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Update: Hudson Valley HS Student With 'Heart Of Giant' Gets Paid Trip To Super Bowl Update: Hudson Valley HS Student With 'Heart Of Giant' Gets Paid Trip To Super Bowl
Update: Hudson Valley HS Student With 'Heart Of Giant' Gets Paid Trip To Super Bowl A Hudson Valley high school student who has persevered despite his cerebral palsy diagnosis and was presented with an award from the New York Giants was also able to enjoy a free trip to the Super Bowl.  Putnam County high schooler Eduardo Recinos, a student at Putnam Valley High School, was presented with the 2023 Heart of a Giant award by the New York Giants in early December 2023. In addition to getting the chance to meet Giants quarterback Daniel Jones, Recinos was also gifted four tickets to the Super Bowl, which was held on Sunday, Feb. 11.  Earlier Rep…

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by Ben Crnic
Schools
NY Giants Give Award To Hudson Valley HS Student: 'He Always Wanted To Push Himself' NY Giants Give Award To Hudson Valley HS Student: 'He Always Wanted To Push Himself'
NY Giants Give Award To Hudson Valley HS Student: 'He Always Wanted To Push Himself' A Hudson Valley high school student who has become an invaluable football team member despite his cerebral palsy diagnosis is being celebrated for having the true heart of a giant.  Putnam County high schooler Eduardo Recinos, a student at Putnam Valley High School, was presented with the 2023 Heart of a Giant award by New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones on Wednesday, Dec. 6, school officials announced.  The award, presented by both the Giants and the Hospital for Special Surgery, highlights high school tackle and flag football athletes, student managers, stude…

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by Ben Crnic
Obituaries
Westchester Native Who Was All-America Collegiate Athlete Dies At Age 48 Westchester Native Who Was All-America Collegiate Athlete Dies At Age 48
Westchester Native Who Was All-America Collegiate Athlete Dies At Age 48 A Northern Westchester native who was a standout athlete in both high school and college has died. Alison Relyea, who grew up in Briarcliff and graduated in 1992 from the Hackley School in Tarrytown, was 48 years old, according to her obituary. She died on Wednesday, Oct. 12 at Evelyn’s House hospice facility in Creve Coeur, Missouri. For the past 11 years, she lived in Chesterfield, Missouri, her obituary said. She graduated from Gettysburg College in 1996 and the University of Maryland School of Nursing, where she received her BSN degree, in 1998.  Throughout her younger years…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
COVID-19: Hospital For Special Surgery Opens Five Urgent Care Centers As ER Alternative COVID-19: Hospital For Special Surgery Opens Five Urgent Care Centers As ER Alternative
Covid-19: Hospital For Special Surgery Opens Five Urgent Care Centers As ER Alternative The New York-based Hospital for Special Surgery is opening up urgent care centers as emergency rooms for “serious orthopedic injuries" that require immediate medical attention. The HSS Urgent Ortho Care facilities will be opened in Manhattan, Nassau County, Stamford, and in Paramus, New Jersey. Louis Shapiro, the CEO of HSS, said that it “has the expertise and resources to provide urgent orthopedic care at the new centers, including x-ray and MRI imaging to diagnose injuries,” during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “Right now, hospital emergency rooms need to focus their resourc…

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by Zak Failla
Sports
ACL Injuries In Youth Athletes Will Be Subject Of Free Hour-Long Program In White Plains ACL Injuries In Youth Athletes Will Be Subject Of Free Hour-Long Program In White Plains
ACL Injuries In Youth Athletes Will Be Subject Of Free Hour-Long Program In White Plains With the frequency of ACL injuries occurring earlier and earlier for athletes, Hospital for Special Surgery Westchester is hosting a special program for parents to help avoid the pitfalls of the devastating injury. HSS Westchester announced it will be hosting a special program on ACL injuries in youth athletes, beginning at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 22 at the Outpatient Center on Westchester Avenue in White Plains. Hosting the program will be three experts, including Andrew Pearle, an Orthopedic Surgeon at the HSS Hospital for Special Surgery; Laurey Lou, a physical therapist with the HSS Reha…

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by Zak Failla