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Radio City Rockettes Serve Ice Cream In Tarrytown Radio City Rockettes Serve Ice Cream In Tarrytown
Radio City Rockettes Serve Ice Cream In Tarrytown TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- The Radio City Rockettes honored Tarrytown's Main Street Sweets as a spectacular place to "make time for joy” during the holiday season Thursday. The Rockettes presented Main Street Sweets with a certificate of excellence for its contribution to the community. In celebration, Main Street Sweets added special holiday treats to its menu during the Rockettes' visit.

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by Sam Barron
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Chappaqua Book Festival Includes Bake Sale To Help Hungry Kids Chappaqua Book Festival Includes Bake Sale To Help Hungry Kids
Chappaqua Book Festival Includes Bake Sale To Help Hungry Kids CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- As you attend the Chappaqua Children's Book Festival on Saturday, make sure you leave room for dessert. The Great Chappaqua Bake Sale will again be there, selling goodies to benefit food-insecure kids. "As we sent our kids back to school this month, we could not help but think of the 16 million children in this country who are food insecure" said bake sale organizers. "For these children, school meals programs are critical to their health, well being and their future. "According to Share Our Strength, 62 percent of America's teachers regularly see kid…

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by Rachel Martin
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Top Acts Converge On White Plains For Annual Jazz Festival Top Acts Converge On White Plains For Annual Jazz Festival
Top Acts Converge On White Plains For Annual Jazz Festival WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Music fans will be flocking to White Plains this week for its annual Jazz Fest. Sponsored by the White Plains BID and ArtsWestchester, the festival, which is in its 5th year, kicked off Tuesday and continues through Sunday, Sept. 25. "It's growing bigger and better than ever," said White Plains mayor Thomas Roach. "It has become a White Plains tradition. This year’s featured groups include: the Gary Smulyan Organ Quartet, SOURCE International African Jazz Band, Baby Soda, Bob Baldwin, Myra Casales, Joe Boykin & Friends, and Awa Sangho. The more than…

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by Carol Reif
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Radio City Rockettes Visiting Tarrytown Radio City Rockettes Visiting Tarrytown
Radio City Rockettes Visiting Tarrytown TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- The Radio City Rockettes will honor Tarrytown's Main Street Sweets as a spectacular place to "make time for joy” during the holiday season and the shop will serve holiday treats on Thursday, Sept. 22. The Rockettes will present Main Street Sweets with a certificate of excellence for its contribution to the community. In celebration, Main Street Sweets will add special holiday treats to its menu during the Rockettes' visit. This event is open to the public. The visit will be from 5-6 p.m. Main Street Sweets is located at 35 Main St., in Tarrytown.

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by Rachel Martin
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Get Set To Sample: Food Festival Features Westchester Eateries Get Set To Sample: Food Festival Features Westchester Eateries
Get Set To Sample: Food Festival Features Westchester Eateries GREENWICH, Conn. -- Westchester is on the menu at the sixth annual Greenwich Wine + Food Festival taking place Friday. Sept. 23 to Saturday, Sept. 24.  Among the venues featured: Rye's Blue Tulip Chocolates, Eastchester's Polpettina, Port Chester's Saltaire Oyster Bar, Harrison's Halstead Ave Taqueria and New Rochelle's Dubrovnik. The local eateries are among 200-plus vendors that will be handing out free samples in Saturday's Culinary Village at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park in Greenwich, Conn. The event, held from noon. until 10 p.m and presented by Serendipity magazine, benefits Paul Newman…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
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Cyclists Look To Raise $700,000 For Charity In Hudson Valley Ride Cyclists Look To Raise $700,000 For Charity In Hudson Valley Ride
Cyclists Look To Raise $700,000 For Charity In Hudson Valley Ride HARRISON, N.Y. -- Hundreds of bicyclists will meet on the Purchase College campus on Sunday, Sept. 18, for the eighth annual Hudson Valley Bike Ride, raising funds for mental health, domestic violence and supportive housing programs. The Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services hosts the event to raise funds in support of its programs that assist 43,000 New Yorkers of all religious, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds each year.  The event has a $700,000 goal, and it's already raised over $552,000, as of Thursday evening.  There are three different rides: 62 miles, which leaves at …

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by Rachel Martin
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Animals Strut Their Stuff On The 'Catwalk' At Paws Crossed Grand Opening Animals Strut Their Stuff On The 'Catwalk' At Paws Crossed Grand Opening
Animals Strut Their Stuff On The 'Catwalk' At Paws Crossed Grand Opening ELMSFORD, N.Y. -- The catwalk will be going to the dogs on Saturday, Sept. 17, with the grand opening of Paws Crossed Animal Rescue, in Elmsford. Paws Crossed is a new no-kill rescue, located at the former site of Pets Alive Westchester, which closed its doors last year. Rebecca Solomon of News 12 Westchester will emcee the event's Doggie Fashion Show, where adoptable dogs from the shelter will strut their stuff in their finest attire -- and hopefully find their forever homes. "We could not be any more excited and honored having Rebecca join us for this very important day," sa…

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by Rachel Martin
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Kol Rinah Hosting Open House For Interested Singers Kol Rinah Hosting Open House For Interested Singers
Kol Rinah Hosting Open House For Interested Singers TARRYTOWN, N.Y.--  Kol Rinah, the Jewish Chorale of Westchester, is inviting interested singers to an open house on Thursday, Sept. 15th, at 7:15 p.m. at the JCC on the Hudson.After the open house, interested people can schedule an audition with conductor Ben Gruder.  Kol Rinah rehearses most Thursday evenings during the school year at the JCC on the Hudson. All voice parts welcome. For more information, visit www.kolrinahchorale.org or e-mail kolrinahchorale@gmail.com.

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by Sam Barron
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Westchester Remembers 9/11 With Ceremony At 'The Rising' Westchester Remembers 9/11 With Ceremony At 'The Rising'
Westchester Remembers 9/11 With Ceremony At 'The Rising' WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino invites the public to attend the county's 9/11 Memorial Ceremony, on Sunday, Sept. 11, honoring those whose lives were lost or forever changed by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The event will begin at 7 p.m. at "The Rising" memorial, at Valhalla's Kensico Dam. The memorial remembers the 111 Westchester County residents and dozen former residents who died that day. "Each year we come together as one community to remember, and to honor the Westchester residents who lost their lives in the 9/11 att…

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by Rachel Martin
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Simone Felice Headlines Hastings Music Festival Simone Felice Headlines Hastings Music Festival
Simone Felice Headlines Hastings Music Festival HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- Singer-songwriter Simone Felice will headline at the ninth annual Take Me to the River music and arts festival Saturday, Sept. 10, in Hastings-on-Hudson.There will be local, regional and national acts and activities for kids. Among the performers will be Simone Felice, founding member of The Felice Brothers, whose early albums were among the most influential works of this century's indie-folk revival, said a release. “Dylan and Leonard Cohen are brought to mind, such is the depth of emotion wrought by Felice’s careful approach. … Shows the power of music to lift …

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by Donna Christopher
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Sleepy Hollow's Slambovians Perform At Daryl's Place In Pawling Sleepy Hollow's Slambovians Perform At Daryl's Place In Pawling
Sleepy Hollow's Slambovians Perform At Daryl's Place In Pawling PAWLING, N. Y. -- Sleepy Hollow's Slambovian Circus of Dreams will visit Daryl's House Club in Pawling on Sept. 9 to bring their homegrown mix of alternative folk Americana-style to their Hudson Valley neighbors. Fresh from appearances at festivals across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, the band has been likened to an array of artists such as Tom Petty, Cracker, the Wallflowers and Jethro Tull. They've been performing together since the late 1990s when band members met in art school. The Slambovian's album, "Box of Everything," released in 2014, features a complil…

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by Amy Maciaszek
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Bruce Hornsby Performing At Capitol Theatre Bruce Hornsby Performing At Capitol Theatre
Bruce Hornsby Performing At Capitol Theatre PORT CHESTER, N.Y. -- Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers are coming to the Capitol Theatre Sept. 8. Known for his piano and accordion playing, Bruce Hornsby in the mid-1990s took his family to the Annual Old Fiddlers' Convention in Galax, Hornsby took his family to the Annual Old Fiddlers' Convention in Galax, Va., reconnected him with his Williamsburg youth and bluegrass music and bought a dulcimer.  This led to his album, "Rehab Reunion," which is piano-free and includes guest appearances by Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and gospel singer Mavis Staples.  The record was recorded in Wi…

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by Donna Christopher