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Jay Waitkus

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Business

Whole Foods Providing Customers With Digital Coupons Whole Foods Market has started offering digital coupons, SupermarketNews.com reports. The retailer sent the first of the coupons to customers on Friday, according to SupermarketNews.com. The initiative is part of the Austin, Texas-based company’s efforts at more effective marketing, SupermarketNews.com reports. To read the SupermarketNews.com story, click here.

02/01/2016

Neighbors

West Haverstraw Chef Gathers Bottled Water To Battle Crisis In Michigan WEST HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. -- Christopher Small, a cook at The Filling Station, has collected nearly 5,000 bottles of water to help residents in Flint, Mich., where water contaminated by lead is filtering into people’s houses, according to a News 12 report. Small is asking local residents to help out by bringing cases of water to a drop-off spot he has established at The Filling Station, according to News 12. Small is planning a trip to Michigan in March to disperse the water, News 12 reports. To read the News 12 story click here.

02/01/2016

Politics

Westchester Estate Owner Donald Trump Holds Lead As Iowans Caucus As Iowans head out to vote today, a Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics poll shows that Donald Trump has pulled ahead of his top challenger, Ted Cruz, in the batttle for the heavily-contested caucus, the Register reports. Trump, who owns an estate in Bedford and golf clubs in Briarcliff Manor and Hopewell Junction, is leading the way in Iowa with 28 percent of the vote, while Cruz stands at 23 percent, according to the Register. Marco Rubio is in third place with 15 percent of the vote, the Register reports. To read the story in the Des Moines Register, click here.

02/01/2016

Neighbors

Westport Country Playhouse Launches Initiative To Develop New Plays WESTPORT, Conn. -- The Westport Country Playhouse has launched a “New Works Initiative” to develop new plays and musicals through workshop and reading opportunities involving playwrights and other artists. “Brand new plays and musicals by both new and veteran playwrights and composers will be given a chance to grow,” said Mark Lamos, the Playhouse’s artistic director. “Our goal is to nurture and nourish new writing and seek exciting projects for our five-play seasons, as well.” The program will make possible the development of two new works at the Playhouse in February: “Out of the Mouths…

02/01/2016

News

Fishkill Announces Holiday Closures FISHKILL, N.Y. -- The Town of Fishkill has announced its closures for Lincoln’s Birthday and Presidents’ Day. Town Hall and Justice Court offices will be closed on Lincoln’s Birthday, February Feb. 12, and Presidents’ Day, Feb. 15. The Highway Department will be closed on Presidents’ Day. For information on Fishkill Recreation’s hours of operation, call 845-831-3371 or click here.

02/01/2016

Events

Saddle Brook Senior Center Hosting 'Chicken Bingo' SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- The Saddle Brook Senior Center, 8 Caldwell Ave., is hosting “chicken bingo” on Sunday, Feb. 28, at noon. The event includes lunch, coffee, dessert and bingo boards. Cost is $12. Lunchtime specials can be purchased separately. For further information and reservations, call Joe Lecce at 201-845-4594.

02/01/2016

Lifestyle

Waveny LifeCare Network’s Adult Day Program Participants Celebrate Broadway NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- Waveny LifeCare Network’s adult day program participants recently celebrated the scenes and songs of Broadway. Members of the program spent a day exercising to show-tunes, discussing their favorite musicals and taking a look back at the Great White Way’s most iconic costumes, sets and moments. Ladies in the adult day program also enjoyed a bit of star treatment and pampering backstage. For more information on the adult day program, call 203-594-5331 or click here.

02/01/2016

Events

Saddle Brook Senior Center Hosting 'Chicken Bingo' SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- The Saddle Brook Senior Center, 8 Caldwell Ave., is hosting “chicken bingo” on Sunday, Feb. 28, at noon. The event includes lunch, coffee, dessert and bingo boards. Cost is $12. Lunchtime specials can be purchased separately. For further information and reservations, call Joe Lecce at 201-845-4594.

02/01/2016

Events

Monroe Library Hosting 'Chocolate Mania For Teens' MONROE, Conn. -- The Edith Wheeler Memorial Library, 733 Monroe Turnpike, is hosting “Chocolate Mania for Teens” on Wednesday, Feb. 3, from 4 to 5 p.m. Teens in grades six through nine can create and decorate their own chocolate-covered treats and play chocolate-themed games during the festivities. To register for the event, call 203-452-2850, or click here. In the event of inclement weather, the activities would be moved to Wednesday, Feb. 24.

02/01/2016

Politics

Chappaqua's Hillary Clinton Holds Slim Lead As Iowans Prepare To Caucus On the eve of the Iowa Caucus, a new Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register poll shows frontrunner Hillary Clinton leading rival Bernie Sanders by a narrow margin, Bloomberg.com reports. Clinton is at 45 percent in the polls, while Sanders is at 42 percent, according to Bloomberg.com. The survey of likely Democratic caucus-goers was conducted Jan. 26 to 29, Bloomberg.com reports. To read the Bloomberg.com story, click here.

01/31/2016

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