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Chip's Family Restaurant In Fairfield, Trumbull Vies For DVlicious Win FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- We get it. You like to eat. And you like to eat out. But dining with kids, especially young ones -- can sometimes get sticky -- in more ways than one. Kudos to the places that offer up pleasing menus for both adults and kids as well as surroundings that don’t feel like you’re dining at Mickey D’s. You picked the top five family-friendly restaurants in Fairfield County as part of our DVlicious contest. Who will win top honors? Read below for a “taste” of one – all are being highlighted this week. Voting continues through 4 p.m. Monday, Sept, Sept. 26. You can vote multipl…

by Daily Voice

09/19/2016

Lifestyle

Englewood's Baumgart's Cafe Ranks Among DVlicious Finalists ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- We get it. You like to eat. And you like to eat out. But dining with kids, especially young ones -- can sometimes get sticky -- in more ways than one. Kudos to the places that offer up pleasing menus for both adults and kids as well as surroundings that don’t feel like you’re dining at Mickey D’s. You picked the top five family-friendly restaurants in Bergen County as part of our DVlicious contest. Who will win top honors? Read below for a “taste” of one – all are being highlighted this week. Voting continues through 4 p.m. Monday, Sept, Sept. 26. You can vote multiple ti…

by Daily Voice

09/19/2016

News

TZ Bridge: Last Eastbound Girders Installed, Westbound Girders Coming The final structural steel girder assembly for the new Tappan Zee Bridge – for this phase of construction -- was installed this past week, according to the state Thruway Authority. The massive "I Lift NY" super crane placed the girder assembly on the eastbound part of the span. The super crane will install the final handful of girder assemblies on the westbound span during the coming weeks. The remaining girders will be placed after the existing bridge is demolished, the authority said. When all is said and done, crews from Tappan Zee Constructors will have installed 31 miles of…

by Carol Reif

09/19/2016

Police & Fire

North Castle Police Called To Violent Episode At North White Plains School NORTH CASTLE, N.Y. -- North Castle police were called to the Rye Lake campus of Southern Westchester BOCES in North White Plains recently after a student there had a “violent episode,” they said. According to police, a 16-year-old boy was charged with menacing Friday, Sept. 9. Brian Howard, director of communications for Southern Westchester BOCES, refused Friday to comment on the incident and referred all questions to the police department. No further details were available. In other blotter items: Friday, Sept. 9: A resident called to report a suspicious vehicle on Custis Avenue in Whi…

by Carol Reif

09/18/2016

Schools

Pocantico Hill Students Greeted Warmly As They Head Back To School MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. -- Students returning to the Pocantico Hills Central School last week got a great, big welcome from the district’s interim principal, Adam Brown. Brown was front and center at the bus circle every morning greeting the kids as they were being dropped off. “We’ve missed you! Welcome back! It’s going to be a great year,” he cheerfully told each one. On Thursday morning, the youngest students and their parents turned out for the district’s PTA Pre-K Meet & Greet. The annual event is an opportunity for children and parents to become familiar with the school and meet th…

by Carol Reif

09/17/2016

Police & Fire

Opening Statements Made In DiPippo's 3rd Trial In Putnam Girl's Slaying CARMEL, N.Y. -- The lurid details surrounding the tragic death of a Carmel girl were presented to a jury this week, according to lohud.com. Anthony DiPippo, 40, accused of raping and killing 12-year-old Josette Wright in 1994, is standing trial for the third time, according to multiple media reports. Related: Jury Selection Begins In Putnam For Anthony DiPippo's 3rd Murder Trial Prosecutors Larry Glasser and Joseph Fonseca painted a brutal picture, telling jurors Thursday that DiPippo, and his friend Andrew Krivak, violently assaulted the youngster and then left her lifeless body in a woode…

by Carol Reif

09/17/2016

News

Poughkeepsie Owners Hunt For Their Lost Dog, Maci POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – Maci, a female Labrador Retriever, has disappeared in Poughkeepsie, according to a post on lostmydoggie.com. The white-and-tan 8-month-old pooch last was seen by her owners Wednesday, Sept. 14. If you know where Maci is, you can go onto the website to enter yours contact information by clicking here. To reach lostmydoggie.com, a national service, call 1-(877)-818-0060.

by Carol Reif

09/16/2016

Events

Art In The Park, Lobsterfest This Weekend In Piermont PIERMONT, N.Y. -- Piermont’s “Art in the Park” this weekend will be an extravaganza of paintings, mixed-media works, jewelry, pottery and photographs. Set for 1-6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at Flywheel Park on the village’s Roundhouse Road, the show will be surrounded by a myriad of things to do. There will be a farmers market from 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the parking lot of the M&T Bank on Piermont Avenue. The Piermont Train Station Museum will be open from 12 noon - 3 p.m. Admission is free. The museum is located at 50 Ash St. A lobster fest will go on from 2-6 p.m. in Goswick Pavilion, 95…

by Carol Reif

09/16/2016

News

East Fishkill Community Day Includes Parade, Celebrations EAST FISHKILL, N.Y. – The 21st annual East Fishkill Community Day will take place Saturday, Sept. 17. The event starts at 11:30 a.m. with a parade on Route 82 from Trinka Park to the East Fishkill Recreation Park on Route 376 in Hopewell Junction. There will be food, music, raffles, vendors and games. It runs until 4:30 p.m. The Bob Martinson Band will provide entertainment from 1:30-4:30 p.m. A flag retirement ceremony will be performed by local Girl Scouts behind the library at a time to be announced. There will also be a Wappingers Crew Club Duck Race at the Rear Pond near the park’s …

by Carol Reif

09/16/2016

Neighbors

Documentary Explores Fight To End Racial Segregation In Hillburn Schools STONY POINT, N.Y. – The story of a bitter fight to end educational inequity in a small Rockland community is not well known, but local filmmaker Joe Allen is hoping to change that. The Stony Point resident has been working on a film documenting a desegregation fight that brought a young lawyer and future Supreme Court justice to Hillburn, a village in the town of Ramapo, in 1943. Allen got the idea for “Two Schools in Hillburn” after Wylene Wood, chairwoman of the Rockland African-American Historical Society, suggested he put something together for the May dedication of the Main School as a…

by Carol Reif

09/16/2016

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