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Daycare Commercial Casting Paid Roles Across Northeast
Do you want to be in a commercial about daycare? A commercial for highlighting the benefits of a daycare communication technology for parents and teachers is seeking talent for four roles, according to a casting notice. The commercial is looking for people from Baltimore, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, New York City, Jersey City and Virginia Beach. The roles include: A female daycare owner between the ages of 30 and 50, a female daycare director between the ages of 25 and 50, a daycare teacher between the ages of 18 and 40, and the parent of a daycare child between the ages of 18 and…
Police & Fire
19-Year-Old With 3 Active Warrants Steals $8K Of Products From Hudson Valley Store: Police
A 19-year-old woman involved with an organized retail theft group faces a heap of charges after stealing around $8,000 worth of products from a Hudson Valley store with a young accomplice, police said. The arrest resulted from an incident in Putnam County on Friday, Dec. 29, when deputies from the Putnam County Sheriff's Office's Narcotics Enforcement Unit saw a vehicle linked to the retail theft group parked outside an unnamed store in Southeast. According to the Sheriff's Office, deputies soon saw a woman and a boy leave the store with merchandise and get into this vehicle…
Sports
NY Native Kevin Brown To Be 'Freed' From Much-Maligned Suspension By Major League Team
Baltimore Orioles announcer and New York native Kevin Brown is ready to return home to the broadcasting booth. Brown, a Long Island native who was notoriously suspended from his job two weeks ago for accurately reporting about the team's past struggles against a rival is set to return to calling O’s games on Friday night, Aug. 11 when Baltimore squares off in Seattle against the Mariners. During the Sunday, July 23 game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Brown read his game notes - which are provided by the team's PR staff - regarding the Orioles' recent history playing in St. Petersburg. Ear…
Sports
'Thin Skinned': Major League Team Suspends NY Native For Announcing Facts, Report Says
The Baltimore Orioles have suspended play-by-play announcer and New York native Kevin Brown after he accurately recapped the team’s struggles in past seasons against the Tampa Bay Rays during a live broadcast, AwfulAnnouncing.com reports. Sources told the sports media site that Brown has been suspended indefinitely following his commentary during the end of the team’s series against the Rays on Sunday, July 23. In his pregame overview, Brown noted that Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg has been “maybe the toughest ballpark” for the Orioles to play in and reminded viewers that the team had…
Obituaries
Yale Graduate Lance Reddick, Star Of 'The Wire,' 'John Wick' Dies At 60
Best known for portraying a hard-nosed police lieutenant on "The Wire," Yale University graduate Lance Reddick has reportedly died at age 60. Multiple outlets reported on Friday, March 17 that the "John Wick" star died from natural causes days after he was forced to pull out of the New York City premiere of the latest film from the franchise during a press tour. His body was reportedly found in his Studio City home in California. Reddick is a well-known character actor with a stable of credits, but surprisingly, he didn't set out to be an actor. Reddick explained in an interview with th…
Obituaries
Former Northern Westchester HS/College Sports Standout Dies At 47
A former high school and collegiate sports standout in the area has died. Longtime Putnam County resident Dennis Leonard, a 1992 graduate of Lakeland High School in Shrub Oak, was 47 years old. He excelled on both the varsity football and lacrosse teams before attending Salisbury University in Maryland, where he was a member of back-to-back undefeated NCAA champion lacrosse teams. He died on Friday, Nov. 12 at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore. He was a neurology sales account executive working directly with healthcare providers throughout Maryland, Washington DC, and Dela…
Obituaries
Luke John Oberle, 72, Who Grew Up In Westchester, Had Passion For Theater
Luke John Oberle, 72, died on Nov. Thursday, 11 in Goldsboro, NC. Luke was born on August 14, 1949 in Edgewater, NJ, and raised in Franklin Square, Long Island and Croton-on-Hudson, NY. At Hendrick Hudson High School, Luke performed in several musicals and plays including “Oklahoma” and “Anastasia” and was cast as Buffalo Bill in “Annie Get Your Gun.” His passion for theater continued at Harpur College, Binghamton University where he majored in Cinema Arts. While a student there, Luke worked with director Nicolas Ray on the film We Can’t Go Home Again. After college, Luke worked at Judith C…
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Covid-
19: Closure Of J&J Vaccine Clinic, Supply Glitch Both Causing Concerns
The mass rollout of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine has hit enough roadblock as a vaccination site was forced to close due to people suffering adverse reactions to the shot. A vaccine clinic administering the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine in Colorado was forced to shut down, and the federal government announced it will be shipping fewer of the company’s doses around the country due to production issues. The company did not say how many people had reactions but said it amounted to 0.8 percent of those who received a vaccine dose Wednesday, April 7. Health officials in Co…
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Covid-
19: Millions Of J&J Doses Thrown Away After Factory Mixup
Millions of doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine had to be destroyed after there was a dosage mix-up at a production lab, prompting a delay in shipments to states. According to reports, employees at Emergent BioSolutions, a production facility in Baltimore that produces the vaccine, mixed up two ingredients, ruining approximately 15 million doses of the vaccine. Emergent is one of several companies that Johnson & Johnson enlisted to speed up manufacturing of its recently approved vaccine, the company said. The Baltimore factory where the tainted vaccine ingredient was fou…
Obituaries
Longtime Peekskill Resident and Camp Smith Employee, Eddie Camper, 73
Eddie Lee Camper, Sr., died at his home in Hattiesburg, MS, on Sept. 17 after a battle with cancer. He was 73 years old. Eddie, born May 12, 1947 in Hattiesburg, was a long-time resident of Peekskill before making his way back to Mississippi. His primary school education was at Earl Travillion Attendance Center in Hattiesburg, Forrest County, MS. With a family move from Mississippi to New York, Eddie attended Peekskill High School, graduating in 1967. He was employed at Camp Smith in Cortlandt Manor, from which he retired and before returning to Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Eddie Lee Ca…
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Northeast Region Well-Represented In New U.S. News & World Report Top 40 College Rankings
The five highest-ranked schools in U.S. News & World Report Top 40 National Universities Rankings are all in the Northeast. The top five schools of the rating consist of: Princeton University, first Harvard University, second; Columbia University, third; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, fourth (tied); Yale University fourth (tied). These rankings, which have been published for the last 36 years, are devised using seventeen different factors, including: graduation rates retention rates after the first year of study social mobility academic reputation, per an ass…
Schools
Region Well-Represented In Newly Released Rankings Of Best Colleges: Breakdown By State
Over half of Niche's Top 10 ranked colleges are situated in the Northeast with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology leading in first place. Following MIT, Harvard is the list's second-ranked university. Yale University is fourth, after Stanford University Duke University is ranked fifth and Princeton University sixth. For a list of best colleges by state, follow these links: New York Connecticut Massachusetts The list was assembled using data from the United States Department of Education and surveys of students and faculty. Academics, including the quality of pr…
Obituaries
Northern Westchester Woman, 46, Dies Suddenly While On Vacation
Christina “Christy” Roth Saltstein of Armonk died suddenly on Friday, July 17, while on vacation, at The Outer Banks Hospital in North Carolina. She was 46. She was the wife of 21 years to her best friend, Douglas Saltstein, and the mother of two children, Fred and Ella. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of Richard and Linda Beck Roth of Baltimore. After graduating from Johnson and Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island, she moved to Princeton, New Jersey, and began a long career with Hyatt Hotels. She worked in the IT departments at many of their properties throughout t…
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Cases Of
Covid-r
elated Illness In New York Kids Rises Again; 15-Year-Old Girl Latest Fatality
More cases of an inflammatory illness related to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that is impacting children, teenagers, and young adults have been reported in New York, though that might just be the tip of the iceberg, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. There have now been 137 confirmed cases of Pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome (PMIS), a new health condition appearing in children in New York and elsewhere, officials said. Three young New Yorkers have died from the illness. The latest fatality nationally was a 15-year-old girl from Baltimore. Some doctors think the condition is related to…
Politics
Covid-
19: 'My Husband Has Coronavirus,' Ex-Presidential Candidate Amy Klobuchar Says
United States Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota announced that her husband tested positive for the novel strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and has been hospitalized with pneumonia. Klobuchar, who dropped her Democratic presidential campaign earlier this month and threw her support behind former Vice President Joe Biden, said on Tuesday morning, March 24 that her family received word of her husband John’s positive test on March 23, and he has been placed in isolation. “I have news that many Americans are facing right now: my husband John has the coronavirus. We just got the test results at …
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NY Attorney General Vows To Protect Undocumented Immigrants During Planned ICE Raids
New York is among as many as 10 cities nationwide that are going to be the target of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids targeting illegal immigrants, which are expected to begin this weekend and the state's attorney general is vowing to protect those undocumented immigrants. The raids come weeks after President Donald Trump tweeted ICE’s plans to conduct them, forcing the commander-in-chief to postpone the operation due to the leaked information and public outcry. They have now been re-scheduled to begin on Sunday, July 14, though few details have been released. The raids, which w…
Police & Fire
Man Called 911 From Event In Area Threatening To Kill People, Police Say
A man who called 911 from an event in the area has been charged with threatening to "kill people," according to the Ramapo Police Department. The event took place in Airmont around 12:21 p.m. Saturday, July 7, when Ramapo dispatch received a 911 call from an unknown man via cellphone that threatened to "start killing people," said Det. Sgt. Brian Corbett. Police were quickly able to determine that the call had originated in the area of Fosse Court in Airmont and immediately responded and secured the area which included a synagogue and residential homes, Corbett said. F…
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