Barbara Dolensek, the vice-president of the City Island Historical Society and administrator of the Nautical Museum will be the guest speaker.
Her topic will be City Island history, legends and folklore and should prove to be another standing room only event.
The Huntington Free Library, located at 9 Westchester Square and is adjacent to the Apple Bank for Savings just opposite the elevated station of the Westchester Square station on the IRT number 6 line.
Marie E. Thornton, the former vice president of finance at Iona College, Marie Thornton has been sentenced in Manhattan federal court to time served, along with and three years of supervision with 2,000 hours of community service.
The former VP plead guilty to embezzlement on March 9. U.S. in District of approximately $850,000 from the New Rochelle Catholic Institution for higher learning.
Thornton diverted funds belonging to Iona College for personal use by submitting invoices credit card bills for personal expenses to be paid by Iona College.
US does not need educators like this NJ first-grade teacher who wrote that she was a "warden for future criminals" on her Facebook earlier this year. Ad administrative judge now says she should lose her tenured job.
The state education commissioner now has 45 days to accept, reject or modify the decision regarding Jennifer O'Brien.
The Paterson teacher posted her remark to 333 friends on March 28. But it was also forwarded and several of the students' parents, who saw it and made it abundantly clear that they did not appreciate the crude remarks.
VOTERS SPEAK. Right To Life, Immigration, Collective Bargaining.
HERMAN CAIN FEELS THE PAIN. Female Accusers Named.
ITALIY PRIME MINISTER. Says He Will Resign.
PATERNO UNDER FIRE. Pen State Scandal.
IRAN NUKES? IAEA Investigates.
ENJOY CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED EXHIBITIONS ON MARK TWAIN, ROY LICHTENSTEIN, AND EDGAR DEGAS, THE BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED 1906 MCKIM BUILDING, AS WELL AS WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SHOPPING AND DINING
Dickens's Original Manuscript of A Christmas Carol Also on View
The brutal crackdown on dissent in Syria continues unabated despite the signing of an Arab League peace plan last week, the United Nations human rights office reported today, adding that the death toll has now surpassed 3,500.
“We are deeply concerned about the situation and by the Government's failure to take heed of international and regional calls for an end to the bloodshed,” Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), told reporters in Geneva.
St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site
897 S. Columbus Avenue, Mt. Vernon, NY
914-667-4116 www.nps.gov/sapa
Commemoration of Veterans Day - Friday, November 11, 2011
The site is open 9 AM to 5 PM.
There will be periodic tours throughout the day -- depending on visitors interest and staff availability -- telling the stories of soldiers buried in the historic cemetery, with an emphasis on Civil War veterans, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the conflict.
Scheduled Events:
11 AM Veterans Day commemoration ceremony, in the church.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Communications Commission will take over television and radio waves on Wednesday morning (Nov. 9) as part of the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System.
The new EAS allows the president to address the nation during extreme emergencies, FEMA officials said. The test is to help "determine the reliability of the system and its effectiveness in notifying the public of emergencies and potential dangers nationally and regionally," FEMA officials said on the agency's website.
Growing nut trees is a long term proposition. They take up lots of space, but have so many uses, not the least of which is yielding edible nuts. There's no more rewarding a nut to grow than the chestnut. Listening to Nat King Cole sing The Christmas Song is a favorite.
Weather permitting, the U.S. Navy and the FAA will conduct capabilities flights using a U.S. Navy MZ-3A Airship (a blimp) in and around NYC on 11/09/11, from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM.
The flights will be based out of Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, and will operate at altitudes of 1,000 feet and below. Please find a photo of this aircraft attached.
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