In Fire Truck Bridgeport First-Grader Gets Special Ride To School In Fire Truck
Bridgeport First-Grader Gets Special Ride To School In Fire Truck BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – First-grader Liza Powell got a special ride to school one day last week in a fire engine from the Bridgeport Fire Department. Liza won the trip through a Black Rock School fundraiser as part of Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 5-11. The raffle proceeds went to fund school field trips. She bought $5 worth of tickets using quarters from her piggy bank. Her mother, Sue Ellen, gave $5 and her uncle Paul pitched in $10, netting 24 raffle tickets. The school has 420 students, but Liza was confident, her mother said. "Liza said, 'I screamed and all the kids ran over to me like…

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