Westchester County Today

County Executive Robert P. Astorino, Board Chairman Ken Jenkins of Yonkers, Vice Chairman Lyndon Williams of Mount Vernon and Legislators Alfreda Williams of Greenburgh and Vito Pinto of Eastchester joined together at a news conference to detail ways county residents can help.

With no place to go and not much left to eat in the dead of winter, deer can wreak havoc in your backyard and destroy new buds and leaves before they ever have a chance to grow. As seasons change, the preferred food sources of deer change as well.

The winter months bring not only high energy bills, but also an increased chance of certain kinds of damage to your home and its contents. A few precautions can help protect you from serious losses and disruptions this season.

To help protect your home and your loved ones, the experts have come up with the following easy-to-follow tips that could make all the difference.

76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths are caused by food-borne diseases in the United States every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Without properly preparing and storing food, microorganisms can have an opportunity to grow and multiply in your kitchen.

The H1N1 flu virus may be the newest con­cern this sea­son, but it’s not the on­ly health threat for chil­dren.