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Winners Announced In Pleasantville Middle School Writing Contest Winners Announced In Pleasantville Middle School Writing Contest
Winners Announced In Pleasantville Middle School Writing Contest PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – Four poems, a comic origin story and a science fiction story were recognized recently as winners of Pleasantville Middle School’s fifth annual 8th Grade Writing Contest. The winning authors are: Jillian Frank – poem, "Morning" Benjamin Hahn – comic origin story, "The Pineapple and The Gazelle" Elliot Powell – poem, "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" Victoria Stargiotti – poem, "She Remembers" According to a statement from the middle school, the science fiction story, “Mission Fragmentor” by Elizabeth Hayes, and the…
Afraid Of Alexa? Maker Faire Westport To Teach Secrets Of Voice Interaction Afraid Of Alexa? Maker Faire Westport To Teach Secrets Of Voice Interaction
Afraid Of Alexa? Maker Faire Westport To Teach Secrets Of Voice Interaction WESTPORT, Conn. – For the first time in Westport, a nonprofit promoting innovation and creativity in education will be offering a family-friendly workshop focusing on how to use the human voice to interact with a computer. Remarkable STEAM, a nonprofit that supports groundbreaking efforts in the areas of science, technology, engineering, arts and math, is working with the Westport Library to put on the Maker Faire Westport, a showcase of “invention, creativity and resourcefulness and a celebration of the Maker Movement.”  "Makers," according to organizers, are people ranging from …
'Fight Hunger Bridgeport Walk' Steps Off To Fill Food Pantry 'Fight Hunger Bridgeport Walk' Steps Off To Fill Food Pantry
'Fight Hunger Bridgeport Walk' Steps Off To Fill Food Pantry BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A Bridgeport-based charity has invited all city residents to walk for a good cause. The Fight Hunger Bridgeport Walk is scheduled for 11 a.m. on April 22, according to event organizers, who said registration opens at 9:30 a.m. that morning. Sponsored by Park City Initiative Corp., the walk-a-thon aims to raise money for the Bishop Jean Williams Food Pantry, one of the city's largest food pantries, according to organizers. "Park City Initiative Corp. invites everyone to gather their friends, family and co-workers and join them for the 'Fight Hunger Bridgeport Walk,…
Tour Of Fairfield Designer Homes Helps As Near & Far Aid Fights Poverty Tour Of Fairfield Designer Homes Helps As Near & Far Aid Fights Poverty
Tour Of Fairfield Designer Homes Helps As Near & Far Aid Fights Poverty FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. – A philanthropic Fairfield organization has scheduled visits to five local homes during its annual Designer House Tour fundraiser. Near & Far Aid, a nonprofit that fights poverty, will be visiting coastal homes in Fairfield, Southport and Westport from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. on May 12, according to event organizers, who said each home “promises to offer unique architectural appeal and fresh design perspective with recently re-imagined interiors from top local designers.” The first event of the day - a pre-tour Designer Breakfast - is expected to kick off at 9 a.m. at …
Bucky Dent To Headline Benefit Breakfast For Stratford's Sterling House Bucky Dent To Headline Benefit Breakfast For Stratford's Sterling House
Bucky Dent To Headline Benefit Breakfast For Stratford's Sterling House STRATFORD, Conn. -- His clutch home run against the Red Sox positioned his team to win the 1978 World Series. Now, he's taking a big swing for education.Bucky Dent is scheduled to be the premiere guest at Sterling House Community Center's 14th annual Celebrity Breakfast on Tuesday, May 2. Dent is still highly unpopular with bitter baseball fans throughout New England as the former New York Yankee short stop who crushed the home run that helped defeat the Boston Red Sox in a 1978 tie-breaker game. The Yankees would eventually go on to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in that year's World Series…
Bethel Middle School Color Run To Support Annual Class Trip Bethel Middle School Color Run To Support Annual Class Trip
Bethel Middle School Color Run To Support Annual Class Trip BETHEL, Conn. – Registration is now open for the Bethel Middle School 5K Color Run, an event that aims to raise money for the seventh grade trip to Nature’s Classroom. The race, scheduled for 9 a.m. April 22, is to occur on the “scenic cross country trail surrounding the Bethel Education Park," according to a statement from organizers. Registration for the race cost $35 per person with a maximum family cost of $126, according to organizers, who said that race day check-in opens at 7:30 a.m. Proceeds from the race will offset the cost of the Nature’s Classroom field trip, an annual fiv…
'CVS Bandit' Charged With Cleaning Out Stamford Stores Of High-End Shampoo 'CVS Bandit' Charged With Cleaning Out Stamford Stores Of High-End Shampoo
'CVS Bandit' Charged With Cleaning Out Stamford Stores Of High-End Shampoo STAMFORD, Conn. -- A Bronx, N.Y., man already in custody on charges that he stole $3,500 worth of high-end women's hair care products in Darien is now believed to have stolen more than $8,000 worth of similar products in multiple cities, according to the Stamford Advocate.Luis Medina, 26, was arrested in January by Darien police in connection with the theft of high-end shampoo from a CVS store on Post Road. Medina has since been connected to similar thefts in Stamford, Westport and New York City, according to the Stamford Advocate. Medina confessed to the crimes in a written statement to po…
Durst Wife Officially Declared Dead After Going Missing In Westchester Durst Wife Officially Declared Dead After Going Missing In Westchester
Durst Wife Officially Declared Dead After Going Missing In Westchester She was last seen at her South Salem home in 1982 and the man she married -- long a suspect in her disappearance -- has been jailed since 2015.  On Thursday, Kathie Durst was officially declared dead. While Robert Durst, a Scarsdale native and millionaire real estate heir, has never been charged in connection with his wife Kathie Durst's disappearance, he did appear to confess to killing her and others in a 2015 HBO documentary, which reported that a microphone caught him saying, "What the hell did I do? Killed them all of course." Robert Durst is currently awaiting trial in Cali…
Dutchess County Welcomes Dozens Of New Citizens Dutchess County Welcomes Dozens Of New Citizens
Dutchess County Welcomes Dozens Of New Citizens POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Dutchess County officials welcomed a new group of United States citizens on Friday during a naturalization ceremony, according to officials.Among those on hand to congratulate the new citizens on taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States was Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, according to the county's Twitter feed. The event, which officially recognized dozens of Dutchess County residents as citizens, was just one held in the Lower Hudson Valley on Friday. In Rockland County, officials welcomed another group of immigrants to the country as naturalized ci…
New Group Of Rockland Residents Takes Oath To Become Citizens New Group Of Rockland Residents Takes Oath To Become Citizens
New Group Of Rockland Residents Takes Oath To Become Citizens POMONA, N.Y. -- Dozens of Rockland County residents took the Naturalization Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America on Friday, officially becoming citizens, according to county officials.Among those on hand during the naturalization ceremony at the Rockland County Fire Training Center on Firemen's Memorial Drive in Pomona was County Executive Ed Day, who offered his congratulations, according to his office. The Rockland County Clerk administers naturalization ceremonies on a bimonthly basis, according to the county's website, which says that immigration forms and inquiries are han…
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