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Beloved Northern Westchester Teacher Remembered For Positive Energy, Impact On Students Beloved Northern Westchester Teacher Remembered For Positive Energy, Impact On Students
Beloved Northern Westchester Teacher Remembered For Positive Energy, Impact On Students A beloved teacher who was a fixture at a Northern Westchester high school for decades is being remembered for her contagious positive energy and her tremendous impact on her students throughout her long career.   Elizabeth “Betsy” Groat of Ho-Ho-Kus in Bergen County died on Wednesday, Oct. 30 after a battle with cancer, according to her obituary.   Groat, who taught physical education and coached at Westlake High School in Thornwood, dedicated 38 years to inspiring and supporting student-athletes in the Mount Pleasant School District, according to a GoFundMe page created in her honor that i…

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by Ben Crnic
Obituaries
Vincent Minotti, Teacher/Coach In Bedford Central School District, Dies Vincent Minotti, Teacher/Coach In Bedford Central School District, Dies
Vincent Minotti, Teacher/Coach In Bedford Central School District, Dies A longtime teacher and coach in Northern Westchester has died. Vincent Minotti died on Sunday, Nov. 14, at his home in Orleans, Massachusetts, surrounded by his family.  He was born on Sept. 28, 1940, in Bedford Hills. He attended St. Mary’s High School in Katonah and later attended Springfield College in Massachusetts majoring in physical education. He earned his graduate degree at Teachers College Columbia University in New York City.  He followed his passion and became a dynamic physical education teacher and coach. He taught in the Bedford Central School District from 1963 …

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by Daily Voice
Lifestyle
COVID-19: Dad Locks Son Out Of House In Hudson Valley After Spring Break Trip COVID-19: Dad Locks Son Out Of House In Hudson Valley After Spring Break Trip
Covid-19: Dad Locks Son Out Of House In Hudson Valley After Spring Break Trip One Hudson Valley dad isn't fooling around when it comes to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), locking his spring-break partying son out of the house. Peter Levine, of Nanuet in Rockland County, which has been hit hard by the pandemic, was worried a few weeks ago when his son Matt Levine, a junior student-athlete at Springfield College in Massachusetts, headed to South Padre Island in Texas with a group of friends to party down for a couple of weeks, reported the New York Post. But the more the 52-year-old father thought about it, the more he thought his son should come home and follow the r…

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by Kathy Reakes
Sports
Northern Westchester Native Celebrates Super Bowl Win As Chiefs Coach Northern Westchester Native Celebrates Super Bowl Win As Chiefs Coach
Northern Westchester Native Celebrates Super Bowl Win As Chiefs Coach A Hudson Valley high school graduate reached the top of the mountain on Sunday, helping lead the Kansas City Chiefs to the Super Bowl championship. Ossining native Dave Toub, 57, a Mahopac High School alum and the team’s assistant head coach and special teams coordinator under head coach Andy Reid, raised the Lombardi trophy after the Chiefs shocked the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 in Super Bowl LIV on Sunday, Feb. 2 in Miami. Toub, 57, graduated from Mahopac High School in 1980, following a career as a lineman on both sides of the ball. He later played football at Springfield College and the …

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by Zak Failla