Month: July 2016

Betsabeé Romero, “Ceci n’est pas une voiture I” (This is not a Car I), from installation “Auto-construido,” 2000, color photograph, 10 1/2 inches x 17 3/8 inches, 1/5. Collection Friends of the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York. Gift of the artist. Photo courtesy Betsabeé Romero
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‘Destination: Latin America’ on view at Neuberger

“Destination: Latin America,” a provocative and informative new exhibition at the Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase, New York, both illustrates the museum’s important collection of Latin American art and discusses the key historical and artistic movements that influenced that art. “It is a true journey through the art of […]

Westchester County's Telehealth Intervention Program for Seniors, TIPS, has been recognized for a major milestone: providing its 20,000th monitoring service to one of the more than 600 seniors participating in seven sites throughout Westchester. Photo courtesy Westchester County
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‘Telehealth’ program for seniors wins national award

Westchester County’s TIPS program—Telehealth Intervention Program for Seniors—has been selected for a 2016 National Association of Counties, NACo, Achievement Award, County Executive Robert P. Astorino recently announced. The award comes as TIPS marks a major milestone, providing its 20,000th monitoring service to one of the more than 600 seniors participating […]

Police arrested six suspects beginning on June 24 in connection to two Harrison residents that reportedly overdosed on heroin. Among the suspects was Jeffrey “Flee” McCaskill, pictured, a prominent Bronx drug dealer. Photos courtesy Harrison Police Department
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Harrison PD link heroin deaths to Bronx dealer

Police made a mark in their ongoing battle against heroin in the town/village of Harrison, as six individuals have been arrested for selling and possessing the drug that contributed to the recent deaths of two unidentified Harrison residents, ages 26 and 29, at the end of June. In the aftermath […]

The man pictured is performing hands-only CPR, an important lifesaving tool for those having a cardiac emergency. Photo courtesy American Heart Association
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Be prepared for summer safety: Learn CPR

School’s out and summer is finally here. If your summer safety plan consists of stocking bandages, anti-bacterial spray and sunscreen, you might be missing an important lifesaving tool—CPR. If a family member, friend or infant in your care had a cardiac emergency, could you recognize the signs and respond quickly […]

The county is once again teaming up with The Sharing Shelf, a program of Family Services of Westchester, FSW, to collect and distribute school supplies so that children in need can start the school year ready to learn. File photo
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Donations to county’s Backpacks to School needed

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino recently announced that the county is once again teaming up with The Sharing Shelf, a program of Family Services of Westchester, FSW, to collect and distribute school supplies so that children in need can start the school year ready to learn. This year people can […]