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Dave Llewellyn, the head gardener at the Glynwood Center in Cold Spring, holds a flat of kale yesterday at the center's greenhouse. Glynwood Center is a model for sustaining local agriculture, a 225-acre farm set up to help communities understand what they can do to help local farmers stand their ground. Joe Larese/The Journal News

Columnist Greg Clary finds that adding even 5 percent more locally grown food to your weekly diet would create the momentum to bring the farming infrastructure back to this area. More

Businesses earn Rockland Recycles Award for their waste reduction and recycling efforts

RAMAPO - When it comes to local recycling, Wenger North America appears to be on the cutting edge. More

Rockland businesses honored for reducing waste and increasing recycling efforts

RAMAPO - Three local businesses have been honored for their efforts at reducing waste and increasing recycling. More

Eco-friendly: Bronx Zoo won't hold winter light show in evening

NEW YORK (AP) - The Bronx Zoo is bringing in reindeer and turning off the lights at its annual evening holiday light show. More

Highway department recognizes beautification efforts

During a recent Clarkstown Town Board meeting, Highway Superintendent Wayne T. Ballard along with Supervisor Alexander J. More

Indian Pt. discount on electricity to expire

Indian Point File  photo/The Journal News

Electricity costs could jump as much as 35 percent for Westchester County and 103 other local municipalities next month, when a contract to buy power from Indian Point expires. More



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Workers from O'Sulivan Tree Care remove a 60 foot pine tree from the Rinaldi residence on Riverside Terrace in Blauvelt Nov. 20, 2008.  The tree's destination is the South Street Seaport in Manhattan for the Christmas holiday.(Vincent DiSalvio / The Journal News) Members of the Rinaldi family watch a 60 foot pine tree being removed from Riverside Terrace in Blauvelt Nov. 20, 2008.  The tree's destination is the South Street Seaport in Manhattan for the Christmas holiday.  (Vincent DiSalvio / The Journal News) Workers from O'Sulivan Tree Care remove a 60 foot pine tree from the Rinaldi residence on Riverside Terrace in Blauvelt Nov. 20, 2008.  The tree's destination is the South Street Seaport in Manhattan for the Christmas holiday.(Vincent DiSalvio / The Journal News) Briarcliff High School soccer player Katie Underwood ,photographed Nov. 20, 2008 for all-star section. ( Seth Harrison / The Journal News ) Briarcliff High School cheerleading coach Diana Impemba, left, and Samantha Boyer hang a banner before a pep rally for the varsity girls soccer team Nov. 20, 2008 to celebrate the team's state championship.  The girls team won the class B state championship for the second consecutive year. The pep rally also recognized the winter sports teams, which are about to start their seasons. ( Seth Harrison / The Journal News )
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Rye High School football players Kyle Ramalho, left, and Cole McCormack are big fullbacks who have physically overpowered opposing teams all season. Photographed at Rye High School Nov. 19, 2008.  ( Mike Roy / The Journal News ) Dwight Williams braves the cold weather to blow the leaves from his home in Mount Vernon Nov. 20, 2008. ( Carucha L. Meuse / The Journal News ) New Rochelle high school football coach Lou DiRienzo watches his team practice at the Brewster Sports Arena in Brewster Nov. 19, 2008.  ( Frank Becerra Jr  / The Journal News ) New Rochelle high school football coach Lou DiRienzo watches his team practice at the Brewster Sports Arena in Brewster Nov. 19, 2008.  ( Frank Becerra Jr  / The Journal News ) From left, New Rochelle high school football player Lou DiRienzo and his father Lou DiRienzo, the coach of the New Rochelle football team, prior to practice at the Brewster Sports Arena in Brewster Nov. 19, 2008.  ( Frank Becerra Jr  / The Journal News )
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