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Ongoing Events: Women Living With Recurrence of Cancer Support Group, Yorktown Heights

gestroud — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:33:39 +0000

A monthly support group for women with recurrence of breast and ovarian cancer, with advanced stage cancer, and/or metastasis. Group is offered by Support Connection, Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides free support services to people affected by breast and ovarian cancer. The group is led by a trained peer facilitator, and focuses on topics related to living with a recurrence of breast or ovarian cancer.

Hours: Tuesday 1:00pm – 2:00PM

Cost: FREE PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED

Organization: Support Connection, Inc.

Location : Support connection office, 360 Underhill Ave, Yorktown Heights, NY, 10598

Contact : 914-962-6402

info@supportconnection.org

Website: www.supportconnection.org

December 1st Deadline: Low-Interest Loans for July Storms

gestroud — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:49:51 +0000

Relief is in sight but home and small business owners – even renters and non-profit organizations – may not know about it.

Westchester County residents and small business owners who suffered damage as a result of last July’s storms can still apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The first deadline for applications is December 1.

The SBA last month declared New York State – including Yonkers, Mt. Vernon and certain areas in the southern Westchester – a disaster area as a result of the severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding that occurred on July 6 and 7. This disaster declaration by the SBA makes Westchester County residents and businesses in those areas hit by the storm eligible for assistance with low-interest loans.

For more information, Westchester County residents and businesses can call the SBA Disaster Assistance Customer Service Center at (800) 659-2955 or email them at disastercustomer@sba.gov and visit www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance

Indian Point Siren Test — Thurs. Oct. 22 beginning 10:30 a.m.

gestroud — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:21:28 +0000

Entergy will conduct a test of the Indian Point sirens on Thursday, Oct. 22 beginning at 10:30 a.m. All the sirens will be sounded for four minutes at full volume. This is only a test. No response on the part of the public is necessary.

In an actual emergency, the sirens would sound continuously at full volume for four minutes, followed by the broadcast of an Emergency Alert System (EAS) message on radio and television stations. Sirens are not a signal to evacuate, but rather for people to tune to an EAS radio or TV station for information and instruction.

Source: www.westchestergov.com