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Opens White Plains Agency, Names New
General
Agent
WHITE
PLAINS, NY June 16, 2009 - When John
Blumberg returned from college 25
years ago in his beat-up ’69 Firebird,
he had $42,000 in student loans, his car
had logged over 300,000 miles, and he was
embarrassed to drive it to business meetings.
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Insurance
Discount Only A Click Away: Defensive
Driving
Course Now Available Online For the
First Time in New York With "Improv
Aware Driver"
NYS
DMV-Approved Program Provides New York
Drivers with a Fun and Simple Option
to Save on Auto Insurance and Qualify
For Point Reduction on Driving Record
New
York, NY (May 21, 2009) – National Point
and Insurance Reduction Course, a leader
in defensive driving courses, announced
today the launch of its Improv Aware
Driver Course, one of the first New York
State Department of Motor Vehicles approved
online programs for New York drivers.
First
introduced in the 1980’s as an
interactive and fun option for Los Angeles
motorists, the Improv Aware course uses
the company’s much-heralded “Edutainment” approach
and is available completely online, allowing
New Yorkers to qualify for a mandatory
10% three-year insurance discount and
receive a four point reduction on their
driving record without ever leaving their
home. Read
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U.S.
Travel Requirements Change on June
1st.
Do You Have Your Passport?
If
not, Westchester County Clerk Timothy
C. Idoni’s community outreach staff
can help.
Click
here for more info

HELP
AVAILABLE FOR CONSUMERS PREPARING FOR
DTV TRANSITION
WASHINGTON, DC – With the nationwide digital television
(DTV) transition on June 12 upon us, consumers can receive
help at many locations within the New York media market.
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COUNTY
GOES HIGH TECH TO COMBAT GUN VIOLENCE
Gunshot detection
system will be implemented in Yonkers,
Mount Vernon
Westchester
County is joining Yonkers and Mount Vernon
in a high-tech collaboration to curb
gun violence by bringing state-of-the
art gunshot detection technology to the
two cities.
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SENATE,
GOVERNOR AND ASSEMBLY REACH AGREEMENT
ON BUDGET, CLOSING LARGEST BUDGET
GAP IN STATE HISTORY
Job
Creation, improved government efficiencies
and statewide balance are trademarks
of budget agreement
(Albany, NY)- State
Senate Majority Leader Malcolm
A. Smith joined Governor Paterson
and Assembly Speaker Silver in
announcing a three-way agreement
to close the largest budget gap
in state history. Faced with an
astounding two-year, $17.7 billion
budget gap for fiscal years 2009-10,
the Senate, Governor and Assembly
settled on a budget agreement highlighted
by improvements in government efficiencies,
job creation and a shared commitment
to responsible budgeting.
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White Plains
Fireworks Postponed
The Independence Day celebration has been
POSTPONED to Thursday, July 2 at 6:30 p.m.
Rain or Shine at White Plains High School. 
Westchester
GOP Nominates "Giant Slayer" for
County Board
Former Super Bowl
Champion, New York Giant and successful
local businessman Bob Hyland to challenge
Bill Ryan
White Plains, New York (June 24, 2009) -- The Westchester Republican County Committee tonight selected former New York Giant and successful local businessman Bob Hyland to challenge embattled Board of Legislators Chairman Bill Ryan in the November Election.
Upon
receiving the GOP endorsement, Hyland
pledged, “If I am elected to the
County Board, I will take my experience
that includes 36 years as a successful
businessman, 16 years in the financial
services industry and 11 years as a professional
football player and apply those experiences
to county government. My years in the
financial services industry have shown
me what families and businesses need
to do to survive in today's economy.”
“Our current county government clearly does not understand these issues or they would not be asking to raise taxes and spending. They would not be attempting to raise their own salaries in today's economy. I know that if I ran my restaurant and insurance practice the way the incumbent has run the county legislature, my businesses would have failed many years ago,”concluded
Hyland.
Said
Westchester GOP Chairman Doug Colety, “We are excited to be nominating Bob Hyland for the County Legislator in Scarsdale and White Plains. Bob’s
experience in business and the financial
services industry will make him an outstanding
addition to the County Board and a breath
of fresh air after the scandal-plagued
Bill Ryan.”
Continued
Colety, “ Westchester County needs elected officials who strive to serve the public –not
politicians who are obsessed with raising
their own salary and amassing their own
power. In Bob Hyland, the voters of Scarsdale
and White Plains will gain a reformer
who will stop the tax madness and restore
ethics and integrity to the office he
seeks.”
Bob Hyland, a registered Independence Party Member, was born and raised in White Plains and was educated at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, followed by Boston College. After a successful eleven-year career in the National Football League including winning a Super Bowl under legendary coach Vince Lombardi and five seasons with the New York Giants, Hyland returned to White Plains to raise his family and open a family business. He currently is the owner of the Sports Page Restaurant in White Plains and his own insurance practice.
Hyland will be running on the Republican, Independence and Conservative lines in the November Election. District 5 includes all of Scarsdale and part of White Plains.

Sonny
Katz Scholarship Awards To High School
Seniors Announced
A White Plains High
School senior and a
senior from Port Chester High School are recipients
of the 2009 Sonny Katz Scholarship
Awards from the White Plains-based non-profit
theater company, Westco Productions.
The
awards are from a scholarship fund named
in honor of the
late Seymour “Sonny” Katz,
who had been a founding member of Westco’s
Board of Directors. “Sonny” was best
known as the White Plains City Marshall
for more than 35 years. Read
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Guest
Editorial
Why
Not Travel By Train This Summer? by
Caroline Abels Nearly
everything about my recent vacation
in Florida was perfect -- the beaches,
wildlife,
sunsets, you name it. My only disappointment?
The way I got there. I
took a plane, as anyone who lives 1,500
miles away would. Not that anything
went wrong; the trip was pretty
stress-free.
Instead, I was disappointed that I
couldn’t
take a train -- couldn’t stroll
to the Amtrak station in my Vermont
hometown, board a coach car with plush
seats, leg
room and picture windows, rumble down
the Atlantic coast and really see America,
rather than gazing blankly at clouds
from 30,000 feet.
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