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Greenburgh Volunteers To Spread Holiday Cheer At Annual JLCW Boutique Sale Greenburgh Volunteers To Spread Holiday Cheer At Annual JLCW Boutique Sale
Greenburgh Volunteers To Spread Holiday Cheer At Annual Jlcw Boutique Sale SCARSDALE, N.Y. - The Junior League of Central Westchester is set to celebrate their 70th anniversary in the county at their 30th annual Holiday Boutique. From 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18, there will be dozens of vendors and local businesses offering a wide variety of goods at the Scarsdale Golf Club at what is expected to be the biggest JLCW Holiday Boutique in three decades. According to the JLCW, the Holiday Boutique is a one-stop shopping destination that will feature more than 40 local businesses, with vendors offering merchandise, jewelry, home goods, clothing, hostess gifts,…

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by Zak Failla
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Hudson Valley Celebrates Halloween With Killer Costumes Hudson Valley Celebrates Halloween With Killer Costumes
Hudson Valley Celebrates Halloween With Killer Costumes It was quite the spooky day in the Hudson Valley Monday as Halloween saw the streets filled with ghosts, vampires, monsters and demons. Helping to keep the peace in Elmsford was Batman, who showed up at the school's Halloween Parade looking suspiciously like Superintendent Joseph Ricca. The superintendent promised students from  Alice E. Grady Elementary School and the Carl L. Dixson Primary School that he would march in costume if they managed to collect 200 cans of food for the local pantry, part of the district’s “Scare Away Hunger” campaign. The idea for the initiative came from parent…

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by Sam Barron
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String Quartet Poised For Sleepy Hollow Concert Stage String Quartet Poised For Sleepy Hollow Concert Stage
String Quartet Poised For Sleepy Hollow Concert Stage SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. -- A string quartet performance and chance to talk to the principal violinist will take stage Saturday, Nov. 12 in Sleepy Hollow. The 2016-2017 Friends of Music Concerts season is underway in the Kusel Auditorium at Sleepy Hollow High School. The 63rd season continues with Takacs Quartet Saturday, Nov. 12, then French pianist Lise de la Salle will perform April 22, the Dover Quartet on May 6, and Windscape on May 20. The Takács Quartet’s unique blend of drama, warmth, and humor brings fresh insights to the string quartet repertoire.  In this return engagement, the grou…

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by Donna Christopher
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Tarrytown Celebrates Halloween With Annual Parade Tarrytown Celebrates Halloween With Annual Parade
Tarrytown Celebrates Halloween With Annual Parade TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- One of Westchester's most spookiest villages celebrated Halloween in style Saturday. Thousands came out for Tarrytown's annual parade which featured more than 25 floats, stilt walkers, a magician, dancers and marching bands participating. The famed Headless Horseman even made an appearance. "The parade grows larger every year,"  said Joe Arduino, Tarrytown Recreation Department Administrator. “Participants come from the Bronx, Queens and New Jersey. It is a lot of fun." Were you at the parade? Please send photos to sbarron@dailyvoice.com 

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by Sam Barron
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Grab Your Broom And Go: Westchester Spooks With Halloween Happenings Grab Your Broom And Go: Westchester Spooks With Halloween Happenings
Grab Your Broom And Go: Westchester Spooks With Halloween Happenings WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- If you haven't made your Halloween plans yet, don't worry. There's still time to attend one of the many area events going on around town. The only problem? Picking just one! Saturday, Oct. 29 The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Pelham Picture House, Pelham: What better way to celebrate Halloween then with a loving couple, a few lost monsters, and a sweet transvestite from transsexual Transylvania. Sing and dance through a campy, sloppy salute to horror movies and sexual liberation. Bring your sense of humor. And some toast. Wear your Rocky Horror Picture Show inspire…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
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Five Hudson Valley Walks To End Alzheimer's Expect To Raise More Than $1M Five Hudson Valley Walks To End Alzheimer's Expect To Raise More Than $1M
Five Hudson Valley Walks To End Alzheimer's Expect To Raise More Than $1M The Alzheimer’s Association Hudson Valley Chapter held five walks around its seven-county region over the past few weeks, starting with the Westchester Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Sept. 25 at White Plains High School and ending with the Putnam walk on Oct. 16 at the Putnam Office for Senior Resources in Carmel. Walks were also held in Montgomery, Pomona and on the Walkway Over the Hudson between Highland and Poughkeepsie. The events are expected to raise a record high of about $1 million to support families living with the disease and fund research seeking a cure. “I’m proud to see such gro…

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by Jay Waitkus
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Rapper DMX Performs For Yonkers Police 'Heroes' Who Saved His Life Rapper DMX Performs For Yonkers Police 'Heroes' Who Saved His Life
Rapper DMX Performs For Yonkers Police 'Heroes' Who Saved His Life YONKERS, N.Y. - Mount Vernon native DMX was back in Westchester recently to thank the Yonkers police officers who helped save his life at a local hotel parking lot earlier this year. In February, the rapper was rushed to the hospital after first responders were alerted of a man who had collapsed, wasn’t breathing and was unresponsive in the parking lot of the Ramada Inn in Yonkers. DMX was treated at the scene with Narcan - a narcotic overdose antidote used to save lives - by emergency service responders, who also gave him CPR and oxygen. He was revived after approximately 60 seconds into …

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by Zak Failla
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Take Leap For Special Olympics In Westchester Polar Plunge Take Leap For Special Olympics In Westchester Polar Plunge
Take Leap For Special Olympics In Westchester Polar Plunge WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N. Y. -- Special Olympics New York is looking for brave souls willing to take a leap of faith into Long Island Sound for the 8th annual Westchester Polar Plunge.This year's event, named Freezin' for a Reason, takes place Nov. 12 at Glen Island Park in New Rochelle. Organizers are hoping to surpass the $99,000 goal for the event. Last year, more than 600 people took the plunge to raise a record $96,000, organizers said. Money is used to support 3,500 athletes from the Hudson Valley region competing in Special Olympics New York.  Special Olympics athletes are never charged…

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by Amy Maciaszek
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Walk Or Run To New Rochelle SToPP Race Backed By Mamaroneck Advocacy Group Walk Or Run To New Rochelle SToPP Race Backed By Mamaroneck Advocacy Group
Walk Or Run To New Rochelle SToPP Race Backed By Mamaroneck Advocacy Group MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- A 5k walk/run which promotes awareness of sexual assault is planned for Saturday, Oct. 22 at Iona College in New Rochelle. The goal of the SToPP (Stop. Think. Protect your Peers) race, now in its second year, is to remind people about this important epidemic which impacts one in five college women and one in 16 college men. The event is organized by The New Agenda, a Mamaroneck-based nationwide organization which advocates for issues relating to economic independence and advancement, gender representation and bias, sexual assault and domestic violence. Proceeds of the S…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
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Ardsley Native Being Honored For Volunteerism At Phelps' Champagne Gala Ardsley Native Being Honored For Volunteerism At Phelps' Champagne Gala
Ardsley Native Being Honored For Volunteerism At Phelps' Champagne Gala SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. -- A doctor and businessman and his wife will be honored at the Phelps Hospital’s 29th annual Champagne Ball on Friday, Oct. 28, at Sleepy Hollow Country Club in Briarcliff Manor.The evening’s honorees are Dr. Barry Field and William O. Melvin Jr. and his wife, Ellen. Field joined the Phelps Hospital medical staff in 1978. He served as chief of the hospital’s division of gastroenterology for 10 years and as director of the department of medicine for 12.  Phelps has benefited from Field’s efforts to further the quality of care provided at the hospital, particularly throug…

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by Donna Christopher
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Community Leaders Brainstorm Roadmap For Healthy Westchester Community Leaders Brainstorm Roadmap For Healthy Westchester
Community Leaders Brainstorm Roadmap For Healthy Westchester WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Community leaders are gathering on Friday at Pace Law School in White Plains with The Keep Westchester Thriving Coalition to discuss ways to keep the county strong.  "Our Budget. Our Values: A Community Conversation," begins with coffee and networking at 7:45 a.m., followed by the program from 8:30-10:30 a.m. The program will be moderated by Laura Rossi, Esq., Executive Director of the Westchester Community Foundation.  It will provide some ideas for elected officials as they debate priorities and grapple with how to pay for the services needed to keep…

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by Cindy Capitani
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Hudson Valley's Halloween Kicks Off With Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze Hudson Valley's Halloween Kicks Off With Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze
Hudson Valley's Halloween Kicks Off With Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze Historic Hudson Valley’s annual Halloween celebrations -- which include everything from a display of glowing jack o’lanterns to a visit from the legendary Headless Horseman – have gotten so big that they had to be moved to September. The spooky events kick off Friday, Sept. 30, and are expected to draw more than 175,000 visitors to the Hudson Valley. The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze, the Hudson Valley’s biggest all-ages Halloween extravaganza, will continue for a record 32 selected evenings through Nov. 13, organizers said. It is held in historic Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton. Teams of arti…

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by Carol Reif