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Leukemia, Lymphoma Society Kicks Off Light The Night Campaign Leukemia, Lymphoma Society Kicks Off Light The Night Campaign
Leukemia, Lymphoma Society Kicks Off Light The Night Campaign The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is getting ready for its annual Light the Night walks in Westchester and Fairfield.Light The Night is a series of fundraising campaigns benefiting the Rye Brook-based society and their funding of research to find blood cancer cures. People form fundraising walk teams and gather together to celebrate, honor or remember those touched by cancer.   A walk will be held in Sleepy Hollow on Saturday, Nov. 4 at Kingsland Point Park and in Stamford on Saturday, Oct. 28 at Harbor Point Commons Park.  Participants in 150 communities across North America join together …

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by Sam Barron
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Meet The Woman Behind The Butterfly Stamp At Celebrate Somers Meet The Woman Behind The Butterfly Stamp At Celebrate Somers
Meet The Woman Behind The Butterfly Stamp At Celebrate Somers SOMERS, N.Y.– When's the last time you knew someone whose photo landed on a U.S. postage stamp? Westchester residents can meet -- and hear from -- Somers resident Bonnie Sue Rauch on Celebrate Somers day. The community event, on Saturday, Sept. 9, is taking place at the Towne Center, 325 Route 100 and will include a host of activities. Head to the post office first (110 Market Plaza) from 10 a.m. to noon for where you can meet Rauch. She will be signing autographs and discussing her stamp-pleasing photograph which appears on the Postal Service’s new Protect Pollinators Forever postage stamp…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
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Westchester County Marks 16th Anniversary Of 9/11 Westchester County Marks 16th Anniversary Of 9/11
Westchester County Marks 16th Anniversary Of 9/11 A series of events will be held throughout Westchester County Monday to commemorate the 16th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The county will host its annual memorial ceremony at "The Rising" at Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla at 7 p.m. Monday. The Town of Cortlandt and Villages of Buchanan and Croton-on-Hudson will be hosting a dedication ceremony at 4 p.m. at Croton Landing to dedicate a new memorial, "Reaching Through The Shadow." A remembrance garden, which is a place for reflection and renewal, has been planted adjacent to the memorial. Mount Kisco is hosting it…

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by Sam Barron
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NBC's Savannah Guthrie To Appear At Westchester Barnes & Noble NBC's Savannah Guthrie To Appear At Westchester Barnes & Noble
NBC's Savannah Guthrie To Appear At Westchester Barnes & Noble Those who wake up to NBC's "Today" can meet Co-Anchor Savannah Guthrie at Barnes & Noble Eastchester on Tuesday, Sept. 12. Guthrie, along with Educator Allison Oppenheim have a new children's book. "Princesses Wear Pants" is billed as "an empowering fairy tale with a twist" that follows the unflappable Princess Penelope Pineapple.  Guthrie and Oppenheim will do a special storytime, Q & A and book signing at 4 p.m. Go here for more details.  Barnes & Noble Eastchester ist at Vernon Hills Shopping Center, 680 Post Rd., 914-472-0689.

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by Jeanne Muchnick
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Westchester Expanding 9/11 Ceremony Westchester Expanding 9/11 Ceremony
Westchester Expanding 9/11 Ceremony WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - For the first time, Westchester County officials are planning to recognize first responders that died as a result of illnesses during Sept. 11 rescue efforts at their annual celebration at Kensico Dam. County officials are currently compiling a list of men and women from Westchester that died from illnesses whose names will be read at this year’s ceremony, along with 123 county residents that died following the terrorist attacks 16 years ago. Families of first responders from Westchester who died as part of rescue efforts at the site of the Twin Towers have been a…

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by Zak Failla
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Come Thirsty: Westchester Beer Festival Promises Lots Of Craft Brews Come Thirsty: Westchester Beer Festival Promises Lots Of Craft Brews
Come Thirsty: Westchester Beer Festival Promises Lots Of Craft Brews MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- The fourth annual Harbor Island International Beer Festival gets bigger and better as it grows.  The event -- set for Saturday, Sept. 23 in Mamaroneck -- will feature more breweries, more food trucks, and a host of musical acts. New this year: a partnership with the SPCA (meaning puppies on site) as well as well as representation from  Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation. "We're trying to raise funds/awareness for both organizations," said Jason Daniels, owner of Half Time Beverage and the organizer behind the festival.  Go here for ticket information or vi…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
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Renowned Author James Patterson WIll Appear In Westchester Renowned Author James Patterson WIll Appear In Westchester
Renowned Author James Patterson WIll Appear In Westchester WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - Acclaimed author James Patterson is among the writers slated to visit Barnes & Noble in Eastchester as it celebrates more than 40 artists and musicians during the month of September. Patterson and his wife, Susan, who have a home in Scarborough, will make an appearance at Barnes & Noble on Friday, Sept. 8, where there will be an author talk and book signing of their novel, “Big Words for Little Geniuses” and “The Store” as part of the Local Authors Festival. Other scheduled authors and artists to appear include: Georgette Gouveia, signing “The Penalty fo…

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by Zak Failla
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Songs For Seeds, In Scarsdale, Rye Brook, Armonk, Hosts Free Concert In Rye Songs For Seeds, In Scarsdale, Rye Brook, Armonk, Hosts Free Concert In Rye
Songs For Seeds, In Scarsdale, Rye Brook, Armonk, Hosts Free Concert In Rye RYE, N.Y. -- Songs for Seeds, the award winning young children’s music program and band, will celebrate the start of its second year in Rye Brook with a free Labor Day weekend concert Sunday, Sept. 3 at 11 a.m. at Rye Town Park, 95 Dearborn Ave. in Rye. Named Best Children’s Music program by Westchester Magazine, "Best Music Class" by New York Magazine and "Most Magical Music Class" by Red Tricycle, Songs for Seeds opened in the East Pointe Dance Studio in the Rye Brook Shopping Center last September. This fall, Songs for Seeds will offer 10 classes for children under si…

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Karenna Gore, Nancy Vann To Lead Panel At Jacob Burns In Pleasantville Karenna Gore, Nancy Vann To Lead Panel At Jacob Burns In Pleasantville
Karenna Gore, Nancy Vann To Lead Panel At Jacob Burns In Pleasantville WESTCHESTER, N.Y. -- Nancy Vann, candidate for Westchester County Legislature District 1 and President of Safe Energy Rights Group, will lead a panel of environmental speakers following the screening of Al Gore’s latest film on climate change on Wednesday, Aug. 16.  “An Inconvenient Sequel,” the follow-up to the Academy Award winning film “An Inconvenient Truth," will be held at 7:15 p.m. with the panel at 9 pm at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville. The panel “Environmental Activism in Elections in the Age of Trump” also features Karenna Gore, Director of the Center for Earth…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
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Westchester's Captain Lawrence Promises 'Mother Load' Of A Food Fest Westchester's Captain Lawrence Promises 'Mother Load' Of A Food Fest
Westchester's Captain Lawrence Promises 'Mother Load' Of A Food Fest ELMSFORD, N.Y. -- Like oysters? Then check out the Mother Shucker end of summer bash at Captain Lawrence Brewery in Elmsford. This is the sixth year the festival has taken place. The event is basically an ode to summer's bounty and includes copious amount of oysters, wood roasted seafood, Neapolitan pizza, and carnage supplied by Chef David DiBari of The Cookery and The Parlor in Dobbs Ferry. There will also be plenty of Captain Lawrence beer. New to the menu this year: DiBari’s signature summer cocktails, The Blushing Slush (rosé, freshly squeezed lime juice, fresh mint, fresh strawberri…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
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Westchester Set For Annual Jewish Music, Arts Festival Westchester Set For Annual Jewish Music, Arts Festival
Westchester Set For Annual Jewish Music, Arts Festival VALHALLA, N.Y. -- It's going to be a day filled with Jewish music. The 43rd Annual Westchester Jewish Music and Arts Festival will be held on Sunday, Aug. 20 from noon to 6 p.m. at the Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla. The festival is presented by The Westchester Jewish Council and The Westchester Klezmer Program in cooperation with Westchester County Parks. The event will feature a wide variety of musical performances including headliner Golem, a Klezmer rock band based in New York City.  Also performing will be Rockmitzvah, a full service live musical ensemble of rock and roll musicians.who…

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by Sam Barron
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SPCA Hoping To Clear The Shelter SPCA Hoping To Clear The Shelter
SPCA Hoping To Clear The Shelter The SPCA has more dogs and cats than usual, but are hoping a one-day event can help their animals find forever homes. The SPCA is taking part in NBC's Clear the Shelters on Saturday, Aug. 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at its Briarcliff location at 590 North State Road. As part of the event, many of the animal's adoption fees will be waived.  All the same rules and criteria involved in approving an adopter/adoption will be in place. "It's been a rough summer," Lisa Bonanno, director of events and communications for the SPCA, said. "We've gotten more dogs and cats than we've had i…

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by Sam Barron