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From The Mountains To MidHudson, Area Doc Climbs To New Heights From The Mountains To MidHudson, Area Doc Climbs To New Heights
From The Mountains To MidHudson, Area Doc Climbs To New Heights Dr. Rajiv Narula has never been one to wait for the world to come to him. Combining his love of adventure with his medical training, the area doctor has found himself providing care off the beaten path in communities across the globe. Narula is an internist at MidHudson Regional Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network. He also provides travel-medicine services that help safeguard patients’ health as they explore the world’s most challenging and exotic locales – whether for business, study, humanitarian work or pure wanderlust. At MidHudson Regional Hospital, Naru…
New York Times Describes Mount Kisco As Affordable, Walkable, Multicultural New York Times Describes Mount Kisco As Affordable, Walkable, Multicultural
New York Times Describes Mount Kisco As Affordable, Walkable, Multicultural Unlike some nearby communities, Mount Kisco is ethnically diverse, having attracted immigrants from Italy, Ireland and, more recently, Latin America.  The bustling northern Westchester County village was profiled this week in The New York Times. In the article titled, "Affordable, Walkable and Multicultural," the Times wrote: "Good schools, check. Train station no more than an hour’s commute from Manhattan, check. Proximity to parks and forests, check." According to the Times, Mount Kisco’s housing stock serves a spectrum of income levels and stages of life.   Nearly h…
Westchester-Based PepsiCo Cuts Jobs After Flat Sales Westchester-Based PepsiCo Cuts Jobs After Flat Sales
Westchester-Based PepsiCo Cuts Jobs After Flat Sales Westchester-based PepsiCo reported flat sales in the closing months of 2017 and announced on Tuesday that it will cut jobs while offering bonuses of up to $1,000. The layoffs will affect corporate employees, amounting to less than 1 percent of its more than 110,000 employees, the company said. Bonuses go to those who make PepsiCo's snacks and drinks, and those who deliver them. PepsiCo, whose headquarters is in Purchase, cited a major overhaul of the nation's tax code for the bonuses. PepsiCo did not say how many workers would receive them, or what the criteria is for the size of the bonus…