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EducationThe White Plains Examiner

WCC Student Named Jack Kent Cooke Scholar, Headed to Harvard

May 26, 2021 Examiner Media Shrub Oak,  Valhalla,  WCC,  Westchester Community College

Bianca Braun of Shrub Oak became the 11th student in Westchester Community College (WCC) history to win the highly competitive Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. This scholarship provides selected students with up to $40,000 a year to complete

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Menu Movers & Shakers

Plenty of Hearty, Friendly Fare at The Barley House

May 11, 2021 Examiner Media Thornwood,  Valhalla,  Yorktown

By Morris Gut A warm, friendly greeting from Erin, the bartender, and Rob, the manager, was a welcoming start to my lunch at The Barley House on Commerce Street in Thornwood. The wraparound bar area, with its barn wood accents

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GovernmentThe Examiner

Proposed Valhalla Senior Living Project Expected to Receive Negative Declaration

January 12, 2021 Martin Wilbur Valhalla

The Mount Pleasant Planning Board is expected to issue a negative declaration next month for a 170-unit residential project for seniors near a congested area in Valhalla. Brightview Senior Living is proposing to build a “service enriched” project that would

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BusinessHealthThe White Plains Examiner

Kensico Cemetery Raises $42G for Local Alzheimer’s Association Chapter

January 11, 2021 Examiner Media Valhalla

In a year where so many have been hit financially, and charities have struggled to get donations, the Alzheimer’s Association Hudson Valley Chapter has received $41,810 in donations from Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla. The cemetery raised the funds primarily through

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The White Plains Examiner

Ronald McDonald House Launches COVID Relief Plan to Continue Critical Services 

December 19, 2020 Anna Young Maria Fareri Children's Hospital,  Valhalla

Ronald McDonald House of the Greater Hudson Valley recently launched a COVID relief plan to enable the organization to continue providing critical services to families experiencing medical emergencies during the pandemic. Donations will allow the non-profit organization to provide immediate

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COVID-19

Valhalla School District Shutters MS for Two Weeks After COVID-19 Exposure

November 17, 2020 Anna Young COVID-19,  Valhalla

The Valhalla Union Free School District is the latest Westchester County location to shutter a school due to several teachers and staff members in quarantine following a COVID-19 exposure. Valhalla Middle School will transition to a fully remote learning model

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The White Plains Examiner

Westchester County Jail Inmate Sentenced in the Death of Another Inmate

November 6, 2020 Anna Young Valhalla,  Westchester County District Attorney

A Yonkers man will spend the next seven years in prison after killing a fellow inmate while serving time in Westchester County Jail. William Johnson, 21, was sentenced on Thursday after pleading guilty in October to assault in the second

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The Examiner

Assemblyman to Challenge GOP Candidate’s Petition

July 31, 2014 Martin Wilbur Pleasantville,  Valhalla,  westchester

  Two Democratic incumbent state legislators recently learned that they will have an opponent in November. State Sen. George Latimer and Assemblyman Thomas Abinanti will be involved in contested races this fall after each saw a Republican challenger beat the

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The White Plains Examiner

Lights Illuminate, Trees Line Springy Kensico Dam Park

April 24, 2014 Adam Stone Valhalla

By Jon Craig Dog walkers have been grumbling and runners have been rumbling around a “no trespassing zone” that sealed off most of Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla this winter. While a Harrison woman walking her dog assumed the park

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The Examiner

NYC, State Open Valhalla Ultraviolet Water Treatment Plant

October 18, 2013 Adam Stone Valhalla

By Janine Bowen The new $1.5 billion Catskill/Delaware Ultraviolet Treatment Facility celebrated its grand opening last Tuesday in Valhalla. The facility, operated by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and has been under construction for the last seven years, is

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