Violet Veggies? Hudson Valley Restaurant Week Incorporates The Color Purple

The restaurant line-up for The Valley Table's fall 2017 Hudson Valley Restaurant Week is live, with 200 participating restaurants throughout Orange, Westchester, Dutchess, Rockland, Putnam, Sullivan and Ulster counties. Running from Monday, Oct. 30 to Sunday, Nov. 1, Fall 2017 HVRW welcomes a brand new, creative element: Purple, as in purple produce.
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Solving Staten Island's Deer Problem With a Snip and a Stitch

An experiment to control the borough's booming deer population through vasectomies is said to be the first of its kind in the nation. In a quiet patch of thorny wineberry bushes on Staten Island, a white-tailed deer snored loudly, oblivious to the team of humans gathered around him.
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No more hate

The Anti-Defamation League has pulled together 10 New York mayors - led by Bill de Blasio - who have all pledged to fight hate and extremism by signing the Mayors' Compact to Combat Hate, Extremism and Bigotry. "Now is the time for us to come together to oppose the hate and extremism we are seeing across the country, including right here at home in towns and cities across New York State," said Evan Bernstein, ADL's New York regional director, in a release.
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Hastings Schools Focusing On Hate Issues After Swastika Found

Students in the Hastings-on-Hudson school district are learning a lot more than reading, writing and math after a swastika was found in one of its schools on Wednesday. The Nazi symbol, etched on a piece of paper in an art room at the Farragut Complex of the middle-high school building, was discovered by students.
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Deer & Tick spending rankles supervisor

When Deer & Tick Committee representatives come before the Town Board at budget hearings in October, they may be in for a battle. The committee is currently looking at a budget proposal of $167,750, up from $154,000 last year, or an increase of 5.86 percent.
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Live Alert: Deadgrass @ Buffalo Iron Works

Multi-instrumentalist Matt Turk and Grammy award winner C Lanzbom have joined forces to form Deadgrass, an acoustic five piece band that celebrates the music of Jerry Garcia. Web music authority All Music Guide, calls Matt Turk "an artist to be reckoned with."
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On historic night of running, two break 4-minute mile mark at West High

Trevor Dunbar leads the pack at the start of the third lap of The Great Alaska Mile Series race at West High in Anchorage, Alaska on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017.
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Back-to-school snack tips from Martha Stewart

Now that school's back in session, parents may find themselves scrambling for quick and easy meal solutions before the morning bus and after school. Back-to-school snack tips from Martha Stewart Now that school's back in session, parents may find themselves scrambling for quick and easy meal solutions before the morning bus and after school.
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Brinn Salvatore, Teaching Assistant In Chappaqua, Dies At 33

Beloved teaching assistant Brinn A. Salvatore, 33, of Carmel, formerly of Hastings-on-Hudson, died on Monday, Sept. 4 at Westchester Medical Center.
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Confederate Monument In Greenburgh Symbol Of Reconciliation, Feiner Says

A 60-foot tall monument to Confederate soldiers in Hastings-on-Hudson should remain in place and be seen as a symbol of reconciliation rather than of the Confederacy or white supremacy, Town Supervisor Paul Feiner said. The monument is located in the southwest corner of Mount Hope Cemetery near the intersection of Jackson Avenue and Saw Mill River Road.
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