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Westchester Man Dies After Fall While Hiking Westchester Man Dies After Fall While Hiking
Westchester Man Dies After Fall While Hiking A 43-year-old man from Westchester died after losing his footing while hiking on a mountain in the state of Washington. James Rothwell, who grew up in Mount Pleasant and graduated from Westlake High School in 1992, was with two other hikers on Buck Mountain in Chelan County, when he fell about 50 feet on Saturday, Aug. 4, according to the Seattle Times. After obtaining a bachelor of science degree in environmental studies from SUNY Plattsburgh, Rothwell moved to Washington state and had lived there for the past 20 years. Rothwell climbed Mount McKinley four years ago. In addition to hikin…

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by Joe Lombardi
Lifestyle
Muscoot Farms Offers Dramatic Entertainment This Month Muscoot Farms Offers Dramatic Entertainment This Month
Muscoot Farms Offers Dramatic Entertainment This Month If you missed last weekend's Shakespearean shows at Westchester County's Muscoot Farms -- don't fret. There are four more performances you can catch this week and next week.  Muscoot Farms is hosting an event unlike any other in the farm’s history. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the Farm’s fourth theatrical production in the last year, is taking stage on Sundays and Wednesdays. Directed by Mary Roberts of Croton-on-Hudson, a Muscoot Farm employee and native of Pleasantville -- the fast-paced adaptation  runs aboiut 1 hour and 45 minutes. One of Muscoot’s hayfields will serve as the back…

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by Jon Craig
Lifestyle
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…

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David Swope, Westchester Business Owner, Philanthropist, Dies At 76 David Swope, Westchester Business Owner, Philanthropist, Dies At 76
David Swope, Westchester Business Owner, Philanthropist, Dies At 76 David Swope of Ossining, a prominent Westchester environmentalist, philanthropist, community leader and business owner, died Wednesday. He was 76. Among his many roles he served as Chair of the Board of Trustees of Westchester Community College in Valhalla, the Teatown Lake Reservation Environmental Education Center in Ossining, and the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville. As a co-founder of Club Fit health and fitness centers in Briarcliff Manor and Jefferson Valley, he was a pioneer in the development of full service health and fitness membership clubs. He was also the owner of Tappan…

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