Yorktown
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Guide Dog Graduation: Yorktown-Based Nonprofit Provides Pups To Homes Across US Guide Dog Graduation: Yorktown-Based Nonprofit Provides Pups To Homes Across US
Guide Dog Graduation: Yorktown-Based Nonprofit Provides Pups To Homes Across US A new class of guide dogs that graduated from a New York nonprofit organization – including one dog going to serve the organization’s CEO – demonstrates the group’s 60-year commitment to changing the lives of people with vision loss or blindness. On Friday, April 12, Guiding Eyes for the Blind held one of its biannual guide dog graduations, celebrating the hard work of volunteers and pups alike and officially transferring the furry friends’ care to their new owners. However, this graduation was a little different from others — one of the graduates was a yellow lab named “Ten,” who had tra…

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by Sophie Grieser
Suffolk NY
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$50K Winning Lottery Ticket Sold At Hampton Bays Convenience Store $50K Winning Lottery Ticket Sold At Hampton Bays Convenience Store
$50K Winning Lottery Ticket Sold At Hampton Bays Convenience Store Could it be yours? A Powerball ticket worth $50,000 was sold at a convenience store on Long Island, New York Lottery officials said. The third prize-winning ticket was purchased in Hampton Bays at the Stop & Shop located at 194 West Montauk Highway.  It was sold for the drawing held on Saturday, April 13. Saturday’s winning numbers are 7-33-40-43-69 and the Powerball is 10. Players can check their ticket’s status on the New York Lottery website.

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by Michael Mashburn
Baltimore
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Beginner's Luck Lands $50K Powerball Win For Baltimore Woman Who Forgot She Had Golden Ticket Beginner's Luck Lands $50K Powerball Win For Baltimore Woman Who Forgot She Had Golden Ticket
Beginner's Luck Lands $50K Powerball Win For Baltimore Woman Who Forgot She Had Golden Ticket Sometimes it is better to be lucky than good.  A Baltimore woman is laughing her way to the bank after hitting it big and winning a $50,000 third-tier Powerball prize on her first try, even though she didn't know how to play the game. She said that her family would muse about what it would like to hit a Lottery jackpot, though they never took their shot until the rookie player decided to pick up a Powerball ticket at Royal Farms on O'Donnell Street in Baltimore for the Wednesday, April 10 drawing. According to the woman, she had no idea how to play the Lottery, but went for it anyway,…

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by Zak Failla
Capital District
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'Doughy, Drunk Pizza' Found At This Albany Restaurant, Popular Guru Declares 'Doughy, Drunk Pizza' Found At This Albany Restaurant, Popular Guru Declares
'Doughy, Drunk Pizza' Found At This Albany Restaurant, Popular Guru Declares Self-proclaimed pizza expert Dave Portnoy has rendered his verdict on another pizzeria in the region. The 47-year-old Barstool Sports owner found himself in Albany on Monday, April 8, and decided to stop by longtime joint Pizzeria Sapienza for his popular “One Bite Pizza Reviews” series on YouTube. Foregoing the “hour wait” to get a whole pie, Portnoy decided to base his review off just a single slice, though he admitted such a departure from his usual routine is “not really fair.” He then took two bites before describing the food as “doughy, drunk pizza.” His final verdict: “I’m gonna go…

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by Michael Mashburn
Essex NJ
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Emma Roberts Has Piece Of Montclair In Her Grown-Up Los Angeles Dollhouse Emma Roberts Has Piece Of Montclair In Her Grown-Up Los Angeles Dollhouse
Emma Roberts Has Piece Of Montclair In Her Grown-Up Los Angeles Dollhouse Emma Roberts' Los Angeles home is all things vintage. And not without a little piece from her favorite vintage store in Montclair. The 33-year-old actress gave Grayford's on Bloomfield Avenue a shoutout in her home tour with "Architectural Digest." The "American Horror Story" star explains she got the framed, red, "Hopalong Cassidy" button down from Grayford's and knew from the moment she saw it that it would one day hang in her son Rhodes' room. Grayford's has been around since 1931 and is owned by history buffs with a penchant for curating vintage apparel, antiques, and more, its w…

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by Cecilia Levine
Essex NJ
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'Not Pretty, Can't Act:' Sydney Sweeney Slams Maplewood Producer Who Publicly Insulted Her 'Not Pretty, Can't Act:' Sydney Sweeney Slams Maplewood Producer Who Publicly Insulted Her
'Not Pretty, Can't Act:' Sydney Sweeney Slams Maplewood Producer Who Publicly Insulted Her A film producer from New Jersey is under fire after saying Sydney Sweeney can't act and isn't pretty. Carol Baum, who graduated Columbia High School in Maplewood, disparaged the "Euphoria" star during a Q-n-A at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, NY, on Thursday, April, 11.  Baum, who has produced movies like "Father of the Bride" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," was on hand to discuss her experiences producing the 1988 David Cronenberg film "Dead Calm," which came out nine years before Sweeney was born. "I don't get Sydney Sweeney," Baum reportedly said. "I was watching on …

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by Sam Barron
Morris
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Famed NJ Anti-Hero Meets Taylor Swift At Coachella Famed NJ Anti-Hero Meets Taylor Swift At Coachella
Famed NJ Anti-Hero Meets Taylor Swift At Coachella Taylor Swift got to meet New Jersey royalty while attending the annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Teresa Guidice, a Montville mom and former star of Bravo's "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," posed for a photo with renowned pop star last weekend at the annual music festival held in California. "Two absolute queens," Guidice's husband Luis Ruelas captioned the photo on Instagram. Social media users were quick to snark about putting "The Era's Tour" headliner on the same level as Giudice, convicted felon who spent nearly a year in federal prison. "One queen and on…

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by Sam Barron
Yonkers
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'Hollywood On Hudson': Filming For CBS's 'Blue Bloods' Takes Place In Westchester 'Hollywood On Hudson': Filming For CBS's 'Blue Bloods' Takes Place In Westchester
'Hollywood On Hudson': Filming For CBS's 'Blue Bloods' Takes Place In Westchester A city hall in Westchester was transformed into a film set for the popular television show "Blue Bloods."  Filming for the hit CBS show took place at Yonkers City Hall, which was portrayed as the "New York Supreme Court," Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano said on Tuesday, April 16.  The scenes filmed at city hall will be used in the seventh episode of the show's 14th season, which will air on CBS on Friday, April 26 at 10 p.m.  "Yonkers is truly Hollywood on Hudson and I'm thrilled to welcome productions to our city," Spano said of the filming, adding, "I couldn't help but watch some…

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by Ben Crnic
Suffolk NY
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$50K Winning Powerball Ticket Sold At Lindenhurst Grocery Store $50K Winning Powerball Ticket Sold At Lindenhurst Grocery Store
$50K Winning Powerball Ticket Sold At Lindenhurst Grocery Store Feeling lucky? A Powerball ticket worth $50,000 was sold at a grocery store on Long Island, New York Lottery officials said. The third prize-winning ticket was purchased in Lindenhurst at the King Kullen store located at 600 North Wellwood Avenue. It was sold for the drawing held on Monday, April 15. Monday’s winning numbers are 7-16-41-56-61 and the Powerball is 23. Players can check their ticket’s status on the New York Lottery website.

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by Michael Mashburn
Nassau
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CBS To Re-Air Billy Joel MSG Concert After Snafu CBS To Re-Air Billy Joel MSG Concert After Snafu
CBS To Re-Air Billy Joel MSG Concert After Snafu After a programming error cut off the final two minutes of Billy Joel’s televised concert at Madison Square Garden, CBS announced it would re-air the show. “Billy Joel: The 100th — Live at Madison Square Garden,” which originally aired on Sunday, April 14, will now be rebroadcast on Friday night, April 19 due to a programming snafu that cut the program off early, according to a statement released by CBS. The show, which was recorded in March to celebrate Joel’s 100th consecutive performance at Madison Square Garden, was partway through the singer’s iconic “Piano Man” when the program abru…

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by Sophie Grieser
Prince George's
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That's A Hit: Bowie Man Turns $3 Lottery Win Into $30K Top Prize Playing 'Battleship' That's A Hit: Bowie Man Turns $3 Lottery Win Into $30K Top Prize Playing 'Battleship'
That's A Hit: Bowie Man Turns $3 Lottery Win Into $30K Top Prize Playing 'Battleship' What started as a slow day for a loyal Maryland Lottery player turned into an unexpected cash windfall for a Prince George's County man when he reinvested his meager winnings and turned them into a five-figure jackpot. Bowie resident Jorge Baez nearly sank his own battleship, but took one last shot, and sure enough, landed himself a $30,000 top-prize playing a FAST PLAY ticket. The retired contractor picked up $20 worth of scratchers on the day of his lucky win, only winning $3, though he made the most of those dollars, using them to purchase a FAST PLAY BATTLESHIP ticket at the Hampton Mal…

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by Zak Failla
Capital District
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Double The Fun: Pair Of $500K Winning Lottery Tickets Sold At Albany Convenience Store Double The Fun: Pair Of $500K Winning Lottery Tickets Sold At Albany Convenience Store
Double The Fun: Pair Of $500K Winning Lottery Tickets Sold At Albany Convenience Store You could say lottery lightning struck twice at a convenience store in the region. A pair of PICK 10 tickets – worth $500,000 each – was sold in Albany, at the Mobil station located at 247 New Scotland Avenue, New York Lottery announced. The lucky tickets were purchased for the drawing held on Sunday, April 14. PICK 10 numbers are drawn from a field of one to 80. To hit the jackpot a player must match their 10 numbers to 10 of the 20 winning numbers drawn. Players can check their ticket’s status on the New York Lottery website.

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by Michael Mashburn