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Russia Bans College In Hudson Valley It Calls 'Undesirable,' Report Says Russia Bans College In Hudson Valley It Calls 'Undesirable,' Report Says
Russia Bans College In Hudson Valley It Calls 'Undesirable,' Report Says Russia has prohibited academic ties with a college in New York, naming it an "undesirable nongovernmental organization." On Friday, Aug. 6, the Albany Times Union reported that activities at Bard College, located in Dutchess County, in Annandale-on-Hudson, were deemed "undesirable" by the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation in June. Russia did not cite a specific reason for the designation, but hundreds of millions of dollars in charitable gifts given to the college by Hungarian-born American billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros were cited by…

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by Nicole Valinote
Obituaries
Fairfield County Native Harry Brant, Model Who Became Known As Teen, Dies Suddenly At 24 Fairfield County Native Harry Brant, Model Who Became Known As Teen, Dies Suddenly At 24
Fairfield County Native Harry Brant, Model Who Became Known As Teen, Dies Suddenly At 24 Fairfield County native Harry Brant, a nationally known model and the son of 90s supermodel Stephanie Seymour and publisher Peter M. Brant, has died suddenly. He was 24. Brant died Sunday, Jan. 17, of an accidental overdose, his family said in a statement to The New York Times. Brant had appeared in Italian Vogue and released a makeup line for MAC cosmetics with his brother Peter Brant Jr.  “We will forever be saddened that his life was cut short by this devastating disease,” his family said in a statement to the Times. “He achieved a lot in his 24 years, but we will never get the cha…

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by Kathy Reakes