Governor Cuomo: “Let’s stand up and demand respect for our community. Let’s lead the way by taking action and let’s build a memorial to Mother Cabrini – and I pledge my full support tonight.” A rush transcript of the Governor’s remarks is available below: NEW YORK, NY — October 13, 2019 — Good evening, everyone. What a great event this …
Sex Trafficking – Modern Day Slavery
By BOB WEIR / NETSKY RODRIGUEZ
Weir Only Human FLOWER MOUND, TX — October 12, 2019 — Human sex trafficking is a dark and sinister industry that abuses and exploits women of all ages. After the degradation of being sold into a life of abuse, a woman who is rescued from a trafficker is left with many years of past trauma and oftentimes, substance abuse issues. Human …
By BOB WEIR / NETSKY RODRIGUEZ
A New Vehicle For Purpose-Driven Marketing Hits The Streets
“Wrap For A Cause” Drives Messaging With Custom Vehicle Wraps With a Purpose COS COB, CT — September 25, 2019 – The buying decisions of Millennials are often guided by their conscious, so companies are striving to align their brand with a cause. However, consumers don’t just want to hear about a corporation’s support of a charity or issue, they …
The Bronxville Chamber of Commerce Continues It’s Success
By Mayor MARY MARVIN, Esq.
BRONXVILLE, NY — September 24, 2019 — Thanks to the picture perfect weather and the quantity and quality of merchandise, the Chamber of Commerce sponsored Fall Sidewalk Sale was a huge success this past weekend. Again our merchants stepped up and made the village colorful, crowded and vibrant. The Sidewalk Sale is also the traditional kick off to the fall …
By Mayor MARY MARVIN, Esq.
Mayor’s Monday Message – September 23, 2019
By VICTORIA GEARITY
OSSINING, NY — September 23, 2019 — Fall Prevention Awareness: Did you know that falls are the number one reason seniors lose their independence? Today’s program at the Community Center focused on how to prevent falls. Thank you to Molly Roffman of StepWISE Now, and Westchester County and the local healthcare resources that participated in today’s Fall Prevention Awareness Day …
By VICTORIA GEARITY
Ability Beyond’s Annual Golf Championship Raises $93,000 for People With Disabilities
Dual Golf and Tennis Tournament Supports Job Training and Programs to Discover the Ability in Everyone CHAPPAQUA, NY and BETHEL, CT — September 22, 2019 — Everyone had a ball at Ability Beyond’s popular Golf Championship and Tennis Tournament held on September 16, 2019 at the Ridgewood Country Club in Danbury. The annual athletic event was an outstanding success thanks …
Gem Management Partners, San Souci Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, and Yonkers Doctors Care Extend Their Helping Hands to Those People Who Resided at 149 North Broadway
By HEZI ARIS
YONKERS, NY — September 16, 2019 — It was back on Sunday, August 11, 2019 when a fire coursed through every floor of the apartment house situated at 149 North Broadway displacing 86 adults, children, and pets. While the Department of Social Services, among operations intended to respond to those displaced, the task was costly and gargantuan in scope. While …
By HEZI ARIS
Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club to Celebrate Its 50th Anniversary in The Bronx
By Special Events Manager JEREMIAH JOHNSEN
THE BRONX, NY — September 3, 2019 — Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club will soon celebrate its 50th anniversary in The Bronx. Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club was originally founded in 1915 in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan. Upon coming to The Bronx in 1969, the Club, based out of one site in a new neighborhood, adopted …
By Special Events Manager JEREMIAH JOHNSEN
Faith Turns Tragedy Into Triumph
By BOB WEIR
Weir Only Human HOUSTON, TX — September 3, 2019 — One of the most discouraging and dangerous problems in our criminal justice system is the staggering rate of recidivism that puts former inmates back into the revolving door of repetitious incarceration. If our prison system was a corporation it would have been bankrupt decades ago. Correctional institutions are supposed to …
By BOB WEIR
In Memoriam: Celeste P. Vazzana – March 17, 1917 to August 6, 2019
SCARSDALE, NY — Celeste P. Vazzana of Scarsdale passed away on August 6, 2019. Celeste was born in The Bronx on March 17, 1917 to Germano and Rafaella Pizzani. She married Frank Vazzana on November 20, 1938. Celeste worked for New York Telephone Co. as a benefits manager retiring in 1982. She was recently honored by White Plains Hospital for her …