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Tuckahoe Parents Get Life-Saving Lesson
TUCKAHOE, N.Y. -- Heroin use may have taken dozens of lives in Westchester, but there are now folks in Tuckahoe who no longer have to feel so helpless in the face of the harrowing epidemic, according to a report by cbslocal.com.
Parents and others recently took part in a program that taught them how to administer the anti-opioid medication, naloxone, the generic name for Narcan, if their children, or anyone else, overdoses on drugs, cbslocal.com reported.
The Maxwell Institute, a Tuckahoe clinic that offers substance abuse treatment services, conducted the training and gave participants fre…
Pocantico Hills School Celebrates Fall With Harvest Festival
MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. -- The Pocantico Hills School’s annual Harvest Soup Festival has all the right ingredients for an educational and fun time.
Students, parents and staff members spent a week picking, sorting, cleaning and cooking up bushels of the vegetables for last Friday’s “seed-to-table” feast.
First- through 4th graders harvested organic carrots, squash, celery, beans, tomatoes, leafy greens and herbs at the Children’s Garden at Kykuit, also known as the John D. Rockefeller Estate, a 40-room National Trust house.
They then washed the veggies and the adults chopped them up for a sou…
Sixteen Westchester Libraries Compete In Battle Of The Books In Ossining
OSSINING, N.Y. -- Two champions were crowned in a countywide book trivia contest held in Ossining Saturday.
Sixteen libraries fielded 16 teams, featuring 250 fourth through 10th-graders.
Coming out on top were the Rye Rockets, representing the Rye Free Reading Room in the Children’s Tournament, and The Popcornians, representing the Somers Library in the Teens Tournament.
The Rye Rockets were coached by Lisa Dettling, a children’s librarian.
The team featured Connelly Boyle, Ayden Hufford, Leyla Murati, and Lily Shaaban.
In the Final Battle, the Rockets defeated the defending champions, t…
