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Grace Church Community Center Unveils New Brand Identity At Leewood Club Grace Church Community Center Unveils New Brand Identity At Leewood Club
Grace Church Community Center Unveils New Brand Identity At Leewood Club WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Grace Church Community Center, the 36-year-old Westchester County social services organization, has announced its relaunch with a new, comprehensive brand identity and tag line, "Lifting Up Westchester: Where Hope Takes Flight – One Person at a Time."  The unveiling of the new brand identity took place at the organization’s Oasis of Hope spring gala at Leewood Golf Club in Eastchester on Friday, with more than 200 patrons and supporters in attendance. A communitywide celebration open to the public is slated for late spring.  “This is a major milestone in our …

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Celebrate Earth Day With The Greenwich Land Trust Celebrate Earth Day With The Greenwich Land Trust
Celebrate Earth Day With The Greenwich Land Trust GREENWICH, Conn. -- Join the Greenwich Land Trust’s Earth Day Beautification Project on Saturday, April 25, and help improve a beautiful natural space.  The event will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Milbank Greene Preserve, near 610 Round Hill Road. It encompasses a meadow and forest where The Greenwich Land Trust has been working to support native wildlife habitat.  Volunteers will help cut vines, remove invasive plants, and plant 100 native tree and shrub seedlings. There are also educational activities planned such as plant identification lessons and a wildlife release. Lunch w…

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William Pitt Sotheby's Stamford Agents Receive Five Star Real Estate Award William Pitt Sotheby's Stamford Agents Receive Five Star Real Estate Award
William Pitt Sotheby's Stamford Agents Receive Five Star Real Estate Award STAMFORD, CONN. -- William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty today announced seven of the firm’s Stamford brokerage real estate agents have received the prestigious “2015 Five Star Real Estate Agent” award for Connecticut Magazine.  This annual award recognizes service professionals in more than 45 markets who provide quality services to their clients. To choose recipients, the Five Star program conducts market-specific research to identify reputable and trustworthy professionals in the industry. The 2015 agent winners were showcased in a special advertising section of the March issue of…

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Business
JC Penney Exec Accidentally Emails Sales Figures JC Penney Exec Accidentally Emails Sales Figures
JC Penney Exec Accidentally Emails Sales Figures WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- An executive official at fashion-retailer JCPenney accidentally emailed the store sales figures to a securities analyst, even though the figures weren't yet made public, according to consumerist.com. Though the company was seeing a six-percent increase in store sales over the last year, this email mistake could result in a fine from the SEC, if the company didn't report the mistake quickly enough, reported consumerist.com. To read the whole story, click here.

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Schools
Bronxville's Concordia College Announces Commencement Speaker Bronxville's Concordia College Announces Commencement Speaker
Bronxville's Concordia College Announces Commencement Speaker BRONXVILLE, N.Y. -- President and CEO of Bayer Pharma, Dieter Weinand, has been named commencement speaker and will receive an honorary doctorate at Concordia College’s 134th Commencement exercises May 9.  Weinand, who received a bachelor’s degree in biology from Concordia, has more than 25 years experience in various commercial operative and strategic roles in the pharmaceutical industry. He also has a master’s degree in pharmacology/toxicology from Long Island University. He is a member of the Bayer HealthCare executive committee and is responsible for the pharmaceuticals division.  “…

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Schools
Somers HS Students Learning About Robotic Surgery Somers HS Students Learning About Robotic Surgery
Somers HS Students Learning About Robotic Surgery SOMERS, N.Y. -- Somers High School students will learn about the da Vinci robot surgical system at an upcoming event at Putnam Hospital Center.  Dr. Hansraj Sheth, a general and vascular access surgeon with Putnam Westchester Vein Center who is on the medical staff at Putnam Hospital Center, will lead the discussion on the da Vinci system that uses robotic technologies to perform a variety of minimally invasive surgical procedures.  “This is an educational field trip where students will have an understanding of the state-of-the-art surgical techniques in the use of robotic instruments a…

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Business
Farmers Insurance Opens New Rochelle Office Farmers Insurance Opens New Rochelle Office
Farmers Insurance Opens New Rochelle Office NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- The New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce welcomed Farmers Insurance, a new business in the area, on Friday. Bob Marrone, executive director of the chamber, and Al Tarantino, deputy mayor of New Rochelle, cut the ceremonial red ribbon of Farmers Insurance, which opened a new branch at 780 Main St.  Janet Martinez, the main agent with 13 years' experience, is fluent in English and Spanish. After being presented with a plaque, courtesy of JanMar Trophy from the chamber, Martinez handed out welcome kits to all who attended. The agency has services for auto, home, renters, …

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Events
Eleanor Roosevelt’s Biographer To Speak At Sarah Lawrence Eleanor Roosevelt’s Biographer To Speak At Sarah Lawrence
Eleanor Roosevelt’s Biographer To Speak At Sarah Lawrence WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The Global Studies faculty and Women's History graduate program at Sarah Lawrence College will be presenting a talk by author and scholar Blanche Wiesen Cook, in celebration of her third and final volume in a biography of Eleanor Roosevelt. The author talk will be on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. Cook’s talk, "Eleanor Roosevelt’s Legacy: Our Ongoing Struggle for Human Rights," which will be a preview the forthcoming book of the same name, will take place in the Esther Raushenbush Library Great Room. Cook is distinguished professor of history and women’s studies at John J…

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Katonah Symposium Focuses On New Septic Technologies Katonah Symposium Focuses On New Septic Technologies
Katonah Symposium Focuses On New Septic Technologies WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- This year's Earth Day brings two organizations, The Katonah Village Improvement Society and Allied Community Enterprises, together for a Septic Solution Symposium on Wednesday. The symposium is being held at the Katonah Village Library’s Garden Room at 7:30 p.m. Katonah and other northern Westchester Communities are primarily in the East of Hudson Watershed, which was created to protect New York City’s water supply. As such, there are rigorous land-use regulations surrounding the watershed. The policy response to the protection of New York City’s watershed ha…

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News
Resurfacing Of 4th Street In Mount Vernon Rescheduled For Week Of April 27 Resurfacing Of 4th Street In Mount Vernon Rescheduled For Week Of April 27
Resurfacing Of 4th Street In Mount Vernon Rescheduled For Week Of April 27 MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- Resurfacing of the roadway along West 4th Street between Franklin and South Columbus avenues has been rescheduled.  Work will begin on Monday, April 27, and last until Friday, May 1. Milling and repaving of streets along this section of the Con Edison gas pipeline route will be between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. No parking restrictions will be posted. This rescheduling has become necessary because the Mount Vernon Board of Water Supply must repair a broken water main in the area.

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