Massapequa, NY
Business
Amazon Holding Online Career Fair For 33K New Jobs Centered In Four Cities, Including NY Amazon Holding Online Career Fair For 33K New Jobs Centered In Four Cities, Including NY
Amazon Holding Online Career Fair For 33K New Jobs Centered In Four Cities, Including NY Amazon hopes to dole out 33,000 corporate and tech careers, some to New York state residents, at an online career fair offering 20,000  free career coaching sessions from 1,000 Amazon recruiters.  The company's 2020 Career Day, which will be hosted virtually on Wednesday, Sept. 16., will give attendees the opportunity to learn about jobs available across the country in areas supporting Alexa, operations technology and Prime video.  The event, the company said, is designed for individuals at all levels of education and training, and jobseekers searching for work both within an…

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by Christina Coulter
Kingston, NY
News
COVID-19: State Tells Businesses, Malls To Install Systems That Can Filter Out Virus COVID-19: State Tells Businesses, Malls To Install Systems That Can Filter Out Virus
Covid-19: State Tells Businesses, Malls To Install Systems That Can Filter Out Virus Before reopening, malls in New York will be required to install new air filtration systems that can filter out novel coronavirus (COVID-19) particles. During a daily COVID-19 briefing on Monday, June 29 in Manhattan, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that new systems must be installed in malls that have a high Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV) such as High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters. The measure has also been advised for businesses, when possible. Cuomo said that COVID-19 particles are approximately .125 micron in diameter, and HEPA filters are designed to filter …

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by Zak Failla
Bergenfield, NJ
News
SpaceX Rocket's Historic Launch Engineered By Bergen County Native SpaceX Rocket's Historic Launch Engineered By Bergen County Native
SpaceX Rocket's Historic Launch Engineered By Bergen County Native A New Jersey native played an integral role in the recent launch of the NASA/SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Sam DiMaggio, a 1985 graduate of Leonia High School, is principal dynamics engineer on the SpaceX project. The sophisticated rocket's May 30 flight from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., carried its first-ever crew to the International Space Station aboard a Crew Dragon capsule. DiMaggio joined SpaceX in 2000 and was a designer on the initial Falcon 1 launch vehicle, the world's first privately-developed liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit in 2008. He received his bachelor…

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by Jon Craig
Torrington, CT
Lifestyle
Pink Moon: Here's When You Can See Brightest, Largest Supermoon Of Year Pink Moon: Here's When You Can See Brightest, Largest Supermoon Of Year
Pink Moon: Here's When You Can See Brightest, Largest Supermoon Of Year The biggest and brightest pink moon of 2020 is on the horizon. The supermoon is set to appear on Tuesday, April 7, according to NASA, which will be approximately .1 percent closer to the Earth than last month’s full moon, making the illusion that this will be the biggest and brightest moon this year. The moon has been dubbed a “pink moon” by the Old Farmer’s Almanac because it “heralded the appearance of the moss pink, or wild ground phlox—one of the first spring flowers.” This will be the third supermoon of the year, and will be the largest of four consecutive supermoons, providing area r…

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by Zak Failla
DV Plus - Westchester, NY
Schools
Around Westchester Schools: Free Coding, NASA Planet Discovery, Art Trio On Exhibit Around Westchester Schools: Free Coding, NASA Planet Discovery, Art Trio On Exhibit
Around Westchester Schools: Free Coding, NASA Planet Discovery, Art Trio On Exhibit Whether your child grows up to be the next Bill Gates he/she should learn coding. The job skillset is in high demand. Coding also helps boost the learning of problem-solving, creativity and communication. And did you know it also helps kids learn cyber safe strategies? AT&T and The Digital Arts Experience have partnered with the  Westchester Library System to bring a first-of-its-kind of free computer coding educational program called AT&T’s Code Heroes, to all 38 Westchester County libraries. This unique program will reach more than 400 students between with a focus on engagin…

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by Donna Christopher
Stony Point, NY
Schools
Area High School Senior Discovers Planet During NASA Internship Area High School Senior Discovers Planet During NASA Internship
Area High School Senior Discovers Planet During NASA Internship Three days into a summer internship at NASA, 17-year-old Scarsdale High School senior Wolf Cukier discovered a brand-new planet 1,300 light-years away. Using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, Cukier found a “circumbinary planet,” or a celestial object that orbits two stars. Cukier’s discovery came in June, but it was only brought to light this week by NASA at the 235th American Astronomical Society meeting in Honolulu. “I was looking through the data for everything the volunteers had flagged as an eclipsing binary, a sy…

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by Zak Failla
DV Plus - Westchester, NY
Politics
Greenburgh Supervisor Challenged In November For First Time Since 2007 Greenburgh Supervisor Challenged In November For First Time Since 2007
Greenburgh Supervisor Challenged In November For First Time Since 2007 One of Westchester County's longest-serving town supervisors is facing a rare challenge at the polls this fall. For the first time in a dozen years, longtime Greenburgh Supervisor Paul Feiner, a Democrat and former county legislator, will have an opponent on Nov. 5. Independent challenger Lucas Cioffi will be on the ballot this fall appearing on the Greenburgh Party line. Feiner has served the town as supervisor for the last 28 years. The last time he faced any opposition was in the 2013 Democratic primary election, which Feiner won. Cioffi, a 39-year-old software engineer and entrepreneur…

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by Jon Craig
Greenwich, CT
Lifestyle
Here's When To Keep An Eye On The Sky For Annual Perseid Meteor Shower Here's When To Keep An Eye On The Sky For Annual Perseid Meteor Shower
Here's When To Keep An Eye On The Sky For Annual Perseid Meteor Shower Keep an eye on the sky for some spectacular stargazing during a spectacular annual meteor shower. Considered the year's best meteor shower, the mid-August Perseids may be seen Sunday, Aug. 11, Monday, Aug. 12 and Tuesday, Aug. 13 with peak viewing from 10 p.m. Monday to the predawn hours Tuesday, according to EarthySky.org. The Perseids bring 50 to 100 meteors visible per hour and because they take place on warm summer nights they are easy for viewers to watch. The "fast and bright" meteors known as "fireballs" often leave lengthy wakes of light and color as they travel through the Earth's…

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by Donna Christopher
Mount Vernon, NY
News
NASA Simulates New York City Asteroid Hit NASA Simulates New York City Asteroid Hit
NASA Simulates New York City Asteroid Hit It was just a test. New York City was struck with an asteroid, killing more than one million. … In a simulation. In a NASA simulation of a fictional scenario, a 200-foot wide asteroid struck New York, leveling buildings and killing an estimated 1.3 million in Manhattan. The simulation was part of the “National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan,” which was published by the White House this week at the Planetary Defense Conference in Maryland. The simulation was held in a fictitious 2027. The asteroid would have packed a punch approximately 1,000 times the force of the…

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by Zak Failla
Newark, NJ
News
After Year In Space, West Orange Twin Astronauts Now A Little Less Alike: Study After Year In Space, West Orange Twin Astronauts Now A Little Less Alike: Study
After Year In Space, West Orange Twin Astronauts Now A Little Less Alike: Study A year in earth orbit may have subtle but marked effects on the human body, according to the results of a unique experiment involving two West Orange natives.  Twin brothers Mark and Scott Kelly both served in NASA's astronaut corps. As twins, the Kelly brothers were ideal for a study on the effects of space travel. Beginning in 2015, Scott Kelly spent a year aboard the International Space Station while Mark stayed on terra firma. Whatever changes Scott Kelly's physiology underwent in space would be readily apparent by comparing him to his earthbound twin.  The results of that stu…

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by Paul Milo
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Obituaries
Former Ridgefield Firefighter, Ambulance Captain Bryan Berta Dies, 41 Former Ridgefield Firefighter, Ambulance Captain Bryan Berta Dies, 41
Former Ridgefield Firefighter, Ambulance Captain Bryan Berta Dies, 41 Bryan B. Berta of Ridgefield died on April 3. He was 41 years old.  Born in Englewood, Bryan graduated from Ridgefield Memorial High School where he was in the marching band playing the Tuba and performed in several school musicals. He was a firefighter with Ridgefield Fire Co. 2 and former captain for the Ridgefield Ambulance Corp., his obituary says. "Bryan was an avid toy collector of Voltron action figures, trains, eagles cars, and NASA," the obit says. "He was a San Jose Sharks fan and Jets fan. He enjoyed riding his 'Spyder' motorcycle and relaxing with his dogs, Chooch an…

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by Cecilia Levine
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Lifestyle
These Celebrities Call Morris County Home These Celebrities Call Morris County Home
These Celebrities Call Morris County Home Some actors, athletes and musicians call or at one point have called Morris County home. Maybe you saw them at the grocery store -- or are still hoping to. Either way, here's your common thread with the rich and famous. Boonton Jim Lewis ("The Muppets) writerChatham Ben Bailey (Comedian, host of "Cash Cab") Ben Bailey on Cash CabBaltz & Company Nick Mangold (New York Jets) Chester James Gandolfini (Tony Soprano, "The Sopranos" -- died 2013) Jim Breur (Comedian formerly on "SNL")Denville Kevin and Danielle Jonas (Member of Jonas Brothers band and wife -- photo courtesy Kevin …

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by Cecilia Levine