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Obituaries
Beloved Former Teacher, Fairfield County Native Dies Beloved Former Teacher, Fairfield County Native Dies
Beloved Former Teacher, Fairfield County Native Dies A former teacher who worked for schools in both Northern Westchester and Fairfield County has died.  Margaret "Peggy" Beccaria died on Sunday, Jan. 15 at the age of 85, according to her obituary.  A native of New Canaan, Beccaria graduated from high school there before attending college at Western Connecticut State University. She then became a teacher in Stamford.  During this time, she married her husband, Peter, in 1959, and then moved to Westchester County, settling in Pound Ridge where the couple raised their two children, Michael and Patrick.  After tak…

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by Ben Crnic
News
School Steps Up Vaping Prevention As New Dangers Surface School Steps Up Vaping Prevention As New Dangers Surface
School Steps Up Vaping Prevention As New Dangers Surface They come in sweet and sugary fruit flavors, cinnamon, vanilla, mango—even chocolate. Vaping flavors seem hard to resist for anyone with a sweet tooth, and teenagers are no exception. E-cigarettes and other vaping devices are battery-operated devices that heat a liquid into an inhalable vapor, which typically contains nicotine (though not always), flavorings and other chemicals.  They can resemble traditional tobacco cigarettes, cigars or pipes, or pens and USB memory sticks. A second vaping-related death has been confirmed in New York State leaving health officials calling for f…

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by Donna Christopher