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Day Meets With Suffern Girl Scouts At Antrim Playhouse Day Meets With Suffern Girl Scouts At Antrim Playhouse
Day Meets With Suffern Girl Scouts At Antrim Playhouse WESLEY HILLS, N.Y. -- Rockland County Executive Ed Day attended the Antrim Playhouse during the weekend to meet with a group of high school students who completed a detailed project on the theater's history.Girl Scouts Troop 40720 from Suffern showed off their collection of shadowboxes, which detail each decade of the theater's history from the 1930s to the present, according to a post on the county government's Facebook account. Among the notable names connected with the playhouse at 15 Spook Rock Road are Henny Youngman, Tyne Daly, Fred Gwynne and Burl Ives, according to the post. Several…

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Looking To Cut Thousands Of Calories? Blot Your Pizza Looking To Cut Thousands Of Calories? Blot Your Pizza
Looking To Cut Thousands Of Calories? Blot Your Pizza New York-style pizza is arguably the most delicious in the world, but it also can be among the greasiest.  According to the New York Daily News, blotting that grease with a napkin can save calories and, ultimately, lives. Citing a study in LabDoor magazine, the newspaper says taking a napkin to your slice before eating it can save you about 6,600 calories a year, or the equivalent of 20 pizza slices. The end result can be good for your waistline. The report says that cutting the calories, which also cuts down on annual fat intake, can spare up to 2 pounds during the course of a year. Read…

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Man Hospitalized After Being Hit By Jeep On Nepperhan Avenue Man Hospitalized After Being Hit By Jeep On Nepperhan Avenue
Man Hospitalized After Being Hit By Jeep On Nepperhan Avenue YONKERS -- A man was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in serious condition early Friday after being struck by a Jeep on Nepperhan Avenue, according to News 12.The victim, whose identity was not released, was hit by the Jeep near the corner of Elm Street about 3 a.m., according to the report. Witnesses told the television news crew the impact was such that the man's body smashed the left side of the Jeep's windshield. Read the full story here.

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Looking To Cut Thousands Of Calories? Blot Your Pizza Looking To Cut Thousands Of Calories? Blot Your Pizza
Looking To Cut Thousands Of Calories? Blot Your Pizza New York style pizza is arguably the most delicious in the world, but it can also be among the greasiest. According to the New York Daily News, blotting that grease with a napkin can save calories and, ultimately, lives. Citing a study in LabDoor magazine, the newspaper says that taking a napkin to your slice before eating it can save you about 6,600 calories a year, or the equivalent of 20 pizza slices. The end result can be good for your waistline. The report says that cutting the calories, which also cuts down on annual fat intake, can spare up to 2 pounds over the course of a year. Rea…

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Doctor Facing Oxycodone Charges In Case Linked To Yonkers Death Doctor Facing Oxycodone Charges In Case Linked To Yonkers Death
Doctor Facing Oxycodone Charges In Case Linked To Yonkers Death WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A Dutchess County psychiatrist was arrested Thursday on charges that he conspired to write illegal prescriptions for more than 10,000 painkillers, including those that killed a Yonkers school teacher in March, authorities said. Alfred Ramirez, who in addition to his Dutchess practice, operates an office in Orange County, sold "medically unnecessary" prescriptions for thousands of Oxycodone pills over a nearly four-year period starting in 2012, said U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara. The complaint against Ramirez, which Bharara …

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Glen Rock Community Blood Drive Scheduled For Oct. 15 Glen Rock Community Blood Drive Scheduled For Oct. 15
Glen Rock Community Blood Drive Scheduled For Oct. 15 GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- The Glen Rock Community Blood Drive will be held from 3-8 p.m. Oct. 15 at the Community Church of Glen Rock. To schedule an appointment, call 201-251-3703. Walk-ins are welcome. The blood drive, to be held at 354 Rock Road, is sponsored by First Light Home Care. 

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Waldwick Lions Honored After 60 Years Of Service Waldwick Lions Honored After 60 Years Of Service
Waldwick Lions Honored After 60 Years Of Service WALDWICK, N.J. — The Waldwick Lions Club was formally recognized recently for its 60 years of service to the community, according to northjersey.com. The club, which was honored by Mayor Thomas Giordano and the borough council during a Sept. 22 meeting, was founded in 1955 and has been helping local businesses, families and schools ever since, according to the story. The club holds a number of annual fundraisers, donating the proceeds to such charitable causes as juvenile diabetes research and the Center for Food Action, according to the report. Read more at northjersey.com.

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Politics
Saddle Brook Mayor Issues Anti-Nepotism Order Saddle Brook Mayor Issues Anti-Nepotism Order
Saddle Brook Mayor Issues Anti-Nepotism Order SADDLE BROOK, N.J. – Mayor Bob White has issued an executive order forbidding the spouses, children, parents and siblings of elected officials from employment in the township, according to northjersey.com. The anti-nepotism order, effective since its issuance Monday, comes after the Township Council failed to adopt a similar ordinance, the report said. Relatives of Saddle Brook department and division heads also are precluded from employment by the township under the order.  Those relatives who currently work for the township will be allowed to stay in their positions, but elected officials…

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Stop & Shop To Buy Mount Kisco A&P For $25 Million, Report Says Stop & Shop To Buy Mount Kisco A&P For $25 Million, Report Says
Stop & Shop To Buy Mount Kisco A&P For $25 Million, Report Says MOUNT KISCO -- A $25 million deal that would allow Stop & Shop to purchase A&P's most profitable store is awaiting court approval, sources told The Journal News.The Mount Kisco store, which was on the auction block along with properties in New York City's five boroughs, Long Island and elsewhere, is among those being sold as the bankrupt chain based liquidates its grocery store empire. According to The Journal News, Stop & Shop's initial $23 million offer for the property was bested by a competitor, forcing Stop & Shop to increase its bid by $2 million. A&P, a troubled c…

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Looking To Cut Thousands Of Calories, Fairfield? Blot Your Pizza Looking To Cut Thousands Of Calories, Fairfield? Blot Your Pizza
Looking To Cut Thousands Of Calories, Fairfield? Blot Your Pizza FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- New York style pizza is arguably the most delicious in the world, but it can also be among the greasiest. According to the New York Daily News, blotting that grease with a napkin can save calories and, ultimately, lives. Citing a study in LabDoor magazine, the newspaper says that taking a napkin to your slice before eating it can save you about 6,600 calories a year, or the equivalent of 20 pizza slices. The end result can be good for your waistline. The report says that cutting the calories, which also cuts down on annual fat intake, can spare up to 2 pounds over…

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