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Fox Business Anchor From Westchester Honored For Coverage Of Cancer Battle Fox Business Anchor From Westchester Honored For Coverage Of Cancer Battle
Fox Business Anchor From Westchester Honored For Coverage Of Cancer Battle Fox Business anchor and Hartsdale resident Gerri Willis was honored Wednesday, May 23 by the Susan G. Komen Foundation at the Impact Awards in Manhattan. Willis received the 2018 “Surviving with Impact” award.  This past September, Fox News/Fox Business sponsored “Team Gerri’ in the Susan G. Komen NYC Race for the Cure where she raised over $21,000, ranking in the top 10 donors. Willis was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in April 2016 and had to start treatment immediately.  After a few months medical leave, Willis decided to go back to work while continuing treatment. As…

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by Jon Craig
Sports
New Rochelle HS Hockey Coach Cuts Locks To Honor Mom Who Died Of Cancer New Rochelle HS Hockey Coach Cuts Locks To Honor Mom Who Died Of Cancer
New Rochelle HS Hockey Coach Cuts Locks To Honor Mom Who Died Of Cancer A popular New Rochelle High School coach has “chopped his locks” to honor his mother who passed away from lung cancer. In front of his entire team, New Rochelle High School hockey coach Paul Viggiano - who is also an official at Westchester-based AG Williams Painting Company - recently shaved his head to both honor his mother, Nancy, and live up to a promise he made to his players for clinching the league championship. Viggiano made a pronouncement to his team that if they clinched the league championship, he would cut his hair after growing it out for two years. Once the championship was s…

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by Zak Failla
Neighbors
Community Rallies Around 9-Month-Old Daughter Of Westchester Native, 47 Community Rallies Around 9-Month-Old Daughter Of Westchester Native, 47
Community Rallies Around 9-Month-Old Daughter Of Westchester Native, 47 A GoFundMe fundraising campaign has been created for the daughter of a Fairfield County businessman who hails from the Hudson Valley who suddenly passed away last week. Edward “Ted” K. Dell’Abate, a native of Pound Ridge and founder of Phaedrus Technologies in Manhattan, died on Feb. 12 after a brief battle with cancer. He most recently worked at Bridgewater Associates in Westport, Conn. In response to his death, the fundraising campaign was started for his infant daughter, Matilda, who is 9-months old. In one weekend, more than $3,000 was raised. “Ted was overcome after a very brief battl…

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by Zak Failla