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Lessons Of Inclusivity Don't Have To End While Schools Go Online Lessons Of Inclusivity Don't Have To End While Schools Go Online
Lessons Of Inclusivity Don't Have To End While Schools Go Online Children need help reinforcing school messages like inclusivity — especially now while remote schooling in isolation, so parents might look to Main Street School in Irvington whose learning project was inspired by a Brazilian photographer who has amassed a large portrait collection that challenges the way we look at skin color and ethnic identity. Before the recent closure, Main Street fourth- and fifth-graders watched a Ted Talk, then met the presenter who paid them a visit, Angélica Dass, of Madrid, Spain, who is the creator of the photography work in progress titled  "Humanæ." …

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Students Home From Shuttered Colleges Worry About Passing Coronavirus To Older, Weaker Students Home From Shuttered Colleges Worry About Passing Coronavirus To Older, Weaker
Students Home From Shuttered Colleges Worry About Passing Coronavirus To Older, Weaker Students suddenly back in their Fairfield County homes from shuttered colleges are not pacing with worries over their health. Their education is on their mind as is the fallout from social distancing. What health concerns they have extend to older people who are more at risk.  This is not surprising among the 4-to-24-year-old Gen-Z demographic, which is not living up to the entitlement myth that often befalls a younger generation as it comes of age. Jared Sullivan who attends Norwalk Community College, which is on spring break this week though the college will remain closed until the r…

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Free WiFi, Meals, Distance-Learning Tips To Ease Burden In Coronavirus School Closures Free WiFi, Meals, Distance-Learning Tips To Ease Burden In Coronavirus School Closures
Free WiFi, Meals, Distance-Learning Tips To Ease Burden In Coronavirus School Closures Is your head spinning with fear of the spread of coronavirus to your family? Figuring out how to work remotely while keeping your children occupied? Ready or not, Connecticut parents started homeschooling their kids Monday morning, March 16. To help ease the burden, internet provider Altice USA began offering free WiFi through its Optimum broadband service Monday, March 16, to households in their service area with K-12 and college students that don't already have it. Call 866-200-9522 for information about the 60-day enrollment. “We know that our connectivity services, especially broadband …

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Politics
Staying In Friday The 13th? Have Fun With Scary Movies, See What Mayors Picked Staying In Friday The 13th? Have Fun With Scary Movies, See What Mayors Picked
Staying In Friday The 13th? Have Fun With Scary Movies, See What Mayors Picked Superstitious? Won't risk it? If going out on Friday the 13th is a nightmare then stay at home on March 13 and have fun with it. There's plenty of scary movies streaming right now. We asked some guest "film critics" to weigh in on their favorites for our Top 5 picks. 'The Exorcist,' which is probably one of the most re-watched scary movies of all time, is a memorable classic. It's Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling's pick.  "Its performances and special effects are bone-chilling," said Rilling. 'The Exorcist' is very graphic and realistic." The 1973 movie (available to rent on Amazon Prime)…

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DC Watchdog Group: Nina Lowey A 'Warrior' In Protecting Animals From Experiments DC Watchdog Group: Nina Lowey A 'Warrior' In Protecting Animals From Experiments
DC Watchdog Group: Nina Lowey A 'Warrior' In Protecting Animals From Experiments U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey is dogged in her support for animals. What a fitting swan song. Lowey, 82, of Harrison,  is among the recipients of a 2019 Congressional Waste Warrior award for her outstanding leadership in ending wasteful and cruel taxpayer-funded animal She holds the 17th  district congressional seat in Westchester and Rockland counties and announced her retirement Oct. 10 after serving 31 years and currently chairs the House Appropriations Committee.  “In just the past year, Congresswoman Lowey was instrumental in stopping deadly government experiments on kittens and …

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Fitter Facilities Open At Staples, Bridgeport Fitter Facilities Open At Staples, Bridgeport
Fitter Facilities Open At Staples, Bridgeport If you're a parent of a teenager in these two lower Fairfield County high schools, you can cancel their gym memberships. Staples and Bridgeport Central High Schools just got 21st-century fitness facility facelifts. One Westport parent is especially thrilled. Ted Huber — a father of three with two athletes at Staples — led the charge and was joined by many students, coaches and other volunteers last year to raise money for new gym equipment. The Staples Fitness Center Capital Campaign raised $114,000 and made it possible to upgrade the school's fitness center with new flooring and went from…

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Westchester District Owed Millions In State Aid Westchester District Owed Millions In State Aid
Westchester District Owed Millions In State Aid White Plains Schools finds itself among the 400 districts in New York State owed millions in Foundation Aid which pays for mental health personnel like social workers. New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) President Andy Pallotta said the state owes school districts $3.4 billion, with White Plains owed $12.8 million in Foundation Aid. In February he testified at the joint legislative budget hearing on K-12 education that schools statewide need a significant new investment from the state to address issues that range from a lack of social workers to staffing shortages to the loss of critical…

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Around The Towns: Catch Dumpers, Meet Haskell, State Moves To Cap Insulin Around The Towns: Catch Dumpers, Meet Haskell, State Moves To Cap Insulin
Around The Towns: Catch Dumpers, Meet Haskell, State Moves To Cap Insulin A Fairfield County official is fed up with illegal dumping and has a proposition for residents that helps curb the crime. Pictures of someone illegally dumping garbage in Bridgeport brought to Bridgeport Police can yield the photographer a $200 reward. Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim, announced news of the "bounty" on his  Facebook page here. This Illegal Dumping Campaign is designed to prevent bulk trash and garbage from being dumped in neighborhoods in order to improve life for city residents, the mayor said. “The unlawful disposal of garbage needs to stop, and law enforcement will take acti…

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Sen. Duff: Don't Panic; Mayor Martin: City Getting Ready For 'Coordinated Response' Sen. Duff: Don't Panic; Mayor Martin: City Getting Ready For 'Coordinated Response'
Sen. Duff: Don't Panic; Mayor Martin: City Getting Ready For 'Coordinated Response' Don't panic. Everyone's telling us to wash our hands yet stores all over Fairfield are out of sanitizer. At press time, the U.S. death count from coronavirus or COVID-19 is 19, and there are 126 reported cases in 13 states — including 13 in New York State, 10 of these in Westchester, so far, as reported here in Daily Voice. Still, none are reported in Connecticut, where Fairfield County officials are getting ready. Stamford Mayor David Martin said Wednesday, March 4, that there is no coronavirus in Stamford, where public safety and other city officials, Stamford Hospital, school and religiou…

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Around The Towns: Haitian-American Steps Into Senate Race, Race Talk, Paris Cathedral Around The Towns: Haitian-American Steps Into Senate Race, Race Talk, Paris Cathedral
Around The Towns: Haitian-American Steps Into Senate Race, Race Talk, Paris Cathedral Planning a trip to Paris and want to know when Notre Dame will re-open? Not for five years says the French president. Why's that? Find out more about the fire-ravaged cathedral on Thursday, March 5 at the Alliance Francaise in White Plains. That's when Yale University professor R. Howard Bloch will talk about the challenges of rebuilding Notre Dame and about other French cathedrals. The event is at 7 p.m. and here's where to RSVP. Haitian-American Spring Valley Trustee Enters 38th District Race "Being able to make history and show Haitian children in our community that someo…

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