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Hudson Valley Hospitals Join Campaign For Babies With Heart Problems
Many community members and local hospitals have gotten involved in the “Little Hats, Big Hearts" campaign, organized by the American Heart Association (AHA), to help bring attention to congenital heart defects.The AHA, in connection with The Children's Heart Foundation, is offering the “Little Hats, Big Hearts” program for the second year in a row locally.
Thousands of little red hats are being delivered to 26 regional hospitals in New York and Connecticut during February, American Heart Month, to help raise awareness for congenital heart defects, or CHD, the most common type of birth …
Black History Month Book Fair Comes To Yonkers
YONKERS, N.Y. -- The Black History Month Book Fair opened on Thursday at SUNY Purchase College Center for Community and Culture, "PC4," at 16 Warburton Avenue in the Yonkers Downtown Waterfront Arts District.
The two-day event continues at PC4 on Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For the two days of the Book Fair, PC4 is converted into a pop-up bookstore and library. The lofty expanse of the exhibition space creates the setting of an urban bookstore experience, inviting visitors to read, browse, meet authors and presenters, have their books signed by authors, participate in book d…
Boces Culinary Student Chops, Cooks His Way To Food Network Crown
VALHALLA, N.Y. -- Dante Giannini, a 2006 graduate of the Southern Western BOCES Culinary Arts Program, was recently crowned champion of the latest season of “Chopped,” the Food Network’s cooking game show.
Giannini, also an Eastchester High School graduate, claimed the $10,000 first prize last month when he went up against three other chefs from restaurants across the country.
In each episode, contestants are expected to compete in three rounds called “Appetizer,” “Entrée” and “Dessert.” Each chef is given a basket containing three to five mystery ingredients from which they are expected to…
