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Bridgeport Hospital Auxiliary Gala Raises $90,000 For Patient Care Bridgeport Hospital Auxiliary Gala Raises $90,000 For Patient Care
Bridgeport Hospital Auxiliary Gala Raises $90,000 For Patient Care BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- The Bridgeport Hospital Auxiliary spring gala, “Dancing with the Hospital Stars,” raised $90,000 to support hospital services, organizers said.  The April 30 fundraiser was at Brooklawn Country Club in Fairfield and included a silent auction. Nearly 200 guests attended. The highlight of the event was a dance contest featuring hospital staff members and volunteers teamed with professional dancers from the Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Southport.  Auxiliary member Maria Watson, of Easton, and her dance partner Henry won the contest. Judges awarded them extra points bey…

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Events
Westport's Country Playhouse Annual Gala Honors Broadway's Kelli O'Hara Westport's Country Playhouse Annual Gala Honors Broadway's Kelli O'Hara
Westport's Country Playhouse Annual Gala Honors Broadway's Kelli O'Hara WESTPORT, Conn. -- Tony Award nominee Kelli O’Hara will be honored Monday, Sept. 21 at Westport Country Playhouse’s annual fundraiser, “Something Wonderful: A Gala Evening Celebrating Kelli O’Hara.”  O’Hara has established herself as one of Broadway’s great leading ladies. She received her most recent Tony nomination, her sixth, along with Drama League and Outer Critics nominations, for her portrayal of Anna in the critically acclaimed revival of “The King and I.” A native of Oklahoma, O’Hara received a degree in opera, and after winning the State Metropolitan Opera Competition, moved t…

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Westport Forms Search Committee For New Parks & Recreation Director Westport Forms Search Committee For New Parks & Recreation Director
Westport Forms Search Committee For New Parks & Recreation Director WESTPORT, Conn. -- A search committee has been formed to recommend a replacement to fill the vacancy due to the retirement of Westport's Parks & Recreation Director Stuart McCarthy, First Selectman Jim Marpe announced.  The search should be completed in 30 to 60 days. The members of the search committee are: Charlie Haberstroh, chair, Parks & Recreation Commission; Karen Hess, member, Parks & Recreation Commission; Edward Iannone, member, Parks & Recreation Commission; Alec Stevens, member, Parks & Recreation Commission; David Floyd, chair, RTM Parks &…

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Wilton Library’s Innovation Station Wins Statewide Award Wilton Library’s Innovation Station Wins Statewide Award
Wilton Library’s Innovation Station Wins Statewide Award WILTON, Conn. -- Wilton Library's Innovation Station maker space has just received the Connecticut Library Association’s 2015 Award of Excellence in Public Library Service.  This annual award honors a public library that has provided an outstanding program or service. Dawn LaValle, director of library development at the Connecticut State Library, presented the association’s 2015 Excellence in Public Library Service award to Wilton Library’s Mary Anne Mendola Franco, assistant director, technology and training, and Susan Lauricella, head of teen services and maker space coordinator.  …

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Events
Sale Will Benefit Darien High School Art Department Sale Will Benefit Darien High School Art Department
Sale Will Benefit Darien High School Art Department DARIEN, Conn. -- Tina Duryea, a local artist, and Kirby and Co. will hold an art show to give back to the Darien High School art department. Duryea has been artist-in-residence at Kirby and Co. for the past two months, and to celebrate the end of a successful time, Kirby and Co. and Duryea have decided to do something a little different.  Duryea just returned from a painting trip to Umbria and Rome with a slew of new paintings that will be sold at Kirby and Co. As a graduate of Darien High School, Duryea benefited tremendously from the art department.  For the final week of the show,…

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Metro-North Adds Extra Getaway Trains At Start Of Memorial Day Weekend Metro-North Adds Extra Getaway Trains At Start Of Memorial Day Weekend
Metro-North Adds Extra Getaway Trains At Start Of Memorial Day Weekend FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- Metro-North has extra early getaway service on Friday, May 22, to help you get a jump on Memorial Day weekend, and plenty of trains to get you to your destination over the holiday weekend. On Friday, May 22, between 1 and 4 p.m., there are extra “getaway” departures from Grand Central Terminal. Some late p.m. peak trains will be cancelled/combined  due to reduced ridership in this time period. All extra and cancelled trains are shown in the current timetable. On the New Haven Line, extra "getaway" trains will depart from Grand Central at: 12:58 p.m., sto…

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Politics
Peekskill Democrats Pick Candidates For November Election Peekskill Democrats Pick Candidates For November Election
Peekskill Democrats Pick Candidates For November Election PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- The City of Peekskill's Democrats have announced their slate of candidates for the elections in November. At a campaign kick-off on Saturday in the middle of downtown Peekskill, Westside Neighborhood resident and activist Kenneth Martin launched his campaign for mayor, citing a need to restore civility and leadership to what he calls a broken City Hall.  Martin, a 22-year resident of Peekskill, has been a longtime resident of Simpson Place. He worked aggressively with neighbors to successfully protect Peekskill’s Westside neighborhood from a developer who was allowed …

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Bronxville Community Fund Holds 29th Annual Golf Outing Bronxville Community Fund Holds 29th Annual Golf Outing
Bronxville Community Fund Holds 29th Annual Golf Outing BRONXVILLE, N.Y. -- The Community Fund’s 29th annual Golf Outing was held at Leewood Golf Club on Monday, May 11, with 112 participants golfing and helping the Community Fund move closer to meeting its 2015 fundraising goal of $635,000. These funds enable grants to be provided for non-profit organizations that provide critical services across the Bronxville, Eastchester and Tuckahoe communities.    The day kicked off with a putting competition, followed by a scramble play format, complete with prizes and hole-in-one contests. Comizio Orthodontics and Pepe Auto Group sponsored the two ho…

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Metro-North Schedules Memorial Day Weekend Service Metro-North Schedules Memorial Day Weekend Service
Metro-North Schedules Memorial Day Weekend Service WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Metro-North has extra early getaway service on Friday, May 22, to help you get a jump on Memorial Day weekend, and plenty of trains to get you to your destination over the holiday weekend. On Friday, May 22, between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., there are extra “getaway” departures from Grand Central Terminal. Some late p.m. peak trains will be cancelled/combined  due to reduced ridership in this time period. All extra and cancelled trains are shown in the current timetable. To see the scheduled train times available over Memorial Day weekend, visit this page. 

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Schools
Byram Hills Students Observe Power Of One Day Byram Hills Students Observe Power Of One Day
Byram Hills Students Observe Power Of One Day ARMONK, N.Y. -- Students in the Byram Hills Central School District observed the Power of One Day, which is a day designed to let individuals know that one person can make a difference. Students listened to Hannah Alper, a sixth-grade speaker from Meto We, the educational arm of Free the Children, which seeks to educate and empower students to make a difference in their world, so that children in developing countries can be free of poverty and child labor.  Her message to the children focused on the equation: issue + gift = change. Namely, students find an issue they care about and want…

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