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Norwalk Leadership Institute wants to help area nonprofits
The Greater Norwalk Chamber of Commerce is seeking project proposals from nonprofits and charities in Norwalk and the surrounding region that can benefit from being the focus of the 2024-2025 Norwalk Leadership Institute’s efforts. “For those who are unaware,” reads a message from the Chamber, “the Norwalk Leadership Institute,...
Nuvance Health recognized for stroke care excellence
Nuvance Health Care’s hospitals across both Fairfield and Westchester Counties were recognized by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for demonstrating excellence in complying with the Get With The Guidelines awards for stroke services. Danbury Hospital achieved Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus, Target: Stroke and Target: Type...
U.S. and world news for August 20
Democratic Convention: After an opening night that saw appearances by Vice President Harris, Hillary Clinton, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, President Biden and others, tonight’s convention session features speeches by former President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff. Biden took aim at Donald Trump in his speech last night, saying, “You cannot say you love your country only when you win.”
Taylor Swift’s go-to brand comes to The Westchester
“We cannot stress this enough,” Glamour magazine writes. “Reformation is the backbone of Taylor Swift’s wardrobe.”. Reformation began with vintage clothes in a Los Angeles storefront in 2009 and has since grown to almost 50 shops worldwide that feature its own brand, with an emphasis on sustainability, fair labor practices and oh, yes, feminine, flirty fashions. And now those stores include one that opened at The Westchester in White Plains on Friday, Aug. 9.
Eye on Small Business: Mellow Monkey, Stratford
A merman in a kilt, gifts with suggestive names like “gentlemen’s hardware” (which is actually a set of bartending equipment), and enough china, lamps and wood chimes to leave Aladdin wide-eyed in amazement, are just a few of the goods you’ll find at Mellow Monkey, one of Connecticut’s most eclectic emporia.
CNN WIRE — Ukraine forces blow up second Russian bridge: VIDEO
(CNN) — Ukraine’s military incursion into Kursk aims to create a “buffer zone” to prevent cross-border attacks by Moscow’s forces, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed, as his troops blew up a second bridge in the Russian border region. Ukrainian forces are inching forward in Kursk...
CT declares state of emergency after 2 killed and ‘hundreds’ evacuated during flash flooding
(CNN) — The governor of Connecticut declared a state of emergency after historic flooding left two dead and prompted hundreds of evacuations over the weekend, he said in a Monday news conference. “This declaration can help expedite some of the resources needed for us to respond, including potential federal...
Groundbreaking to create new venue at former Gasho property in Hawthorne
Work has started to turn a former restaurant on Saw Mill River Road in Hawthorne into an event and hospitality center. Michael Pasqualini, who has a successful track record in the restaurant, club and entertainment business, has purchased the property where the Japanese restaurant Gasho of Japan had operated until about a half-dozen years ago. He intends to turn the 2.8-acre property and the former restaurant building into a center for events known as Le Setai.
Contract renewal close for Greenburgh Nature Center
The Town of Greenburgh and the Greenburgh Nature Center appear close to working out final details of a contract that would allow the present nonprofit that manages the 33-acre nature center and preserve to continue in place for the next 25 years. “We were able to submit a carefully considered...
Bridgeport Hospital’s Milford ICU earns Beacon Award
Bridgeport Hospital, part of Yale New Haven Healthcare (YNHH), was recognized for excellence in maintaining its Milford campus Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with a gold level Beacon Award from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). “This recognition signifies exceptional care in a unit that puts patients first. It highlights...
PepsiCo sues NJ resort to enforce pouring rights
Pepsico Inc. is demanding at least $500,000 from a New Jersey resort that allegedly breached a pouring rights deal. The Purchase-based beverage and snack conglomerate accused Crystal Springs Resort of colluding with a competitor, in an August 13 complaint filed in Westchester Supreme Court. “Defendants chose to walk away from...
Mount Kisco adopts moratorium on battery storage systems
Mount Kisco’s Board of Trustees has adopted a local law establishing a moratorium on battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the town and village. The new law blocks the approval of any systems, zoning changes for a BESS or issuance of permits that would allow a BESS to be installed.
Pickleball America site of hunger fighting world record
Stamford’s Pickleball America saw identical twins Angelo and Ettore Rossetti set a Guinness World Record for the longest pickleball rally in the world on Saturday, August 17. The brothers hit over 10,000 consecutive rallies in just under two hours, without a single bounce. They were striving not only to...
U.S. and world news for August 19
Convention: The Democratic National Committee opens its convention in Chicago today. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is scheduled to speak tonight, before President Biden makes his scheduled seech to the delegates tonight. During his address, Biden is expected to endorse Kamala Harris for President, recap some of his accomplishments as president, and warn against what he will characterize as the dangers of a second Donald Trump term in the White House.
New regulations for Connecticut realtors now in place
As of August 17 Connecticut realtors are bound by new rules that stem from a $418 million settlement between the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and plaintiffs who alleged that NAR’s commission structure constitute an unfair business practice. The regulations already went into place in New York on August...
Eye on Small Business: Heather Gaudio Fine Art, Greenwich
Heather Gaudio Fine Art specializes in emerging and established artists, offering paintings, works on paper, photographs and sculptures. The gallery provides a full range of art advisory services, from forming and maintaining a collection to securing secondary market material and assisting with framing and installation. After a decade in New Canaan, she moved her gallery to Greenwich last September.
Westchester Eyes sues Aetna for $7M
A White Plains optometrist is suing Aetna Inc. for $7 million for allegedly trying to claw back $7.7 million in health care payments and withholding $1 million for new claims for treatment of dry eye syndrome. Eric C. Rubinfeld claims that Aetna is violating his health care provider agreement, in...
Westchester has first West Nile Virus cases this year
A New Rochelle resident and a Mount Vernon resident have tested positive for West Nile Virus, marking the first confirmed human cases in Westchester County this year, according to the county. The county’s Health Commissioner Sherlita Amler said, “These first cases of West Nile Virus are earlier than usual and...
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