DV Plus - Westchester
Schools
Students' PSA Urges 'Hard To Count' Community: Fill Out Census Students' PSA Urges 'Hard To Count' Community: Fill Out Census
Students' PSA Urges 'Hard To Count' Community: Fill Out Census Days before the COVD-19 shutdown, two student groups from Westchester high schools filmed a Spanish-speaking video to encourage immigrants and assuage their fears over privacy in completing the U.S. Census. Since then, we've all gotten a two-week extension to April 15 and the information can be provided online here. This week with the deadline approaching, students at Fox Lane and Byram Hills High Schools in Mt. Kisco and Armonk, respectively, are further promoting the public service announcement, asking “hard to count” neighborhoods to fill out the census. The col…

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by Donna Christopher
South Passaic
Lifestyle
Clifton Dentist's Playboy Bunny Easter Display Is Major Turn Off For Some Clifton Dentist's Playboy Bunny Easter Display Is Major Turn Off For Some
Clifton Dentist's Playboy Bunny Easter Display Is Major Turn Off For Some Some are calling him disgusting, disgraceful and disrespectful. Others -- with a laugh -- are simply calling Clifton dentist Wayne Gangi Hugh Hefner. Drive past his Grove Street office and you'll see why: Five mannequin playboy bunnies ready for Easter. ** UPDATE: A neighbor who said she was disgusted by a Clifton dentist's Playboy bunny Easter display took it down herself just as a Pix11 news crew showed up for a story of their own. ** The dolls popped up back in February for Valentine's Day and sported bunny ears for St. Patrick's Day a month later. The girls are still rocking those…

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by Cecilia Levine
Englewood
Police & Fire
Area Spree: Car Thief Crashes Unlocked Car, Key Inside, Backing Out Of Unlocked Tenafly Garage Area Spree: Car Thief Crashes Unlocked Car, Key Inside, Backing Out Of Unlocked Tenafly Garage
Area Spree: Car Thief Crashes Unlocked Car, Key Inside, Backing Out Of Unlocked Tenafly Garage A thief trying to back a Tenafly resident’s car out of a garage after finding it unlocked with the key inside overnight slammed into a row of bushes and left it there, police said. Another car left unlocked in the same Depeyster Avenue garage – also not locked -- had valuables taken from inside around 3:15 a.m. Tuesday, Capt. Michael deMoncada said. Responding officers found the 2005 Honda Civic with the engine running and the driver’s side door open partially wedged in some bushes in-between two neighboring properties, he said. “It appears the [bandit] was able to start the car and back i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
New Rochelle
Obituaries
Amiel Wohl, Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Of New Rochelle, 88 Amiel Wohl, Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Of New Rochelle, 88
Amiel Wohl, Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Of New Rochelle, 88 Amiel Wohl, Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Israel of New Rochelle, and a former New Rochelle resident, died on Jan. 16, at the age of 88.  For more than 40 years, Rabbi Wohl was a pillar of the Jewish community, whose commitment and passion for bringing together diverse peoples of different faiths and backgrounds, had a far-reaching impact on the larger New Rochelle and Westchester communities. Rabbi Wohl served as Senior Rabbi of Temple Israel of New Rochelle for 27 years, from 1973 to 2000, when he retired. During that time, his efforts and reputation for racial harmony extended far beyond W…

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by Zak Failla
White Plains
Politics
League Of Women Voters Cancels Candidate Forum In Westchester League Of Women Voters Cancels Candidate Forum In Westchester
League Of Women Voters Cancels Candidate Forum In Westchester The League of Women Voters of White Plains has canceled a candidates forum for contestants in the state Assembly District 93 election planned for Tuesday, Oct. 23.  Incumbent Democrat David Buchwald accepted the League’s invitation to participate in the LWV forum.  Buchwald's Republican Party challenger, John Nuculovic, did not respond to invitations to participate by the League’s deadline. “The Candidates Forums are a key element of the League’s mission to promote an informed and engaged electorate. They are opportunities for voters to learn about who will be on their ballots. So when a c…

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by Jon Craig
Clarkstown
Politics
Day Delivers 'Message Of Promise' During 5th Annual State Of County Speech Day Delivers 'Message Of Promise' During 5th Annual State Of County Speech
Day Delivers 'Message Of Promise' During 5th Annual State Of County Speech County Executive Ed Day outlined his vision for the future of Rockland County in his fifth annual State of the County message on Tuesday night, the first during his second term as County Executive. “What we have accomplished in 4 years is nothing short of miraculous,” said Day. “Our fiscal discipline has set the stage for our renaissance - a renaissance that is well underway. A renaissance that will be furthered by the actions we take in 2018, actions that we take together.” After outlining accomplishments from his first 4 years in office, Day spoke about the need for the county to join tog…

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by Jon Craig
Trumbull-Monroe
Schools
College Application 101: Trumbull High Offers Guidance To Parents, Students College Application 101: Trumbull High Offers Guidance To Parents, Students
College Application 101: Trumbull High Offers Guidance To Parents, Students TRUMBULL, Conn. — School Superintendent Gary Cialfi hosted a forum for Trumbull High School students and their parents last week to help them better understand what colleges seek in their incoming students.Eight students were presenters — four recent THS graduates and four seniors.  All said Trumbull High is a great academic resource, and all took advantage of and applaud its wide range of extra-curricular activities — including athletics, student government, music, and programs and course-related “extras” such as We The People and Model UN. Tom Tesoro, vice president for human resources at…

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by Roy Fuchs