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Former Charlottean is front-runner for Oscar for 'Let It Go"

... or my senior prom." The road to this ceremony began more than three decades ago at a children's theater in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., and it has never swerved. It took her through Charlotte from 1986 to 1990, after parents John and Erin Anderson ...

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Wagner knocks Ball for "extremist" Common Core speaker

Justin Wagner, a Croton-on-Hudson Democrat making his second attempt at taking a seat in the state Senate, is taking issue with the feature speaker scheduled for a Common Core forum hosted by Sen. Greg Ball, R-Patterson, Putnam County, tonight , calling her a "fringe ultra-conservative" and a "grandstanding, extremist ideologue."

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Hanging By A Thread Exhibit Opens at the NRCA Rotunda Gallery @ City Hall

... of fiber artists and mixed media artists from New Rochelle, Wallkill, Hastings-on-Hudson, Yorktown Heights, Croton-on-Hudson, and the Bronx. Hanging By A Thread will be at the NRCA Rotunda Gallery at City Hall, 515 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY ...

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Three Minutes Across the Counter with: Mary T. Prenon

... Mary T. Prenon does both. The slogan that she devised for her boutique business, Le Petite Spa in Croton-on-Hudson, says it all: "Vacation in an hour." She's passionate about picking healthy products and offering luxurious, restorative, sensory ...

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Westchester Dominates Hudson Valley Restaurant Week Lineup

... Shady Tree Farm. If you're a bit leery of "artsy" menus and prefer going with a homestyle classic, Fino in Croton-on-Hudson will be serving up Italian mainstays like Pollo Scarpiello. Sweet-toothes need look no further than Chat 19 in Larchmont. Its ...

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Pace University To Host Panel On Genetic Engineering In Agriculture

... el Student Center, 861 Bedford Road, entrance 3 in Pleasantville. It will also be held on Google+ Hangouts. CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- NBC-TV's set for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, has a Westchester feel.

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Happy Birthday To Chappaqua's Peter Strauss

Peter Lawrence Strauss, a television and movie actor, known for his roles in several television miniseries in the 1970s and 1980s, was born Feb. 20, 1947, in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. Notably, he played Abel Roznovski in "Kane and Abel," the television miniseries from Jeffrey Archer's book of the same title.

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Northern Westchester Design Firm Aids Company That Made NBC's Set In Sochi

Hudson Valley Graphic Design, a firm based in Croton-on-Hudson, has been instrumental in creating a unique brand for blackwalnut, a set fabrication company that was responsible for the design and creation of two studio sets that are being used by NBC in its coverage of the Winter Olympics.

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Fire damages vacant home on Grand Street in Croton

A gas line may helped fuel the flames on Grand Street. A vacant home in Croton-on-Hudson was damaged by an overnight fire.

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Croton-on-Hudson 2-alarm fire overnight

Firefighgters in Croton fought a two-alarm fire in the village early Tuesday morning.

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2 accidents closed Route 9 S/B in Croton for an hour

At least two people were injured in two accidents involving three vehicles that closed part of southbound Route 9 in Croton-on-Hudson for nearly an hour Monday.

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Arrest Of Ossining Man On DWI Charges Tops News This Week

New York State Police charged an Ossining man with driving while intoxicated in Croton-On-Hudson on Saturday, Feb. 8, police officials said.

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Le Petite Spa, Croton-on-Hudson

... ; Tuesday-Friday: 6 p.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday: 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; 1380 Albany Post Road, Croton-on-Hudson; 914-552-0983; http://ift.tt/1dPYW58

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Storm Prompts Second Straight Snow Day For Many Westchester Schools

A court appearance by the Croton-On-Hudson teenager accused of filming patrons in various states of undress in the locker room and shower area of a local health club has been ...

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What's Closed In Cortlandt On Presidents Day

Here's a look at what will be closed in Cortlandt on Monday, Feb. 17, in observance of Presidents Day. CORTLANDT, N.Y.-- A court appearance by the Croton-On-Hudson teenager accused of filming patrons in various states of undress in the locker room and shower area of a local health club has been ...

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Croton Teen's Appearance In Cortlandt Canceled

A court appearance by the Croton-On-Hudson teenager accused of filming patrons in various states of undress in the locker room and shower area of a local health club has been canceled.

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Great Hudson River Revival | Acoustic moe. And More

This year's Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival , a music and environmental festival inspired by the late Pete Seeger, will take place on Saturday and Sunday, June 21 and 22 at Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson, NY.

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Westchester Live Blog: Train Delays; MKMG Closed; Government Updates

... Thursday morning: Town of Bedford: Offices are closed. Town of Cortlandt: Offices are closed. Village of Croton-on-Hudson: Offices are closed; Thursday and Friday recycling to be picked up Saturday, Feb. 15. Town, Village of Harrison: Offices are ...

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Westchester Nature Centers Announce Upcoming Events

... Trail Maintenance 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Bring work gloves; hand tools provided. Croton Point Nature Center, Croton-on-Hudson 914-862-5297. Saw Mill River Audubon Project Feeder Watch 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Learn how to identify birds and help keep count of the ...

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Ossining Man, 39, Charged With DWI In Croton

New York State Police charged an Ossining man with driving while intoxicated in Croton-On-Hudson on Saturday, Feb. 8, police officials said.

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Mamaroneck taken off fed's exclusionary zoning list

... of and it was wrong," Seligson said. The six communities still labeled exclusionary by the monitor are Croton-on-Hudson, Harrison, Lewisboro, Ossining, Pelham Manor and Pound Ridge. Several of the towns have met with the monitor, and Ossining and ...

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New Rochelle Legislators Attend New York State Counties Conference

... of New Rochelle, Pelham and Pelham Manor; Majority Leader Catherine Borgia of Briarcliff, Cortlandt, Croton-on-Hudson, Ossining and Peekskill; Legislators MaryJane Shimsky of Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry, Edgemont, Hartsdale, Hastings-on-Hudson,and ...

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Pound Ridge's Trailside Museum Hosts Valentine Crafts

... count of the winter birds at the feeder with members of Saw Mill River Audubon. Croton Point Nature Center, Croton-on-Hudson, (914) 862-5297. Information at sawmillaudubon.org. Make-and-Take Bluebird Nest Boxes: Make your own box to take home. At 2 ...

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Westchester Nature Centers Hosts Events For Upcoming Weekend

... count of the winter birds at the feeder with members of Saw Mill River Audubon. Croton Point Nature Center, Croton-on-Hudson, (914) 862-5297. Information at sawmillaudubon.org. Make-and-Take Bluebird Nest Boxes: Make your own box to take home. At 2 ...

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23 drove drunk or drugged, troopers say

... Cortlandt was charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated about 4:20 a.m. Sunday on Senasqua Road in Croton-on-Hudson. Torin P. Onody, 22, of Souderton, Pa., was charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated about 2:35 a.m. Sunday on ...

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Don't Miss: EagleFest; 'Musical Treat' in Peekskill

... Valley waterways, a slew of events are slated to take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson. They will be centered around eagle shows and bird walks, and many of them are for children. Teatown Lake Reservation hosts ...

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This Weekend: Don't Miss EagleFest on the Hudson

... Valley waterways, a slew of events are slated to take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson. They will be centered around eagle shows and bird walks, and many of them are for children. Teatown Lake Reservation hosts ...

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Deer shoot can go ahead at Teatown reservation, judge says

... denied their request. "This judge will not stop this hunt," said the neighbors' lawyer David Bernheim of Croton-on-Hudson. A state permit allows Teatown to kill up to 75 deer, but officials there expect the total to be closer to 30. The Yorktown ...

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WMC wrong fit for Saint Francis

... ected officials that oversee budgeting should be investigated for this outlandish proposal. Walter Wedler Croton-on-Hudson

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Teatown Hosts Hudson River Eaglefest For Bird Lovers

Patrons are invited to see eagles up close at educational shows taking place at the Teatown Hudson River Eaglefest on Saturday, Feb. 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Eagle Headquarters at Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson.

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Folksinger Pete Seeger hammered down in Camp Midvale, Ringwood

... the right is unidentified. Pete Seeger at age 88 is seen here performing at the 2007 Clearwater Festival in Croton-on-Hudson in Westchester County, N.Y. After the 94-year-old folksinger and activist died last week, NJ Sierra Club Director and ...

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1 week, 3 dead: Suspected overdoses appear to tighten heroin's grip

... epidemic is frustrating police and parents. "Three kids in a week. When are they going to learn?" asked a Croton-on-Hudson father whose 24-year-old daughter, a recovering addict, was profiled by The Journal News last spring under the assumed name ...

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At Pete Seeger memorial, moments capture life, legacy

... belonged to us all, anyone who ever met him at the Strawberry Festival in Beacon or Clearwater Festival in Croton-On-Hudson; anyone who performed with him at a community event - and there were many; anyone who simply purchased one of his records; or ...

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Heroin Epidemic Plagues N.Y. Suburbs

... called Vermont's "full-blown heroin crisis." "Three kids in a week. When are they going to learn?" asked a Croton-on-Hudson father whose 24-year-old daughter, a recovering addict, was profiled by The Journal News last spring under the assumed name ...

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Music Icon Pete Seeger Dies

... eat Hudson River Revival, a multi-day music festival that draws thousands of people to Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson.

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