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Westchester postmasters support USPS Operation Santa

Westchester postmasters are helping raise public awareness that the USPSOperationSanta.com website is active and ready to welcome potential letter adopters to help make the holiday season special for deserving children and their families. Thousands of letters are written to the USPS Operation Santa program every year in hopes of being […]

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The Arc Westchester awarded $209K in grants

The Arc Westchester, a not for-profit organization supporting people with disabilities in Westchester County, has been awarded $209,000 in grants from the Trustee Management Board of NYSARC Trust Services to support The Arc Westchester’s guardianship and recreation programs. NYSARC Trust Services administers supplemental needs trusts, SNT, and pooled trusts that […]

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City mourns death of Antoine Lewis Jr.

On Dec. 2, the New Rochelle community turned out for a candlelight vigil at Lincoln Park to celebrate the life and mourn the passing of Antoine Lewis Jr., a 2015 graduate of New Rochelle High School, who died on Nov. 30. Hundreds of well-wishers packed the basketball court at the […]

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Pelham Art Center unveils new public art

Pelham Art Center has unveiled two new public art installations on its 3rd Street exterior wall.  “Revivival” by Sara Jimenez and Jason Schwartz is on view through Sept. 31; a new public mural by Lance Johnson is on Pelham Art Center’s 3rd street doors. In “Revivival”, Jimenez and Schwartz present […]

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Fall sports teaches important lesson

As someone who has covered high school athletics since 2007, I feel pretty comfortable in my ability to say that this past fall season was unlike any season of sports I’ve ever been a part of. Starting with the postponement of high-risk sports like football and the very uncertainty of […]