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Poughkeepsie, NY

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Vassar Talk Reveals How African Jews, Muslims Fought 1930s Anti-Semitism POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Anthropologist Aomar Boum will discuss how North African Jews and Muslims partnered to fight anti-Semitism in the late 1930s on Thursday, Jan. 28, at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie. He will talk about the findings from his research at the U.S. Holocaust Museum detailing a partnership between North African Jews and Muslims to fight racism and anti-Semitism. Boum’s talk, “The Anti-Fascist Alliance: North African Jews and Muslims partner against French and Nazi Anti-Semitism, 1936-1940,” is free and open to the public. Boum spent six months as a resident scholar at the …

by Donna Christopher

01/20/2016

Westport, CT

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Westport Parents Slam School Staffing Cuts In Budget Plan WESTPORT, Conn. -- Parents asked the Westport Board of Education for a reversal of Superintendent of Schools Elliot Landon's proposal to cut staff in the $113.4 million budget Tuesday, according to the Westport News. Landon's proposed cuts would save the district $415,355, said the Westport News. The cuts would be to bus monitors other than those supporting special education students, stipends for middle school team leaders and special area liaisons, four full-time paraprofessionals, leaving none in the third grade, and two "grade-level assistants" at Staples High School, said the…

by Donna Christopher

01/20/2016

Rivertowns, NY

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Westchester Residents Gather For National Conference On Race IRVINGTON, N.Y. -- Westchester residents will gather for a national conference on race Thursday, Jan. 21 to Saturday, Jan. 23 at the Church of St. Barnabas in Irvington.The Church of St. Barnabas in coordination with Rivertowns Episcopal Parishes Action on Inclusion and Race (REPAIR) welcomes Westchester attendees for Trinity Institute’s 45th National Theological Conference, “Listen for a Change: Sacred Conversations for Racial Justice.” Activists, scholars, authors, artists, clergy, and others will come together to hold life-giving conversations on the racial issues of our time. These imp…

by Donna Christopher

01/20/2016

White Plains, NY

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White Plains Concert Features Music Of Spanish Composer Granados WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- The Enrique Granados Commemorative Concert featuring Spanish romantic and national music will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, at the Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation at White Plains.This commemorative chamber concert featuring compositions by Enrique Granados marks the centenary of the Spanish composer's visit to New York City in 1916. Performers include CUUC music director and pianist Adam Kent, pianist Jason Cutmore, violinist Airi Yoshioka and cellist Sibylle Johner of the Damocles Trio. Tickets are $20 per person; $10 for seniors and students; $5 f…

by Donna Christopher

01/20/2016

Shelton, CT

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Learn College Admissions Basics At Shelton High School SHELTON, Conn. -- Parents and students are invited to College Planning Night on Thursday at Shelton High School.School counselors will cover topics such as the college search and options beyond college, admission preparations, ACT and SAT tests, and the basics of financial aid. Counselors will also hold a question-and-answer session. For more information, call the guidance office at 203-922-3004, ext. 1551. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the school, 120 Meadow St., Shelton.

by Donna Christopher

01/20/2016

Ridgefield, CT

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Ridgefield Board Of Ed Decision To Cancel Overseas Trips Stands RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- Despite pleas by some parents to change the decision by the the Ridgefield Board of Education, overseas trips for language students at Ridgefield High School to China and Germany are still cancelled this year,, said the Ridgefield Press. A Spain trip for middle school children also was cancelled, according to the Ridgefield Press. The cancellations were in December after the Paris attacks and several parents spoke against it Monday night at the Board of Education meeting, reported the Ridgefield Press. Read the full Ridgefield Press story here.

by Donna Christopher

01/20/2016

Stratford, CT

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Turnout May Tell The Tale In Stratford Special Election To Fill House Seat STRATFORD, Conn. -- Many Stratford residents will go to the polls Feb. 2 for a special election to fill the seat in the 121st House District left empty by the death last month of Terry Backer, a popular Democrat and environmentalist, according to the Connecticut Post. The outcome of the vote in the heavily Democratic district may depend largely on the turnout of the oddly timed election, the Post said. The race pits Democrat Joe Gresko, a longtime aide of Backer, against Republican Susan Barksdale, a former member of the Stratford Board of Education. As officials in both parties predict a…

by Donna Christopher

01/20/2016

Shelton, CT

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Shelton Cyclists Dedicated To Riding, Fighting Litany Of Diseases SHELTON, Conn. -- While the cures may still be out of reach, a Shelton biking group travels miles to raise money to research cancer, epilepsy, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, and heart disease, according to the Shelton Herald. Cycle for Cures, also known as C4C, boasts 30 members, ages 14 to 70, with each cyclist having had one of the diseases, said the Shelton Herald. The charity fundraising team supports causes that are close to the hearts of their families and friends, according to the C4C website. Six members of the family of a father and son team, Ed and Jordan Barros, were lost to cancer…

by Donna Christopher

01/20/2016

Newtown, CT

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Bethel Ex-Restaurateur Faces Another Trial On Sex Assault Charges BETHEL, Conn. -- The former Bethel restaurateur who was charged with the sexual assault of two waitresses is facing a second trial, according to The News-Times. The first trial in October 2014 for Antonio “Tony” Fernandes resulted in a hung jury, The News-Times said. In the arrest warrant affidavit, he claims that "he had consensual sexual relations with the women," in the 2011 separate incidents, said The News-Times. The new trial date might be set by a judge Wednesday in state Superior Court in Danbury, reported The News-Times. Click here to read The News-Times story.

by Donna Christopher

01/20/2016

Pascack Valley, NJ

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Keller Williams Realty Names Top December Agents WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. - Veteran real estate professionals Carolee Chirico, Antoinette Gangi and Thomas Moore are the top three agents for December with Keller Williams Valley Realty in Woodcliff Lake. Chirico, Gangi and Moore ranked first, second and third, respectively, among their office colleagues in terms of closed sales volume for the month. Placing first within the office for December was Chirico, with a closed sales volume of $3,972,000 for the month, the third in a row for which she ranked among the office’s top three. Gangi placed second among her Valley Realty colleagues for Decem…

by Donna Christopher

01/20/2016

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