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Better Than An Apple: Eastchester Essay Contest Honors Teachers EASTCHESTER, N.Y. – What could be a better present for your favorite teacher but a nice, juicy apple? Appreciation and a big, fat check, that’s what, says Aimee Gautreau of Barnes & Noble in Eastchester. The retail bookseller’s “My Favorite Teacher” contest allows middle- and high-school students to nominate teachers by writing essays, poems or thank-you letters that detail what they mean to them and the community. “There’s no better way to honor someone than to tell them how they influenced your life and how much you appreciate them,” Gautreau said Thursday. Entries are judged on the …

by Carol Reif

01/12/2017

Schools

Whir, Buzz, Beep: Robotics Tourney Comes To Rockland RAMAPO, N.Y. -- If you can’t bring the kids to the competition, bring the competition to the kids, say the organizers of an upcoming robotics tourney in the Ramapo village of Suffern. FIRST® NYC says 48 teams of future technologists and entrepreneurs from Rockland, Westchester and Putnam counties will face off in March in Rockland Community College’s Eugene Levy Fieldhouse. What’s special about the contest, said Pat Daly, FIRST® NYC’s regional director, is that the Hudson Valley Regional is a new “geographically convenient option” for students who don’t want to compete in New York City or w…

by Carol Reif

01/12/2017

Events

Diversity Champ's Bronxville Talk Kicks Off Black History Celebrations BRONXVILLE, N.Y. – With all the anger, fear, confusion and anxiety roiling the country, an examination of Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and what it means in a post-election climate couldn’t be more timely, say several Bronxville educators. Concordia College’s president, Dr. Rev. John A. Nunes, announced this week that a mover and shaker in the area of cross-cultural relationships will be giving a lecture of the great civil rights leader’s teachings. Dr. Napoleon Peoples will also lead a discussion on the transformation from civil rights to human rights as it relates to King’s work. The e…

by Carol Reif

01/12/2017

News

Rockland Fights To Save Veterans' Shuttle Bus Service ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- Rockland officials are fighting back against a plan to put the brakes on a shuttle bus service that takes local veterans to medical appointments in Montrose and elsewhere. County Executive Ed Day, who has already spoken out against the proposed cut, said this week that he plans continue his fight at a Town Hall-style meeting with the Department of Veterans Affairs on Thursday, Jan. 12. The meet is set for 11 a.m. at the Castle Point campus of the Hudson Valley Health Care System. A bus of similarly minded folks will be leaving for said meeting at 9:30 a.m. Thursday…

by Carol Reif

01/11/2017

News

Meet Timmy, Hi Tor Animal Care Center's 'Pet Of The Week' RAMAPO, N.Y. -- Timmy, a Great Dane mix, was surrendered to the Hi Tor Animal Care Center in the Ramapo village of Pomona by owners who did not have time for him, shelter officials said Wednesday. The 18-month-old pooch gets along with other dogs and needs a home with older kids who can handle all his energy, they added. An active dog, Timmy will need a bit of training, but he has a sweet disposition and soulful brown eyes. For more information about Timmy, the shelter's "Pet of the Week," and other adoptable animals, call (845) 354-7900. The shelter is located at 65 Firemens Me…

by Carol Reif

01/11/2017

News

Letter To The Editor: Concerned About Indian Point Closure CORTLANDT, N.Y. -- Cortlandt Daily Voice accepts signed letters to the editor. Send signed letters to Cortlandt@dailyvoice.com. To the editor: This premature shutting down of the Indian Point facilities will bring untold economic distress along with many other hardships, too numerous to list, to the Hudson Valley and beyond. Has consideration with been given to all the aspects of this action? I venture to suggest the answer is “No!” One thousand-plus megawatts will be immediately offline in three years, and finally all 2,000 will be offline by the fourth year. Two thousand megawatts base…

by William Monti

01/11/2017

Schools

North Salem School Tests Show High Lead Levels At Water Outlets NORTH SALEM, N.Y. -- The bad news? Lead has been found in water in North Salem’s middle and high schools. The good news? None of it was in hallway “drinking stations” or in cafeteria kitchen sinks used for food preparation or cooking, district officials say. Details of test results released by the district last week, which show several drinking fountains as exceeding the federal lead limits, might have a few parents scratching their heads, however. According to Gary Green, the district’s director of facilities, that’s easily explainable. The company the district hired to conduct the tests…

by Carol Reif

01/11/2017

Events

Suicide Victim's Dad Brings Anti-Bullying Crusade To Armonk ARMONK, N.Y. -- John Halligan doesn’t believe that his 13-year-old son, Ryan, killed himself in 2003 because one person was mean to him. “What happened here was far more complicated than that,” Halligan says in a presentation on teen depression and bullying that he has been giving at schools across the country for the past 12 years. Halligan, a former IBM engineer from Vermont, will tell Ryan’s story at the H.C. Crittenden Middle School in Armonk's Byram Hills Central School District from 7-8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18. He will also be making a presentation to students during the school…

by Carol Reif

01/11/2017

Obituaries

Timothy Edward Lange, Baker, Of Wappingers Falls, 48 WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. -- Timothy Edward Lange, a Wappingers Falls resident, died on Friday, Jan. 6 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. He was 48. Born Nov. 21, 1968 in North Tarrytown, he was the son of the late Egon Lange and Shirley E. Tompkins Hallock. Lange was a baker for The Cake Bin in Beacon for 30-plus years. He is survived by his mother; a daughter, Katherine Lange; a son, Timothy Lange; sisters Rojeana Bowden and Tabitha Touhey; brothers Kenneth Lange, John Lange and Fred Touhey; several nieces and nephews; other family members and friends. He was predeceased b…

by Carol Reif

01/11/2017

Events

Harlem Wizards, Chappaqua Teachers Battle It Out For Charity CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. – Chappaqua teachers, administrators and staffers will be showing off their moves on the court when they take on basketball show team The Harlem Wizards for charity later this month. The display of dribbling, passing, shooting and dunking will raise money for the Chappaqua School Foundation. The game is set for 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, at the gymnasium at Horace Greeley High School. A free basketball clinic will be held from 9:30-11 a.m. that day for third- through eighth-graders also in the high school’s gym. Tickets for the game are $25 for general admission. But $50 w…

by Carol Reif

01/11/2017

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