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Resale Revitalized: Westchester Store Holds Re-Opening Celebration Resale Revitalized: Westchester Store Holds Re-Opening Celebration
Resale Revitalized: Westchester Store Holds Re-Opening Celebration CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- When's the last time you got to shop and do good? Fantastic Finds, an upscale resale shop at 400 King Street in Chappaqua's Talbot’s shopping center is hosting a grand re-opening celebration on Saturday, Sept. 16, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All proceeds from sales benefit Support Connection, Inc., a 501 (c) (3) Westchester not-for-profit that provides free, year-round breast and ovarian cancer support services. The store is staffed with volunteers who handle sales, inventory and accepting donations. The celebration is being held to show off the fresh paint and “sprucing-up” …

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by Jeanne Muchnick
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Thousands Expected To Flock To Sales Days In Mount Kisco Thousands Expected To Flock To Sales Days In Mount Kisco
Thousands Expected To Flock To Sales Days In Mount Kisco MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. --  Mount Kisco is hoping people from all over Westchester come to its annual sale day, which traditionally draws thousands. The Mount Kisco Chamber of Commerce is hosting the annual event on Saturday, Sept. 16 and Sunday, Sept. 17. Saturday's event will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. while Sunday's is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Local musicals will perform while jewelry, clothes, home goods and more will be available on outdoor displays presented by local vendors. There will also be a downtown food court and a craft beer garden. On Sunday, the day kicks off with the fourth an…

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by Sam Barron
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No Shame: Westchester Singer Won't Let Cancer -At Age 11 - Get Her Down No Shame: Westchester Singer Won't Let Cancer -At Age 11 - Get Her Down
No Shame: Westchester Singer Won't Let Cancer -At Age 11 - Get Her Down Want to hear a powerful performance? Head to Tarrytown's Pierson Park's Band Shell Friday, Sept. 15 at 6 p.m. where Singer Bianca Muñiz will be belting it out.  The Sleepy Hollow resident, an alumnus of the Lagond Music School in Elmsford, is a two-time cancer survivor. She got ovarian cancer at age 11, was in remission for years and then was diagnosed with breast cancer at 22. But instead of wallowing in her sorrows, she started singing and blogging about her experiences as a way to help others. "The first time I was diagnosed I was embarrassed and wanted to pretend like it wasn't h…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
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Leukemia, Lymphoma Society Kicks Off Light The Night Campaign Leukemia, Lymphoma Society Kicks Off Light The Night Campaign
Leukemia, Lymphoma Society Kicks Off Light The Night Campaign The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is getting ready for its annual Light the Night walks in Westchester and Fairfield.Light The Night is a series of fundraising campaigns benefiting the Rye Brook-based society and their funding of research to find blood cancer cures. People form fundraising walk teams and gather together to celebrate, honor or remember those touched by cancer.   A walk will be held in Sleepy Hollow on Saturday, Nov. 4 at Kingsland Point Park and in Stamford on Saturday, Oct. 28 at Harbor Point Commons Park.  Participants in 150 communities across North America join together …

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by Sam Barron
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Ossining Food Pantry Hosting Annual Gala Ossining Food Pantry Hosting Annual Gala
Ossining Food Pantry Hosting Annual Gala OSSINING, N.Y. -- For 29 years, the Ossining Food Pantry has helped feed people in need. The food pantry is hosting the 29th annual celebration on Sunday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Briarcliff Manor at 25 Studio Hill Road in Briarcliff. Proceeds from the event, which costs $60 per person, will go toward purchasing food to feed the needy in Ossining. The Ossining Food Pantry is a 100 percent volunteer run organization with no paid staff, relying on volunteers and donations from the community.  The food pantry serves a large cross-section of residents from the Greater Ossining area distrib…

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by Sam Barron
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Meet The Woman Behind The Butterfly Stamp At Celebrate Somers Meet The Woman Behind The Butterfly Stamp At Celebrate Somers
Meet The Woman Behind The Butterfly Stamp At Celebrate Somers SOMERS, N.Y.– When's the last time you knew someone whose photo landed on a U.S. postage stamp? Westchester residents can meet -- and hear from -- Somers resident Bonnie Sue Rauch on Celebrate Somers day. The community event, on Saturday, Sept. 9, is taking place at the Towne Center, 325 Route 100 and will include a host of activities. Head to the post office first (110 Market Plaza) from 10 a.m. to noon for where you can meet Rauch. She will be signing autographs and discussing her stamp-pleasing photograph which appears on the Postal Service’s new Protect Pollinators Forever postage stamp…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
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Westchester County Marks 16th Anniversary Of 9/11 Westchester County Marks 16th Anniversary Of 9/11
Westchester County Marks 16th Anniversary Of 9/11 A series of events will be held throughout Westchester County Monday to commemorate the 16th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The county will host its annual memorial ceremony at "The Rising" at Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla at 7 p.m. Monday. The Town of Cortlandt and Villages of Buchanan and Croton-on-Hudson will be hosting a dedication ceremony at 4 p.m. at Croton Landing to dedicate a new memorial, "Reaching Through The Shadow." A remembrance garden, which is a place for reflection and renewal, has been planted adjacent to the memorial. Mount Kisco is hosting it…

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by Sam Barron
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NBC's Savannah Guthrie To Appear At Westchester Barnes & Noble NBC's Savannah Guthrie To Appear At Westchester Barnes & Noble
NBC's Savannah Guthrie To Appear At Westchester Barnes & Noble Those who wake up to NBC's "Today" can meet Co-Anchor Savannah Guthrie at Barnes & Noble Eastchester on Tuesday, Sept. 12. Guthrie, along with Educator Allison Oppenheim have a new children's book. "Princesses Wear Pants" is billed as "an empowering fairy tale with a twist" that follows the unflappable Princess Penelope Pineapple.  Guthrie and Oppenheim will do a special storytime, Q & A and book signing at 4 p.m. Go here for more details.  Barnes & Noble Eastchester ist at Vernon Hills Shopping Center, 680 Post Rd., 914-472-0689.

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by Jeanne Muchnick
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Westchester Expanding 9/11 Ceremony At Kensico Dam Plaza Westchester Expanding 9/11 Ceremony At Kensico Dam Plaza
Westchester Expanding 9/11 Ceremony At Kensico Dam Plaza WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - For the first time, Westchester County officials are planning to recognize first responders that died as a result of illnesses during Sept. 11 rescue efforts at their annual celebration at Kensico Dam. County officials are currently compiling a list of men and women from Westchester that died from illnesses whose names will be read at this year’s ceremony, along with 123 county residents that died following the terrorist attacks 16 years ago. Families of first responders from Westchester who died as part of rescue efforts at the site of the Twin Towers have been a…

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by Zak Failla
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Come Thirsty: Westchester Beer Festival Promises Lots Of Craft Brews Come Thirsty: Westchester Beer Festival Promises Lots Of Craft Brews
Come Thirsty: Westchester Beer Festival Promises Lots Of Craft Brews MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- The fourth annual Harbor Island International Beer Festival gets bigger and better as it grows.  The event -- set for Saturday, Sept. 23 in Mamaroneck -- will feature more breweries, more food trucks, and a host of musical acts. New this year: a partnership with the SPCA (meaning puppies on site) as well as well as representation from  Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation. "We're trying to raise funds/awareness for both organizations," said Jason Daniels, owner of Half Time Beverage and the organizer behind the festival.  Go here for ticket information or vi…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
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Author James Patterson Of Scarborough WIll Appear In Westchester Author James Patterson Of Scarborough WIll Appear In Westchester
Author James Patterson Of Scarborough WIll Appear In Westchester WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - Acclaimed author James Patterson is among the writers slated to visit Barnes & Noble in Eastchester as it celebrates more than 40 artists and musicians during the month of September. Patterson and his wife, Susan, who have a home in Scarborough, will make an appearance at Barnes & Noble on Friday, Sept. 8, where there will be an author talk and book signing of their novel, “Big Words for Little Geniuses” and “The Store” as part of the Local Authors Festival. Other scheduled authors and artists to appear include: Georgette Gouveia, signing “The Penalty fo…

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by Zak Failla
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Songs For Seeds, In Scarsdale, Rye Brook, Armonk, Hosts Free Concert In Rye Songs For Seeds, In Scarsdale, Rye Brook, Armonk, Hosts Free Concert In Rye
Songs For Seeds, In Scarsdale, Rye Brook, Armonk, Hosts Free Concert In Rye RYE, N.Y. -- Songs for Seeds, the award winning young children’s music program and band, will celebrate the start of its second year in Rye Brook with a free Labor Day weekend concert Sunday, Sept. 3 at 11 a.m. at Rye Town Park, 95 Dearborn Ave. in Rye. Named Best Children’s Music program by Westchester Magazine, "Best Music Class" by New York Magazine and "Most Magical Music Class" by Red Tricycle, Songs for Seeds opened in the East Pointe Dance Studio in the Rye Brook Shopping Center last September. This fall, Songs for Seeds will offer 10 classes for children under si…

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