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Joint Waterworks Saves Taxpayers Money, Trouble, Cortlandt Supervisor Says
CORTLANDT, N.Y. -- Working with other communities has allowed Cortlandt to meet an unfunded EPA mandate to filter its water, Supervisor Linda Puglisi said Tuesday.
The town, along with Yorktown, Somers and the Montrose Improvement District, formed the Northern Westchester Joint Water Works (NWJWW) in 1995.
Working together, the supervisor said, allowed each municipality to pay less for its filtration systems, adding that the plan has “benefited our water consumers and taxpayers.”
Cortlandt built a new filtration plant off Route 6, and Somers upgraded its plant, which established at “duel c…
Briarcliff School Mourns Champion Of Special Needs Children
BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. -- Anne Harmon, a champion of special-needs children, is being mourned by a Briarcliff Manor school that she helped found.
Harmon was a parent, staff member, volunteer, supporter and board member at The Clear View School, which was founded half a century ago to provide academic and therapeutic programs to children dealing with mental illnesses and emotional problems.
The Ardsley-on-Hudson resident, who had a special-needs child of her own, took on all those roles “with enthusiasm and joy,” according to school spokesman, Audrey Warn.
Harmon died recently at her home, …
