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Pequenakonck Elementary Principal Talks Class Placement For Next Year Pequenakonck Elementary Principal Talks Class Placement For Next Year
Pequenakonck Elementary Principal Talks Class Placement For Next Year NORTH SALEM, N.Y. -- Principal Mary Johnson of Pequenakonck Elementary sent out a letter discussing information regarding the school's placement process for the 2015-16 school year. The teaching staff makes placement decisions based on several considerations: Your individual child’s academic, social and emotional profile. Classroom teachers and special educators put together tentative placements of heterogeneous groupings that strike a balance (to the best of their ability) for gender, academic ability, social and emotional variables and learning style. Input from specialists, sp…
IRS Workers Are Overworked, Unhappy, Report Says IRS Workers Are Overworked, Unhappy, Report Says
IRS Workers Are Overworked, Unhappy, Report Says WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- A report shows Internal Revenue Service's Taxpayer Assistance Center employees face problems at their job including being overworked, underpaid and overwhelmed, according to bloomberg.com. The IRS employees state other issues as well, such as a 16-year employee seeing only a two-percent pay raise in four years; employees having to complete their own clerical tasks because the agency hasn't replaced their lost secretary; and some employees requiring to purchase their own office supplies, according to bloomberg.com. The company also claims that less than 40 per…
Putnam County Refinances Bonds, Saves $1.2 Million Putnam County Refinances Bonds, Saves $1.2 Million
Putnam County Refinances Bonds, Saves $1.2 Million PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- County Executive MaryEllen Odell announced Wednesday, April 15, that the county closed on bond refinancing that will save Putnam taxpayers $1.2 million. Taking advantage of a strong Aa2 bond rating from Moody’s and favorable market conditions, the county refinanced bonds issued in 2007 that had the county paying a net interest rate of 4.25 percent, with bonds charging a net interest rate of 2.64 percent. The savings will occur for the next 16 years.  “We are pleased that, once again, independent bond rating agencies and investors have determined that Putnam County is …
Norwalk's Family ReEntry Presents Actor, Activist Danny Glover At The Klein Norwalk's Family ReEntry Presents Actor, Activist Danny Glover At The Klein
Norwalk's Family ReEntry Presents Actor, Activist Danny Glover At The Klein BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Norwalk-based Family ReEntry is hosting an evening with actor and social activist, Danny Glover at The Klein, to discuss "Mass Incarceration and Racial Disparity." Glover will be visiting The Klein on May 6 at 7 p.m. Glover has gained respect for his wide-reaching community activism and philanthropic efforts with a particular emphasis on incarceration and racial disparity in America’s prison system.  Since 1984, Family ReEntry’s effective community-based programs have significantly reduced the likelihood that a client will re-offend, be re-arrested, or be re-incarce…
Fairfield's Sacred Heart University Hosts 7th Annual Relay For Life Fairfield's Sacred Heart University Hosts 7th Annual Relay For Life
Fairfield's Sacred Heart University Hosts 7th Annual Relay For Life FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Sacred Heart University will hold its seventh annual Relay For Life fundraiser on Friday, April 24, at 6 p.m. The event in the university's William H. Pitt Center, is free, and anyone from the community is welcome to participate. To create or join a team, or to make a donation, visit www.relayforlife.org/sacredheart. The theme of the year is Game Night, with a play-on-words slogan, “Life may be a Twister, but SORRY cancer, We Are in it to Win it.”  Relay For Life at Sacred Heart is organized by students in support of the American Cancer Society. The goal this year is …
New Canaan's St. Mark's Expands May Fair To Friday New Canaan's St. Mark's Expands May Fair To Friday
New Canaan's St. Mark's Expands May Fair To Friday NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- St. Mark’s Episcopal Church will expand its May Fair, recognized as Connecticut’s largest one-day fair, to two days with the addition of a Friday night opening to complement the daylong Saturday fair.  The Friday Night Lights program, to be held on the church grounds at 111 Oenoke Ridge, will offer carnival rides, music from New Canaan School of Rock students and special food concessions from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. May 8.  ”We are pleased to introduce May Fair’s inaugural Friday Night Lights. May Fair has always been a special tradition for our town, and we are excited to…
Mount Vernon's Columbus School Has Parent Information Session Mount Vernon's Columbus School Has Parent Information Session
Mount Vernon's Columbus School Has Parent Information Session MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- The English Language Learners/CECS Saturday Family Program at Columbus School welcomes LuLu Bencosme, the Bilingual Outreach and Information Specialist of the Hudson Valley Special Education Parent Center to present a parent information session titled “How Can I Help My Child at Home?”  Topics will include the role of the Hudson Valley Special Education Parent Center; resources and training available at HVSEPC; communication with your child’s school and teacher; routine and consistency; appropriate atmosphere; and the importance of the continuum during the summer mont…
Danbury's 287 Gallery Presents Artist Collected By Bill Gates Danbury's 287 Gallery Presents Artist Collected By Bill Gates
Danbury's 287 Gallery Presents Artist Collected By Bill Gates DANBURY, Conn. -- The @287 Gallery & Meeting Place will present a solo show for a native New York and self-taught artist Tom Wolff, who has made it into the collection of billionaire Bill Gates. The opening will be on Friday, April 24, with a reception from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at 287 Main St. in Danbury.  Curated by Maureen and Bill McCann, installed by Visual Impact, and entitled "Gorillas, Words, and Round Things," the show will run through July 10. The hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, and also by appointment.  Tom Wolff's artistic journey began in 1981. Restless …
Westchester For Change Hosts Educational Forum In Greenburgh Westchester For Change Hosts Educational Forum In Greenburgh
Westchester For Change Hosts Educational Forum In Greenburgh GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Westchester for Change, an all-volunteer, grassroots organization, is hosting a free educational forum entitled "Voting Rights and Income Inequality: Seeing the Connections," at 7 p.m. April 30 at Greenburg Town Hall. The forum is co-sponsored by Citizen Action of New York; Community Voices Heard; Concerned Families of Westchester; Mount Vernon United Tenants; NAACP of White Plains and Greenburgh; White Plains Democrats; and WESPAC.  This forum will explore how making voting easier in New York may lead to economic changes, such as raising the minimum wage and other e…
Cultural Alliance Offers Creativity Workshop In Danbury Cultural Alliance Offers Creativity Workshop In Danbury
Cultural Alliance Offers Creativity Workshop In Danbury DANBURY, Conn. -- Artists, business and creative professionals, designers, writers and those who wish to trust their intuition and build on their successes are invited to participate in a four-week workshop, "Build Your Creative Courage," offered by the Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut.  The workshop begins Thursday, April 30, and runs every Thursday from 7-9 p.m. through May 21. Continuing the Cultural Alliance's efforts to serve its broadening community, the workshop will take place @287 Gallery & Meeting Place, the home of the Cultural Alliance, at 287 Main Street. The works…
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