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'An Out-Of-Body Experience': NY Woman Claims $3M Lottery Prize 'An Out-Of-Body Experience': NY Woman Claims $3M Lottery Prize
'An Out-Of-Body Experience': NY Woman Claims $3M Lottery Prize A Long Island woman discussed the shock she experienced when she realized she won a $3 million lottery prize. Josephine Julich, of East Northport, claimed a top prize from the New York Lottery’s "X Series 50X" scratch-off game, NY Lottery just announced. "Winning this jackpot felt like an out-of-body experience," she told NY Lottery after claiming the prize. Julich received her prize as a single, lump-sum payment of $1,640,520 after required withholdings, the lottery said. NY Lottery said Julich plans to use the funds for "retirement, her children, to have some fun, and for charitable cau…

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by Nicole Valinote
Obituaries
Lifelong Ridgefield Resident Who Was Beloved Preschool Teacher Dies At 28 Lifelong Ridgefield Resident Who Was Beloved Preschool Teacher Dies At 28
Lifelong Ridgefield Resident Who Was Beloved Preschool Teacher Dies At 28 Friends and loved ones are mourning the death of beloved Fairfield County preschool teacher, Emily Griffin. The lifelong Ridgefield resident died Thursday, July 21, at the age of 28 following a long illness, according to her obituary.  “It is with a heavy heart that I must advise my Facebook friends that my beloved daughter Emily Nora Griffin passed away this evening after a long and difficult illness,” Griffin’s father, Tim, wrote on Facebook. “She was a fighter to the end. She was an angel on earth. Kind and loving to all. God has called her home.” After graduating from Ridgefield Hig…

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by Michael Mashburn
Politics
Danbury Mayor To Announce If He'll 'Sign' On To Comedian John Oliver's Offer Danbury Mayor To Announce If He'll 'Sign' On To Comedian John Oliver's Offer
Danbury Mayor To Announce If He'll 'Sign' On To Comedian John Oliver's Offer Thousands of dollars of potential charitable donations may be getting flushed down the toilet as comedian John Oliver’s deadline to name the Danbury sewage plant after him approaches. Oliver and Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton have been engaged in a playful war of words after the comedian took shots at the city during a spot on “Last Week Tonight,” prompting the mayor to suggest they will name the city’s sewage plant after the comedian. Original story - War Of Words Escalates Between Comedian John Oliver, Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton In response, Oliver took the jab in stride and offered to do…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
High School In Westchester Holds Pajama Drive For A Good Cause High School In Westchester Holds Pajama Drive For A Good Cause
High School In Westchester Holds Pajama Drive For A Good Cause It was out with the uniforms and in with the pajamas for an all-girls Catholic school in Westchester who collected clothes for the homeless. Students at The Ursuline School in New Rochelle once again participated teamed with the Pajama Program to collect more than 700 pajamas and 100 new books. The donated items were sent to Cardinal McCloskey Community Services in Valhalla, where they will be distributed to the homeless in area shelters. The books and pajamas were distributed on Friday morning. This is the second year that the school has teamed with the organization to help outfit children…

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by Zak Failla
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Hudson Valley Scam Veterans' Charity Must Dissolve, Pay Restitution Hudson Valley Scam Veterans' Charity Must Dissolve, Pay Restitution
Hudson Valley Scam Veterans' Charity Must Dissolve, Pay Restitution A Hudson Valley veterans' charity is shutting its doors after allegedly illegally stealing thousands of dollars in raffle ticket donations without ever hosting a raffle. Recently appointed Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced on Tuesday that her office has reached an agreement with the Wounded Warriors Foundation of Orange County, which must immediately dissolve and pay $4,200 in restitution to the consumers it defrauded. According to Underwood, The Wounded Warriors Foundation of Orange County, Inc. – which is not affiliated with the national Wounded Warrior Project – sold raffle ti…

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by Zak Failla