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Opus Spring Fling In Darien Raises $130K For Person-To-Person Opus Spring Fling In Darien Raises $130K For Person-To-Person
Opus Spring Fling In Darien Raises $130K For Person-To-Person DARIEN, Conn. -- Opus for Person-to-Person celebrated its annual spring gala with a festive madras and college basketball tournament-themed event for nearly 300 guests, raising more than $130,000. Proceeds from “Spring Fling: March Madras,” which took place on March 28 at Wee Burn Country Club in Darien, will go directly to support Person-to-Person’s efforts in serving 24,000 individuals in need from neighboring communities. Guests were encouraged to come dressed in colorful madras or other preppy-chic attire while they enjoyed signature March Madras cocktails, passed hors d’oeuvres, a …
Comedian Whitney Cummings Performs In Ridgefield Comedian Whitney Cummings Performs In Ridgefield
Comedian Whitney Cummings Performs In Ridgefield RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- Whitney Cummings, a comedian, actor, writer, producer and arguably one of the funniest women doing stand-up today, will bring laughs to The Ridgefield Playhouse at 8 p.m. Friday. This show is for audiences 18 and older. Special guest is Matt Fulchrion, a TV comedian who has had his own special on "Comedy Central Presents" and has appeared on "The Late Late Show" with Craig Ferguson, "Last Comic Standing," "Tosh.O." and many other shows.  Bissell House (378 Main St., Ridgefield) will pour a free glass of house wine or draft beer with dinner the night of this show whe…
Church Launches GoFundMe Drive To Bring Homeless Jesus Statue To Bridgeport Church Launches GoFundMe Drive To Bring Homeless Jesus Statue To Bridgeport
Church Launches GoFundMe Drive To Bring Homeless Jesus Statue To Bridgeport BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- St. John's Episcopal Church in Bridgeport has launched a GoFundMe campaign to bring a Homeless Jesus statue to the city. The church proposes dedicating the “Homeless Jesus” sculpture by Timothy P. Schmalz at a location in Bridgeport that would create the greatest evangelical impact, both initially and perpetually. A site with high visibility and pedestrian traffic is preferred. St. John's was founded in 1748 and is the oldest church in Bridgeport. It has a long history of serving the poor in the community. In 2014, the 35-year-old tradition of feeding the homeless e…
Hear About Hot New Book Titles At Darien Library Hear About Hot New Book Titles At Darien Library
Hear About Hot New Book Titles At Darien Library DARIEN, Conn. -- The Darien Library will give participants an exclusive chance to hear from publishers about the newest and greatest books coming out this spring and summer. The sneak peek will be on Thursday, May 14, in the Louise Parker Berry Community Room of the library. Publishing houses in attendance include Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster and a special guest appearance by Jennifer Dayton, of Darien Library fame.  Participants will be the first to know about the hottest new titles before they even hit the shelf. Refreshments will be served.
Junior League Of Bronxville Holds First-Ever 'Feed The Need' Reception Junior League Of Bronxville Holds First-Ever 'Feed The Need' Reception
Junior League Of Bronxville Holds First-Ever 'Feed The Need' Reception BRONXVILLE, N.Y. -- The Junior League of Bronxville (JLB) recently hosted its first-ever "Feed the Need" cocktail reception at the home of Ellen and Chuck Bryceland. Throughout the evening on Saturday, April 25, 100 guests were treated to tapas and sangria, while raising more than $16,500 to support the league’s work with the Food Bank of Westchester’s Kraft Mobile Food Pantry.  “It was thrilling to have such fantastic support from our JLB membership and the broader community. We were especially appreciative of all the local businesses that contributed to our ‘Best of Bronxville & B…
Greenwich's Convent Of The Sacred Heart Holds Young Women In Sports Panel Greenwich's Convent Of The Sacred Heart Holds Young Women In Sports Panel
Greenwich's Convent Of The Sacred Heart Holds Young Women In Sports Panel GREENWICH, Conn. -- The Convent of Sacred Heart in Greenwich will host a Young Women in Sports panel discussion with a Q&A to follow on Sunday, May 17. The individuals on the panel discussion will be: Katey Stone, head coach of the Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey (Team USA) and Harvard Women’s Ice Hockey; Whit Hagerman, assistant coach of Dartmouth Women’s Lacrosse (and former UVA lax player); Jamie Phinney, player on the Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey (Team USA) and coach at Harvard Women’s Ice Hockey and Hotchkiss School Ice Hockey; and Mel McLaughlin, NCAA Women’s swim coach at W…
SONIC Discusses Possible Drive-In Along Route 119 In Greenburgh SONIC Discusses Possible Drive-In Along Route 119 In Greenburgh
Sonic Discusses Possible Drive-In Along Route 119 In Greenburgh GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- The Greenburgh Town Board recently met with representatives of SONIC, a national chain of drive-in restaurants that has more than 3,500 restaurants around the nation. They want to open a restaurant at the site of the former Greenburgh Neighborhood Health Center on Route 119. The Health Center moved to a new building on Knollwood Road. The building has been vacant ever since.  This will be their first Westchester store. Customers park in their drive in stalls, each with its own menu board and place their order, which is delivered to their cars by skating carhops (they…
Meadow Pond Elementary Students Present Science Projects Meadow Pond Elementary Students Present Science Projects
Meadow Pond Elementary Students Present Science Projects WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The Katonah-Lewisboro school Meadow Pond Elementary recently held its first science fair in nearly a decade, where children in grades K through five displayed their projects. The PTA-sponsored event on April 30 invited parents and friends to view the projects and share the students’ scientific accomplishments. Each student received a ribbon for his or her participation, and volunteer judges critiqued each project.  According to Principal Carolann Castellano, while the science projects were not a curricular requirement, school officials gave students the oppor…
City Island Rowing, With Bronxville Members, Heads To State Championships City Island Rowing, With Bronxville Members, Heads To State Championships
City Island Rowing, With Bronxville Members, Heads To State Championships WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Coming off an incredibly strong showing at last weekend’s Long Island Championships rowing regatta, the young women of City Island Rowing Club, with many Westchester members, will be looking to take that momentum into this weekend’s State Championships to be held in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.  “Our results from last weekend were very encouraging, a fitting reward for the hard work and dedication that these athletes have shown” reports head coach and club founder, Guy Monseair. The team took home five golds, six silvers and one bronze medal racing against 38 regio…
'Project Yellow Light Race' In Mount Kisco Raises $4,600 'Project Yellow Light Race' In Mount Kisco Raises $4,600
'Project Yellow Light Race' In Mount Kisco Raises $4,600 MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- Grand Prix New York recently hosted the third Annual 90-minute endurance race that raised $4,600 for Project Yellow Light, an organization that promotes awareness of the dangers of distracted driving.  Greenwich teen Ben Albano, a first-year student at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, along with his brothers Addison, a senior at Brunswick School and Austen, a sophomore at King, organized the race and signed up participants from seven schools throughout Fairfield, Conn. and Westchester County Twenty teams of two to five drivers, 16 of which included of kids …
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