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High School In Northern Westchester Picks New Nickname To Replace Indians High School In Northern Westchester Picks New Nickname To Replace Indians
High School In Northern Westchester Picks New Nickname To Replace Indians The Indians are out and the Wolves are in at a large school district in Northern Westchester. After weeks of discussion, the votes have been counted and the new mascot at John Jay High School in the hamlet of Cross River in the town of Lewisboro will be the Wolves, replacing the former Indian mascot after it was deemed insensitive. The initial vote was between the John Jay Wolfpack and John Jay Ravens. The Katonah-Lewisboro School Board settled on the John Jay Wolves. “Wolves and Wolfpack were overwhelmingly the top suggestions to our selection committee when the community was first sur…

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Calls Grow For Removal Of Central Park 5 Prosecutor From Hall Of Fame Of Westchester HS Calls Grow For Removal Of Central Park 5 Prosecutor From Hall Of Fame Of Westchester HS
Calls Grow For Removal Of Central Park 5 Prosecutor From Hall Of Fame Of Westchester HS The fallout from the Netflix series “When They See Us,” which depicts the case of the “Central Park 5” continues for former prosecutor Linda Fairstein, who is now hearing calls for her removal from the Mount Vernon High School Hall of Fame. The former prosecutor has been in hot water since the release of the Netflix miniseries “When They See Us,” which depicts a dramatization of the trial of the teens who were wrongfully convicted of raping a jogger in Central Park in 1989. Last week, Fairstein resigned from the Board of Trustees at her alma mater, Vassar College, amid the backlash. The …

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Board Member From Area College Quits Over Backlash To Netflix Series On Central Park 5 Board Member From Area College Quits Over Backlash To Netflix Series On Central Park 5
Board Member From Area College Quits Over Backlash To Netflix Series On Central Park 5 Former prosecutor Linda Fairstein has resigned from the Board of Trustees at her alma mater, Vassar College, in the wake of the backlash she’s received for her role in helping oversee the “Central Park Five” case three decades ago that saw five teenage boys of color wrongfully convicted of a brutal rape. The former prosecutor has been in hot water since the release of the Netflix miniseries “When They See Us,” which depicts a dramatization of the trial of the teens who were wrongfully convicted of raping a jogger in Central Park in 1989. Fairstein was a prosecutor in the case, which came un…

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by Zak Failla