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Ulster Sheriff's Stand On Guns Spurs Social Media Frenzy POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – Ulster County Sheriff Paul Van Blarcum’s stand on the fight against terrorism is creating a social media frenzy, according to a report in the Poughkeepsie Journal. According to the report, Blarcum -- reacting to the mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif. -- posted a plea on Facebook urging licensed gun owners to exercise their right to carry firearms in public. Since then, gun advocates and more than a dozen of New York’s sheriffs have weighed in on the subject, the Journal reported. Gun-control advocates, however, oppose Blarcum’s campaign, the report said. For the f…

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12/14/2015

News

Carlucci Backs Monitors' Suggestion For Veto Power Over East Ramapo Schools CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. -- Sen. David Carlucci (D-New City), reacting to a just-released report, has vowed to fight for state monitors to have veto powers over the troubled East Ramapo Central School District. The report, presented to the state Board of Regents in Albany on Monday, contained 19 recommendations, according to Carlucci’s communications director, Justin Devendorf. The most controversial of these -- that state monitors be given veto powers -- faces an "uphill battle" in the state Senate, Devendorf said. In a statement, Carlucci thanked monitors Dennis Walcott, Monica George-…

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12/14/2015

Politics

Spring Valley Official's Testimony Fans Yeshiva Allegations Against Mayor SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. – Recent court testimony appears to back certain allegations against Spring Valley Mayor Demeza Delhomme, a Rockland official said, according to a report in lohud.com. In November, state Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski, D-New City, told the media outlet that Assistant Building Inspector Jackenton Lavalasse had been pressured to issue a certificate of occupancy to a local yeshiva. According to lohud’s latest report, Lavalasse testified in state Supreme Court that the mayor directed him to issue the CO despite concerns that safety inspections were incomplete -- and to alter a me…

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12/14/2015

Business

Higher Expenses, Other Factors, Cause Costco Sales, Earnings To Dip Higher expenses have caused Costco’s first quarter results to hit a speed bump, according to a report in supermarketnews.com. The industry publication reported that the Issaquah, Wash.-based club retailer also blamed foreign currency fluctuations and a huge drop in gas prices for sales and earnings that were slightly below expectations. According to a report in etfdailynews.com, Costco earned $480 million, or $1.09 per diluted share, in the last quarter. Earnings fell 2 percent from the $1.12 per share earned in the same period last year; analyst expectations had called for $1.17 per share,…

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12/14/2015

Business

Wal-Mart Expects New Digital Payment System To Speed Up Checkout Lines Wal-Mart is launching its own digital payment system, which will, the retail giant promises, speed up checkout lines, according to a report in supermarketnews.com. The system will be part of Wal-Mart’s mobile application and the goal is to further connect the chain to its shoppers, the industry publication reported. According to the report, the system will be available in select stores this month and a national roll-out is planned for next year. To go to the supermarketnews site, click here.

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12/14/2015

News

Pocket Park Parking Lot Work Tops Briarcliff Village Manager's Report BRIARCLIFF, N.Y. -- Village Manager Philip E. Zegarelli is reminding residents that Briarcliff’s “mini” parking lot will be closed while a fuel leakage problem is being working on. Fuel leaked under the pocket park’s lot from a nearby gas station, Zegarelli said in his latest report. The village is working with the state Department of Environmental Conservation to clean up the site by the coming spring. In other items in the village manager’s report: Dead trees: Zegarelli is warning motorists to be on the alert this week while the Westchester County Parks Department and the state Depart…

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12/14/2015

Schools

Boces Aims To Make Computer Coding More Accessible YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- Computer coding isn’t just for science whiz kids anymore, said Dr. Leigh An DeLyser, the keynote speaker at a recent conference hosted by Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES in Yorktown. It can -- and should -- be taught to all students at every grade level, she said. Coding helps develop critical thinking skills, DeLyser said, which can be applied to all areas of learning. The BOCES conference was designed to showcase the value of computer coding and computer science in K-12 classrooms and to help educators incorporate it into their schools. DeLyser, director of education…

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12/14/2015

News

Local Pols Support Scarsdale Nursing Home Workers At Candlelight Vigil SCARSDALE, N.Y. – Caregivers, family members, clergy, and local politicians held a candlelight vigil recently to air concerns over the quality of care at the for-profit Sprain Brook Manor Rehabilitation Center in Scarsdale. The protest -- which came on the heels of a public meeting in November hosted by the labor union representing nursing home workers -- also called for the owners of the facility to negotiate a contract and stabilize what it called “substandard working conditions.” According to media reports, the union has linked issues of patient care with a high staff turnover, low pay, …

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12/14/2015

Schools

Lewisboro's Junior Statesmen Receive 'Best Speaker' Awards LEWISBORO, N.Y. -- A team of Lewisboro high school students recently back from Boston have bought home a gaggle of “gavels” for their oratorical prowess. Delegates from John Jay High School’s chapter of the national organization, the Junior State of America, won several “Best Speaker” awards in their Northeast Fall State Convention in November, school officials said. JSA delegates’ interests range from politics and government, to the law and education. Local chapters aim to produce active, informed citizens through an exchange of ideas, including debates and “thought talks,” according to th…

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12/14/2015

Events

Westchester Adult Jewish Education Offers Classes In New Rochelle, Rye NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- The Westchester Jewish Council’s winter schedule of adult education classes will include a class on influential theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel. Heschel was also one of the great champions of the civil rights movement, the White Plains-based organization said. Rabbi Molly Karp, a freelance Jewish educator and the spiritual leader of Temple Beth El in Oneonta, will teach the class. No previous knowledge is required for the class. The deadline for registering is Monday, Dec. 21. Karp’s class will be conducted at Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester, 2125 Westchester…

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