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Sports

Ridgewood Synchronized Swim Team Wins First Meet RIDGEWOOD, N.J. – The 2016 synchronized swim season has started off with great success for the YWCA Synchro Stars, a new team that trains at the YWCA of Bergen County in Ridgewood, when they placed in their first competition of the year April 23-24 at the NJ Association meet at Montclair State University. Coached by Jonghee Lee, Laura Alt and Kris-Ann Gutenmakher, the team consists of young women ages 7 and older from all Bergen County. For most of the 12 and younger girls — who started synchronized swimming in September 2015 — this was their first experience in a major competition. The f…

by Nicole Briggs

05/14/2016

Business

First Niagara Donates $10K To Urban League Of Southern Connecticut STAMFORD, Conn. – First Niagara Financial Group has donated $10,000 to the Urban League of Southern Connecticut in support of its ongoing Urban Youth Empowerment Program. The Urban Youth Empowerment Program is a 12-month series of work readiness and life skills workshops that provide young people ages 14-21 with the necessary skills to prepare them for entry-level employment, internships and higher education. Students who attend urban youth programs focus on effective reading, writing, critical thinking, speaking and listening skills. The program also strives to give students a basic unders…

by Nicole Briggs

05/14/2016

Schools

Ridgewood Recognizes Top Teachers RIDGEWOOD, N.J. – Ridgewood Public Schools has named the 2015-16 Teachers of the Year: Educational Services Personnel: Kevin Feeley Hawes School: Deborah Gregory-Fink Orchard School: Amy Schaffer Ridge School: Molly Sher Somerville School: Elizabeth Janowski Travell School: Joan Kelly Willard School: Carol Petitt Benjamin Franklin Middle School: Meredith Wearley George Washington Middle School: William Oswald Ridgewood High School: John Domville Each of the award recipients receives $500 -- $250 awarded by the individual home and school association and $250 by the board.

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05/14/2016

Business

Edge Fitness Celebrates New Stratford Location With Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony STRATFORD, Conn. – The Stratford Chamber of Commerce and Mayor John Harkins welcomed the new location of the Edge Fitness Club of Stratford with a ribbon cutting on Monday, May 9. The new state-of-the-art facility, located at 955 Ferry Blvd., is nearly twice the size of the former location. The club is fully equipped with an EDGE cinema, women’s only area, edge strong team training, tanning, edge kids programming and saunas with TVs. Some new features will also include massage, a cardio mezzanine and a large turf area. The Edge offers a variety of membership options as well as personal tra…

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05/14/2016

Events

Explore Long Island Sound On Maritime Aquarium Cruises NORWALK, Conn. – The spring air is warming and the marine animals are returning, which means the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk is beginning its full summer slate of public cruise programs aboard its new hybrid-electric research vessel. The following cruises onto Long Island Sound are available in May aboard the Maritime Aquarium’s R/V Spirit of the Sound: Central Long Island Sound Lighthouse Cruise – Saturday at 10 a.m. This cruise will make passes by five historic beacons: Peck Ledge, Greens Ledge and Sheffield Island lighthouses in Norwalk, Penfield Reef Lighthouse in Fairfield and Stratf…

by Nicole Briggs

05/14/2016

News

HackensackUMC Receives Donated Paramedic Vehicles HACKENSACK, N.J. – The Emergency Medical Services Department at HackensackUMC received a donation of two paramedic vehicles Wednesday to support advanced life support services provided to the community. The donation was made possible by Joseph Sanzari, chairman of the HackensackUMC Pascack Valley Joint Venture Board and past chairman of the HackensackUMC Board of Governors. The vehicles are staffed with two paramedics and the equipment in each vehicle includes heart monitors, medications and other emergency medical equipment to treat both adult and pediatric patients for traumatic and med…

by Nicole Briggs

05/14/2016

Events

Greater Bridgeport Youth Orchestra Plans Local Concert BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – The Greater Bridgeport Youth Orchestra will bring the sounds of opera and the movies to locals at their spring concert at 3 p.m. Sunday at The Klein in Bridgeport. The orchestra will perform music from “Pirates of the Caribbean,” musical shorts by John Williams, composer of the “Star Wars” theme, and Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” In addition, the Principal Orchestra will accompany GBYO Concerto Competition winner Julian Shively, as he plays George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” on piano. Shively, a 15-year-old Trumbull resident, is a cellist in the orchestra, as well as an …

by Nicole Briggs

05/13/2016

News

Agency Offers Tips To New Rochelle Parents On Reassuring Kids After Trauma NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – The May 4 stabbing of a 14-year-old boy that took place outside of Isaac Young Middle School in New Rochelle has many concerned for children’s physical safety, and the Guidance Center of Westchester says adults need to be mindful of the impact this type of event can have on children’s – as well as their own – mental health. “Since this happened right in our own community, children may process the events much more personally, especially those students who are in the school or who are friends with those involved," says Erika Rexhouse, director of school and community …

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05/13/2016

Schools

United Way Honors TV Executive, Stamford Heart Of Gold Scholarship Winner STAMFORD, Conn. – The United Way of Western Connecticut will honor Tracie Wilson, senior vice president, programming and development at NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution, at its annual Heart of Gold Award Dinner from 6-9 p.m. Wednesday at the Stamford Marriott. Wilson will be honored for her leadership on employee volunteerism. She has been selected as this year’s Heart of Gold recipient for the many ways in which NBCUniversal and its employees make an impact on the community through volunteerism. Under her leadership, NBCUniversal has distinguished itself as a company determined…

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05/13/2016

Events

Fashionable Evening In Westport Benefits Dress For Success WESTPORT, Conn. – Dress for Success Mid-Fairfield County will host its annual benefit, “Toast to Success,” from 5:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 18 at the Westport Inn. The benefit is in support of Dress for Success’ mission to empower women to achieve economic independence. Dress for Success Mid-Fairfield County invites all to a fun-filled spring evening to raise awareness of the challenges facing low-income women and the role fashion can play in building confidence and helping women overcome the obstacles of unemployment. At this event, fashion, community and corporate sectors come together t…

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05/13/2016

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