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Stuart Hayman, executive director of the Westchester County Medical Society for the past 10 years, said yesterday he will leave his position on Aug. 22. Hayman will take over as executive director of the New York State Society of Anesthesiolgy in New York City on Sept. 1. Hayman said the county society is searching for his replacement.
Posted by Jerry Gleeson on Thursday, May 29th, 2008 at 4:15 pm | 
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A coalition of tobacco opponents today honored several businesses and local officials in the Lower Hudson Valley for their efforts in reducing tobacco use and exposure.
POW’R Against Tobacco, Reality Check Youth Action Partners, Tobacco Free Schools, and POW’R Cessation Center sponsored the event at the Thayer Hotel in West Point.
Recognized: Sal Zuccaro of the North Brewster Deli, who stopped selling tobacco products; Mamie Duncan-Gibbs of Youth Theater Interactions in Westchester County, who no longer accepts sponsorship or funding from tobacco companies; Marion Breland Oswald of Reachout Haverstraw, for helping POW’R Against Tobacco with a local initiative; Rockland County Executive Scott Vanderhoef, who signed legislation banning smoking in private cars with children under the age of 18; and DeCicco Markets, which stopped selling tobacco at its six grocery stores in Westchester and Rockland.
Posted by Jerry Gleeson on Thursday, May 29th, 2008 at 2:47 pm | Print
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The Epilepsy Society of Southern New York and Capabilities Partnership Inc. have moved to larger offices in the JCC Rockland complex at 450 West Nyack Road in West Nyack, the groups said today.
The organizations, which have a satellite office in Tarrytown, provide services to those with epilepsy and developmental disabilities.
The groups were previously housed in the Blue Hill office tower in Pearl River.
Posted by David Schepp on Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 at 3:14 pm | Print
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