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83-Year-Old Westchester Resident To Receive Bachelor's Degree 83-Year-Old Westchester Resident To Receive Bachelor's Degree
83-Year-Old Westchester Resident To Receive Bachelor's Degree SUNY Empire State College will celebrate the class of 2021 during a virtual ceremony on Saturday, June 5, and among more than 2,500 graduates will be 83-year-old Sheldon Friedland, a Yonkers resident who says that he has now realized a “lifelong pursuit.” A former business owner and beloved family man, Friedland will join 2,761 SUNY Empire State graduates on Saturday as he adds earning a bachelor’s degree to his long list of accomplishments. Friedland said that the decision to pursue his degree in his 80s was to fulfill a commitment he made as a teen while taking courses at Brooklyn College…

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by Zak Failla
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Around Westchester Schools: Best HS In History, Andy Pallotta Again President Of Teachers Union Around Westchester Schools: Best HS In History, Andy Pallotta Again President Of Teachers Union
Around Westchester Schools: Best HS In History, Andy Pallotta Again President Of Teachers Union Andy Pallotta, a former Valhalla resident who taught in New York City elementary schools, was elected to a second three-year term as president of the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) union. His re-election was part of the Representative Assembly meeting — the first-ever virtual meeting in the union's history. Executive Vice President Jolene DiBrango, a former Pittsford middle school teacher and New York State Teachers’ Retirement System Board member, was also re-elected. The election came as educators continue to be challenged since schools closed mid-March due to the novel cornaviru…

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by Donna Christopher
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Judith Johnson, Longtime Hudson Valley Educator, Dies Judith Johnson, Longtime Hudson Valley Educator, Dies
Judith Johnson, Longtime Hudson Valley Educator, Dies Former New York State Education Department Regent and prominent Hudson Valley educator Judith Johnson has died. During her career, Johnson, 80, spent time serving as the Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary for Education under President Bill Clinton and spent decades educating students in the Hudson Valley. Johnson spent 10 years as the Schools Superintendent in Peekskill, becoming the first African American to hold that post. She also took over at the helm in Mount Vernon in an interim position in 2012 as the district underwent wholesale changes and sought a permanent …

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by Zak Failla
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Principal Leaving Irvington HS For Job On Long Island Principal Leaving Irvington HS For Job On Long Island
Principal Leaving Irvington HS For Job On Long Island Irvington High School Principal David Cohen is officially leaving the district for a job on Long Island as of July 1. Prior to joining the district in 2013, Mr. Cohen worked as the Principal of Midwood High School in Brooklyn, where he led approximately 4,000 students with a vast array of programs, including 18 AP classes. Mr. Cohen also worked as an adjunct professor at Brooklyn College for six years, a high school math teacher and assistant principal at Robert F. Kennedy Community High School in Queens and as the CFO for Teach for America. Kristopher Harrison, Superintendent of Schools, …

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by Valerie Musson
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Former Middletown Mayor Gertrude Mokotoff Dies At 100 Former Middletown Mayor Gertrude Mokotoff Dies At 100
Former Middletown Mayor Gertrude Mokotoff Dies At 100 Former Middletown Mayor Gertrude F. Mokotoff, a 66-year area resident, died at the Orange Regional Medical Center in the Town of Wallkill on Wednesday, Oct.17. She was 100 years old. The daughter of the late Abraham and Anna Fox, she was born on August 20, 1918, in Brooklyn. She later married her first husband, Reuben Mokotoff, a cardiologist from Manhattan, where they lived until she talked him into moving his practice to Middletown in 1954. A professor at S.U.N.Y. Orange in Middletown teaching microbiology and lab tech, Mokotoff, served as Alderwoman, Common Council President and eventual…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Dr. Paul D. Koors, Westchester Native, Dies Unexpectedly At 38 Dr. Paul D. Koors, Westchester Native, Dies Unexpectedly At 38
Dr. Paul D. Koors, Westchester Native, Dies Unexpectedly At 38 Dr. Paul Daniel Koors, 38, a native of Westchester and resident of Bethel in Fairfield County died on Tuesday, Aug. 28 of sudden heart failure.  Dr. Koors was born on Dec. 5, 1979, in Irvington, the son of Paul and Patricia Koors, MD. He graduated from the Hackley School, attended Bucknell University and graduated from Brooklyn College before going to medical school at The Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. He completed his residency in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, at the University of Virginia in 2017.  Dr. Koors currently was practicing in Danbury. Dr. Koors married Eli…

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by Jon Craig