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Police & Fire
Not Over Yet: Westchester Four-Alarm Apartment Blaze Caused By Welding Plumbers Still Burning Not Over Yet: Westchester Four-Alarm Apartment Blaze Caused By Welding Plumbers Still Burning
Not Over Yet: Westchester Four-Alarm Apartment Blaze Caused By Welding Plumbers Still Burning Yonkers firefighters are still on the scene putting out hot spots and flare-ups at the apartment house where 150 residents were left homeless when a four-alarm fire ripped through the building. The fire, which began around 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 12 at 15 Parkview Ave. in Yonkers, was started by plumbers doing welding work on the top floor of the building, said Yonkers Fire Department Assistant Chief John Bonanno. The six-story building burned for more than 10 hours Tuesday night into Wednesday, with flare-ups still taking place, Bonanno said. "The fire isn't over yet," he said. "We are stil…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
Bedford 2020’s Meatless Mondays Foster Community Through Sustainable Eating Bedford 2020’s Meatless Mondays Foster Community Through Sustainable Eating
Bedford 2020’s Meatless Mondays Foster Community Through Sustainable Eating BEDFORD, N.Y. -- With over 300 households signed on and a selection of popular local businesses as partners, Bedford 2020’s Meatless Monday program is sweeping Bedford and beyond. The Meatless Monday platform was selected to raise awareness about the connection between food choice and carbon footprint. A plant-based diet has a smaller carbon footprint than a meat intensive one, and cutting out meat for even one day a week can have a great impact on the planet. “I am astonished by the amount of resources a pound of beef sucks up—between the water and feed, it's just an inefficient protein,”…

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