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Ex-HS Sports Standout Who Returned Home To Help Run Farm Dies In Westchester At Age 42 Ex-HS Sports Standout Who Returned Home To Help Run Farm Dies In Westchester At Age 42
Ex-HS Sports Standout Who Returned Home To Help Run Farm Dies In Westchester At Age 42 A Hudson Valley man who moved home from Florida to run a farm with his family has died at the age of 42. Dutchess County resident Ryan Patrick Brennan, of Lagrangeville, died on Monday, Sept. 19, at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, according to his obituary. When he was a child, he lived in Albany, New York; San Diego, California; Bethesda, Maryland; and Millbrook, New York, his obituary said.  "He graduated from Millbrook High School in 1998, having excelled in soccer and anything else he put his mind to," his obituary reads. "He enjoyed many hiking and canoe trips to national…

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by Nicole Valinote
Business
Westchester Chef Wants You To Make Good Choices Westchester Chef Wants You To Make Good Choices
Westchester Chef Wants You To Make Good Choices Laurie Gershgorn has always been about local, seasonal food. Which is why, when she opened her Ossining cafe, she went with the name Good Choice Kitchen and the tagline "Real fresh food." A longtime personal chef, the mother of three saw her clients get smarter -- and more demanding -- about what they were eating (and feeding their kids). That hunger for good food, along with folks' increasingly changing dietary restrictions made her take the leap and open a storefront. So far, so good. "I'm very happy to be in Ossining," she said. "I definitely feel I am filling a…

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by Jeanne Muchnick