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Bethel Police At Weekend Clinic To Offer Advice On Car Seat Installation Bethel Police At Weekend Clinic To Offer Advice On Car Seat Installation
Bethel Police At Weekend Clinic To Offer Advice On Car Seat Installation BETHEL, Conn. -- Bethel police have scheduled a car seat clinic for parents and caregivers who would like to make sure their car seats are properly installed. According to a post on the department's Facebook page, the clinic will be held by appointment only on Sunday, Jan. 8, at the Stony Hill Fire Department's firehouse on Stony Hill Road. Citing the widely reported statistic that four out of every five car seats is incorrectly installed, the department said that three officers -- certified passenger safety technicians -- will be installing car seats and teaching interested parents and care…
More Than 80 People Jump Into Hudson River On New Year's Day More Than 80 People Jump Into Hudson River On New Year's Day
More Than 80 People Jump Into Hudson River On New Year's Day PEEKSKILL, N.Y. - More than 80 polar plungers took to the Hudson River on New Year's Day to raise money for college-bound students facing adversity or who live with alopecia. This year's Polar Plunge, the fifth annual event, was held at the Peekskill Riverfront Green, planned by the This is Me Foundation and sponsored by The Quiet Man Public House. In total, the chartable effort raised $16,000, according to organizers. Locally, a portion of the money will go toward college scholarships for students who have faced adversity or who have helped friends facing adversity, according to organizer…
Five Pelham Memorial H.S. Students Honored As Athletes Of The Week Five Pelham Memorial H.S. Students Honored As Athletes Of The Week
Five Pelham Memorial H.S. Students Honored As Athletes Of The Week PELHAM, N.Y. -- The Pelham school district has named five students from Pelham Memorial High School as Athletes of the Week. This week's honorees include seniors Greg Gordon, George McNenney and Natty Heintz, junior Charlotte Krause and sophomore Layla Radosta, according to the school district. Gordon, McNenney, Krause and Radosta all performed well for the varsity winter track team at the Dec. 22 track meet, according to the district, which said that Gordon placed third in the 300-meter run while McNenney and Kraused placed fourth and second, respectively, in the high jump. Radosta was sai…
New City's Anastasia Tasia Karassik To Head Rockland's MADD Chapter New City's Anastasia Tasia Karassik To Head Rockland's MADD Chapter
New City's Anastasia Tasia Karassik To Head Rockland's MADD Chapter ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. – The new year will bring an immediate change at the Rockland County chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). On New Year’s Day, Anastasia Tasia Karassik will take over as head of the local chapter, which works across Rockland to end to drunken driving, according to the office of County Executive Ed Day. “Anastasia and her family suffered the most heartbreaking loss imaginable when their 13-year-old daughter, Larisa, was killed by a drunk driver on Memorial Day weekend 2015," said Day in a statement congratulating Karassik. "The Karassik family and th…
Search On For Ossining Teen Missing Since Dec. 11 Search On For Ossining Teen Missing Since Dec. 11
Search On For Ossining Teen Missing Since Dec. 11 OSSINING, N.Y. -- Authorities in Westchester County, New York City and elsewhere are searching for a 15-year-old Ossining girl missing for more than three weeks. Shilah Carter, whose is to celebrate her 16th birthday on Jan. 8, is believed to have run away on Dec. 11, according to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services. Authorities believe she may be traveling in the Bronx, Brooklyn or Staten Island. Carter is black, stands about 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs about 135 pounds, according to authorities. She has black hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information about Car…
Ingersoll Auto Group Gets Danbury High Students Online With Laptop Delivery Ingersoll Auto Group Gets Danbury High Students Online With Laptop Delivery
Ingersoll Auto Group Gets Danbury High Students Online With Laptop Delivery DANBURY, Conn. -- Students at Danbury High School last month received more than a dozen donated computers that school officials say will increase the presence of technology at their homes.According to a post on the school district's Facebook page, Todd Ingersoll of Ingersoll Auto Group donated 15 laptops to the school. "This donation is greatly appreciated," said Dan Donovan, the high school's principal. "The laptops will go directly to students who do not have the technology at home to complete school work." Visit Facebook to learn more about Danbury public schools. To…
Stratford Cops Charge Man, 28, With Selling Cocaine From Car Stratford Cops Charge Man, 28, With Selling Cocaine From Car
Stratford Cops Charge Man, 28, With Selling Cocaine From Car STRATFORD, Conn. — Stratford police arrested a 28-year-old man they say has been selling cocaine from the driver’s seat of a gray Infiniti sedan, according to the Connecticut Post. Daryl Wright, also known as “The Rock,” was arrested Thursday, Dec. 29, by undercover police who had worked through a cooperating witness to arrange several drug purchases, according to the Post. Wright, who was released on $50,000 bond, faces two counts of sale of narcotics, according to the Post. Click here to read the story from the Connecticut Post.
Meet Chappaqua's Interim Schools Superintendent At Community Coffee Meet Chappaqua's Interim Schools Superintendent At Community Coffee
Meet Chappaqua's Interim Schools Superintendent At Community Coffee CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- The Chappaqua school district is inviting all town residents to sit down for an informal conversation with Interim Superintendent of Schools Daniel McCann. The event is scheduled for 9:30 - 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 11, in the library at Horace Greeley High School, 70 Roaring Brook Road. All residents are invited - not just those with children attending district schools, according to district officials. McCann is expected to introduce himself at the coffee event while discussing his entry plan and reflecting on his first month in Chappaqua, according to the school di…
Knights Of Columbus Deliver Gifts Of Warm Winter Coats To Danbury Students Knights Of Columbus Deliver Gifts Of Warm Winter Coats To Danbury Students
Knights Of Columbus Deliver Gifts Of Warm Winter Coats To Danbury Students DANBURY, Conn. – The Danbury Knights of Columbus Consul 29 recently donated 250 jackets and coats that school district officials said will be given to Danbury’s most needy children. According to a statement on the school district’s Facebook page, 37 children at Shelter Rock Elementary School were among those to benefit from the Coats for Kids event, which was coordinated by the Knights of Columbus, Danbury resident William Taylor and Shelter Rock social worker Caroline Crouch. “Some students don’t have coats,” said Shelter Rock Principal Dawn Bartz. “Caroline is my miracle worker. She finds…
Golden Corral's Town Of Poughkeepsie Opening Delayed Golden Corral's Town Of Poughkeepsie Opening Delayed
Golden Corral's Town Of Poughkeepsie Opening Delayed POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Chain restaurant lovers hoping to ring in the New Year with a few grilled-to-order sirloin steaks from the Golden Corral are in for a bit of disappointment, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal. While the restaurant had previously been scheduled to open its doors on New Year's Eve, organizers have delayed the restaurant's opening to Jan. 15, according to the Journal, which reported that the most recent delay is the result of issues with the building's gas line. The project's opening has already been delayed several times, according to the Journal, which reported that …
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