John Haffey

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John is a graduate of Villanova University with degrees in History, Communications, and Political Science. A lifelong Norwalk resident, he covers an array of topics from real estate and education to sports and entertainment. John has previously worked as a freelance reporter and brings experience in digital media advertising. A surfer, fisherman, and boater, John is prone to drop everything if the fish begin to bite or the waves are on. John Haffey was a former content writer at Daily Voice.

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Harrison, NY
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Pace Names Drew Brown Associate Athletic Director For External Operations Pace Names Drew Brown Associate Athletic Director For External Operations
Pace Names Drew Brown Associate Athletic Director For External Operations PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Pace University Director of Athletics Mark Brown has named Drew Brown as the Associate Athletic Director for External Operations effective June 15. He will oversee athletics marketing, promotions and communications as well as athletics alumni relations and sponsorships. This is Brown's second stint with Pace University. He also worked from 2012-13 as the Director of Athletic Development. In that role, he directed all activities related to the promotion and advancement of funding initiatives within the Department of Athletics. Brown most recently worked at the ECAC…

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Mt. Kisco, NY
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Tompkins Excavating Sets Pace At Project Yellow Light Grand Prix Tompkins Excavating Sets Pace At Project Yellow Light Grand Prix
Tompkins Excavating Sets Pace At Project Yellow Light Grand Prix MT. KISCO, N.Y.- Tompkins Excavating sponsored two racing teams at the Third Annual 90-minute endurance race, raising $4,600 for Project Yellow Light, an organization that promotes awareness of the dangers of distracted driving among teens. Twenty teams of two to five drivers, 16 of which included kids from Brunswick School in Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Greenwich Country Day School, Greenwich Academy, Convent of the Sacred Heart, King in Stamford and Scarsdale Middle School, raced to complete the most laps in the allotted time and competed for prizes that

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Pleasantville, NY
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CBRE Group To Represent Pace University In Property Sale CBRE Group To Represent Pace University In Property Sale
CBRE Group To Represent Pace University In Property Sale STAMFORD, Conn. – CBRE Group’s Westchester/Fairfield County office announced today that it has been retained to represent Pace University in the sale of two Westchester properties. The University plans to sell its 37-acre Campus at 235 Elm Road in Briarcliff Manor, New York and the 82,000-sq.-ft. Evelyn and Joseph I. Lubin Graduate Center condominium, located within the Westchester Financial Center at One Martine Avenue in White Plains, New York. Pace has made major investments in its Pleasantville campus, providing state of the art classrooms, residence halls, and student activity spac…

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Rye, NY
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Hospice & Palliative Care of Westchester Hosts Butterfly Release In Rye Hospice & Palliative Care of Westchester Hosts Butterfly Release In Rye
Hospice & Palliative Care of Westchester Hosts Butterfly Release In Rye RYE, N.Y. – Hospice & Palliative Care of Westchester (HPCW) hosted its fifth annual Celebration of Life Memorial Butterfly Release at the Wainwright House in Rye, NY on Sunday, May 31. Hundreds of families, friends and community members joined HPCW for two remembrance ceremonies, each concluding with the release of Monarch butterflies that honored the memories of loved ones. HPCW Executive Director Mary K. Spengler, MS and Wainwright House Executive Director Peggy Hill welcomed guests, and HPCW staff and volunteers offered readings relating to loss and bereavement.  Before the progr…

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Tarrytown-SleepyHollow, NY
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Irvington Middle Schoolers Hit High Notes At Music Festival Irvington Middle Schoolers Hit High Notes At Music Festival
Irvington Middle Schoolers Hit High Notes At Music Festival TARRYTOWN, N.Y. - More than 250 music students from Irvington Middle School recently participated in the annual Music in the Parks festival at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, N.J. The school’s music groups showcased their talents and were individually critiqued based on a range of performance criteria, according to a press release. The orchestra and chamber ensemble received the highest rating of superior, the combined chorus and seventh- and eighth-grade concert band each received second-place ratings of excellent, and the solfège group ranked third with a rating of good, accordi…

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Rivertowns, NY
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Ardsley HS Names Jonathan Hirsch Assistant Principal Ardsley HS Names Jonathan Hirsch Assistant Principal
Ardsley HS Names Jonathan Hirsch Assistant Principal ARDSLEY, N.Y. - The Ardsley Board of Education has appointed Jonathan Hirsch to the position of Ardsley High School assistant principal, effective July 1. Hirsch replaces the current assistant principal, Rudy Arietta, who will be taking over as principal at the close of the 2015 school year. Hirsch began his education career in 1995 as a special educator in the New York City public schools system, before accepting a position in Chappaqua in 1999. Hirsch comes to Ardsley High School from Horace Greely High School, where he taught special education, Social Studies, and co-created a dedica…

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Yonkers, NY
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Yonkers Man Arraigned In Stabbing Death Yonkers Man Arraigned In Stabbing Death
Yonkers Man Arraigned In Stabbing Death YONKERS, N.Y. - Antonio Barnett of Yonkers was arraigned Tuesday on one count of second-degree murder and one count of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, said Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore. Barnett was charged with allegedly killing David Benitez on April 18. At 6:27 a.m. that day, Yonkers police said they received a 911 call from a security guard at the Schlobohm Houses apartment complex who said a man was at the gate with a knife attempting to stab another man.  The guard said the assailant, later identified as Barnett, chased Benitez down a ramp leadin…

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Harrison, NY
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Westchester Country Club Welcomes KPMG Women's PGA Championship Westchester Country Club Welcomes KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Westchester Country Club Welcomes KPMG Women's PGA Championship HARRISON, N.Y.- The inaugural KPMG Women’s PGA Championship — a unique collaboration of KPMG, the PGA of America, and the LPGA Tour, and golf’s only major championship in the New York Metro area this year — is about to start in Westchester. The event is scheduled to take place from Tuesday through Saturday at the Westchester Country Club in Harrison. Two-time defending champion Inbee Park heads a list of 22 major champions, who will compete in the 2015 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Park, who captured back-to-back titles in 2013 and ’14 among her four career majors, will be joined by nine …

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Cortlandt, NY
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Hendrick Hudson Athletes Honored As Con Ed Scholar-Athletes Hendrick Hudson Athletes Honored As Con Ed Scholar-Athletes
Hendrick Hudson Athletes Honored As Con Ed Scholar-Athletes MONTROSE, N.Y.- Hendrick Hudson High School’s Morgan Loh and Aidan Datene were honored this past Wednesday at the Con Edison Scholar Athlete Sports Award Banquet in West Harrison.   Each of them were recipients of the prestigious Con Ed Scholar Athlete Award during the fall 2014 athletic season.  Loh was an all-section volleyball player on the Hen Hud varsity volleyball team and will be attending SUNY Binghamton in the fall. There, she hopes to continue playing club volleyball. Emory University-bound Datene was an all-section midfielder for coach Chris Cassidy's Sailors  soccer team …

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Pleasantville, NY
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Pace Center For Student Enterprise Marks Five-Year Anniversary Pace Center For Student Enterprise Marks Five-Year Anniversary
Pace Center For Student Enterprise Marks Five-Year Anniversary PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- With the close of the 2014-2015 academic year, students in Pace University's Student Enterprise Center celebrated another successful year. The center is the work of Dr. Kathy Winsted and has allowed Pace undergraduates the chance to follow their entrepreneurial spirit for half a decade. Founded in 2010, the center currently oversees three student-run businesses on campus. The idea began when two business students approached Dr. Winsted and pitched the idea of starting an entrepreneurial club at the Pleasantville campus. Rather than set up a series of worksho…

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