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Central Hudson Offers Home Heating Help In Dutchess County Central Hudson Offers Home Heating Help In Dutchess County
Central Hudson Offers Home Heating Help In Dutchess County DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- With winter coming ever closer, Central Hudson Gas and Electric is offering supplements for families eligible to receive benefits from the Home Energy Assistance Program.Grants for the 2015-16 winter heating season are available beginning Monday, and customers experiencing a financial hardship this winter are encouraged to apply through their local Department of Social Services or Office for the Aging. Qualifying families may also be eligible to receive additional benefits from Central Hudson.  “Customers who are eligible for HEAP and use electricity or natural gas a…

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After Delays, New Traffic Lights Will Be Put Up In Dutchess County After Delays, New Traffic Lights Will Be Put Up In Dutchess County
After Delays, New Traffic Lights Will Be Put Up In Dutchess County POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - Despite delays of lightening strikes and incompatibale hardware, drivers on Route 9D should see some relief to their traffic woes once the new traffic signals are fully operational, reported the Poughkeepsie Journal. According to the Poughkeepsie Journal, the traffic signals are being upgraded at the intersections of: Interstate 84 eastbound exit onto Route 9D. Route 9D and the north/south ramps to enter I-84. Route 9D and Red Schoolhouse Road. Route 9D and Chelsea Road/Baxtertown Road. Route 9D and New Hamburg Road/Old Hopewell Road. However, the story said, only the …

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St. Leo's In Elmwood Park Collecting Thanksgiving Donations St. Leo's In Elmwood Park Collecting Thanksgiving Donations
St. Leo's In Elmwood Park Collecting Thanksgiving Donations ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. - The St. Leo's School is opening their gym to collect and distribute food for the Thanksgiving holiday on Monday, Nov. 23 and Tuesday, Nov. 24. The event will be from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday and 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Turkey donations will be accepted for the baskets. The school on Tuesday during donation drop-offs will be distributing Thanksgiving baskets to those in need in the school gym from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. St. Leo's is accepting turkeys and monetary donations to purchase produce for the baskets. Food needed for Pantry and baskets include: Tur…

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Hudson Line Construction Ends, Trains Return To Regular Weekend Schedule Hudson Line Construction Ends, Trains Return To Regular Weekend Schedule
Hudson Line Construction Ends, Trains Return To Regular Weekend Schedule Starting Sunday, the special Hudson Line weekend construction schedule no longer will be in effect, with the regular weekend train service will resume.  The regular weekend train service will resume and a new Hudson Line schedule, effective Monday, 16 will be issued.  Pick up the new time table at local stations or in Grand Central Station. 

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Man Arrested In Connection With 1996 Pelham Homicide Man Arrested In Connection With 1996 Pelham Homicide
Man Arrested In Connection With 1996 Pelham Homicide PELHAM, N.Y. - The FBI is bringing a man suspected in the 1996 slaying at the Pelham Country Club back to Westchester Country to face charges Monday, according to a story on lohud.com.  The FBI took custody of 48-year-old Michael "Gifton" Cousins last month following his arrest by Jamaican officials, the story said. Cousins is suspected of stabbing fellow caddie Jason Campbell during an argument in 1996 while working at the golfing club, the story said. For the full story, go here.

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Overnight Parking Restrictions Beginning In Darien For Winter Overnight Parking Restrictions Beginning In Darien For Winter
Overnight Parking Restrictions Beginning In Darien For Winter DARIEN, Conn. - In an effort to help the town clear roads during the snow of winter months, Darien Police will begin placing overnight parking restrictions on cars on public roads. Beginning Sunday, Nov. 15, officers from the Darien Police Department will be place warning tags on all vehicles parked on public roads between the hours of 2 to 6 a.m.  Then, starting on Dec. 1, officers will issue tickets to vehicles parked on public roads between the same hours of 2 to 6 a.m.

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Rye Post Office Features John Jay Mural Rye Post Office Features John Jay Mural
Rye Post Office Features John Jay Mural RYE, N.Y. - Inside the Rye Post office is a mural by American artist Guy Pène du Bois in 1938 titled "John Jay at His Home". Born into a French family in the United States, du Bois used art to depict the culture and society around him. His work can be seen in the Smithsonian, the National Gallery of Art, the Phillips Collection, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, the Brooklyn Museum, the Whitney, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the University of Virginia Art Museum, as well as in the Rye Post Office. The mural in the post office depicts Jay, who was the first Chief Justi…

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Author Lynley Smith To Speak At Fairfield Library Author Lynley Smith To Speak At Fairfield Library
Author Lynley Smith To Speak At Fairfield Library FAIRFIELD, Conn. - New Zealand author Lynley Smith will be at the Fairfield Public Library to discuss her new book, "From Matron to Martyr" at 7 p.m.  Wednesday.The book, subtitled "One Woman’s Ultimate Sacrifice for the Jews" is a fictionalized diary of Jane Haining, a Scottish missionary who in the 1930s went to Hungary to be the matron of a girls home. It then follows her through the invasion of Hungary to when she died in Auschwitz. When Smith learned of Miss Haining, a distant relative, from her mother, she felt compelled to tell her inspirational story. She travele…

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Have Coffee With A Hillsdale Cop Have Coffee With A Hillsdale Cop
Have Coffee With A Hillsdale Cop HILLSDALE, N.J. - The officers of the Hillsdale Police Department are inviting residents to coffee at the ShopRite for their next Coffee with a Cop event Sunday. The coffee is free and officers will be on hand to answer any questions residents have.  The event is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the ShopRite on Broadway.

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New York Looks To Have A Surplus of Nearly $1 Billion In 2016 New York Looks To Have A Surplus of Nearly $1 Billion In 2016
New York Looks To Have A Surplus of Nearly $1 Billion In 2016 ALBANY, N.Y. — State officials are looking at a roughly $1 billion surplus in the next fiscal year, a report released Thursday said. Most of that money, approximately $650 million, is the result of settlements reached by the Department of Financial Services with several major firms as well as several large payments from international banks for violating U.S. sanctions, a report from Capital New York said.  A part of the extra income to the state will being going back to taxpayers in a form of a tax refund check, but much of it does give Gov. Andrew Cuomo room in his budget to breath a littl…

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