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Embark Peekskill Presents Eve Ensler Play May 30-31
PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- Embark Peekskill presents "Emotional Creature - the Secret Lives of Girls Around the World," a play by Eve Ensler.
Ensler, known for her groundbreaking play "The Vagina Monologues," created "Emotional Creature" based on interviews with teens and young women around the world. The result is a collage of monologues, chat sessions, spoken word and songs about body image, dieting, sex, abortion, relationships and more. The cast, made up of high school and young college women from Peekskill and the surrounding area, features Alyssa Acevedo, Emrigael Alpern, Paige Hill, Erica J…
Westchester 'Improving' Among Counties In Which To Live In National Survey
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Westchester County is rated as improving among counties to live in the nation, and is ranked relatively high, according to The New York Times.
The study measured six categories, including education, median household income, unemployment rate, life expectancy and disability rate to rank which counties in the United States are difficult to live in, according to the New York Times.
The study revealed the 10 most difficult places in which to live include six cities in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky. Westchester County ranked 98 of 3,135, according to the r…
Putnam 'Improving' Among Counties In Which To Live, Says National Survey
PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- Putnam County is improving among counties to live in the nation and ranks relatively high nationally, according to The New York Times.
The report measured six categories, including education, median household income, unemployment rate, life expectancy and disability rate to rank which counties in the United States are difficult to live in, according to the report.
The study revealed the 10 most difficult places in which to live include six cities in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky. Putnam County ranked 66th of 3,135, according to the report.
While countie…
Katonah Resident Faces Traffic Charges In Yorktown
KATONAH, N.Y. – Yorktown police charged 71-year-old Olindo Colarossi, of Katonah, on Tuesday with several traffic infractions, according to police.
Colarossi was charged with operating a motor vehicle with a suspended registration, as well as leaving the scene of a property damage auto accident, operating a vehicle without insurance and failing to yield right of way, according to police.
Officers were investigating an auto accident near 2000 Commerce St., when the defendant allegedly failed to yield right of way, which cause the accident, then left the scene, reported police.
Colar…
Bird Flu Leads To Surge In Egg Prices
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The United States is facing one of the worst outbreaks of the Avian bird-flu in history, which is forcing many poultry companies to stop running and increase egg and turkey costs, according to wsj.com.
Although the government has designated approximately $400 million to help the poultry farmers in need, the bird-flu has killed more than 38 million birds, 32 million of which are egg-laying hens, reported wsj.com.
Americans are facing an increase in egg prices, which have jumped almost 85 percent, and wholesale turkey costs, up at least 4.5 percent, in comparis…
