Happy July 4th. America’s Birthday

 

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Happy July 4th! Let’s celebrate the power of unity and collective action. On July 4th, 1776, the Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence, announcing the colonies’ separation from Great Britain. The Constitution provides the legal and governmental framework for the United States. Today reminds us that when people unite for a common cause, they shape history. Whether  building a nation or fostering positive change in our communities, let’s continue working together for a brighter future.

Fun Fact: The Second Continental Congress, convened in 1775, marked a pivotal moment in American history. Delegates from the 13 colonies gathered to address tensions with Great Britain and ultimately declared independence, laying the foundation for our nation’s birth.


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¡Feliz 4 de Julio! Celebremos el poder de la unidad y la acción colectiva. El 4 de Julio de 1776, el Segundo Congreso Continental adoptó por unanimidad la Declaración de Independencia, anunciando la separación de las colonias de Gran Bretaña. La Constitución proporciona el marco legal y gubernamental para los Estados Unidos. Hoy nos recuerda que cuando las personas se unen por una causa común, hacen historia. Ya sea construyendo una nación o fomentando cambios positivos en nuestras comunidades, sigamos trabajando juntos por un futuro más brillante.

Dato curioso: El Segundo Congreso Continental, convocado en 1775, marcó un momento crucial en la historia de Estados Unidos. Delegados de las 13 colonias se reunieron para abordar las tensiones con Gran Bretaña y finalmente declararon la independencia, sentando las bases para el nacimiento de nuestra nación.

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JULY 2 5:30 P.M.—HUDSON RIVER BEACHES OPENED.

HUDSON RIVER BEACHES CLEARED TO OPEN

(Westchester, NY) – Croton Point Park and Philips Manor Beach have been cleared to open by the Westchester County Health Department.

The beaches had been ordered closed last week due to elevated bacteria levels. The beach samples collected exceeded the maximum level of enterococcus bacteria as outlined by the sanitary code.

After an additional test Monday, July 1 the samples met the required safety standards.  The beaches are cleared to open immediately.  Croton Point Park will be open for swimming tomorrow.

Residents and visitors are encouraged to visit the Westchester County website for the latest updates on beach closures and reopening schedules. The County remains committed to maintaining high standards of environmental health and safety across its recreational facilities.

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Issue: 727 | June 28, 2024

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Get ready to rock your world at Rock The Block’s highly anticipated third concert on Wednesday, July 10th!

Third time’s a charm! We’re shutting down Mamaroneck Avenue between Maple Ave and E. Post Road once again to transform it into the ultimate hotspot for food, music, and fun!

Enjoy the sensational sounds of Scott Tournet and the Spark! Scott Tournet, a founding member of the award-winning band Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, has performed with The Allman Brothers, members of the Grateful Dead and Phish, recorded with Willie Nelson, and opened for stadium tours with Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney. His new band and debut LP, with Scott slaying on guitar and a riveting Hammond B3 organ alongside, draws on the best of American roots, rock, and pop music.

Our opening act, Smooch, is an eclectic indie soul/funk jam band from Westchester. Their infectious grooves, improvisational style, and soulful vocals are a perfect pairing for the show.

Remember to mark your calendars for our grand finale, headlined by OTM, on August 14th! While you wait, check out Tunes at Noon at the White Plains Plaza every Thursday from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m, starting July 11th.

Special thanks to our logistics partners the City of White Plains and Doug Panero Presents and our very valued sponsors: White Plains Hospital, Argent Ventures, Teremana Tequila, Cappelli Organization, SRG2 Partners LLC, Westchester County, ArtsWestchester, Etain, Lanline Communications, Partyline Tent Rentals, and Cambria and our community partner New York Power Authority, as well as our partnering restaurants: Brazen Fox, Cantina, Freebird, Hudson Grill, Lilly’s, Lazy Boy, Ron Blacks and Sundance Kitchen.

This project is made possible with funds from Arts Alive, a regrant program of ArtsWestchester with support from the Office of the Governor, the New York State Legislature, and the New York State Council on the Arts.

Common FAQs can be found HERE.

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ANDREW CUOMO TO THE RESCUE

 

OUR NATION TURNS ITS HOPE TO THEE.

WPCNR NEWS & COMMENT. By John F. Bailey.  June 29, 2024:

He saved America once.

We need him to save us once again.

Will we turn to him?

When we need him more than America as ever needed a hero against the odds?

The toughest most intelligent politician of our age

He is Andrew Cuomo.

Americans believed him.

I believed him.

He did not deliver rhetoric in the covid epidemic.

He was tough.

He demanded things that no one liked.

He was on the air everyday telling us the facts of what was happening.

He got people to believe in staying home, something his enemies and thousands of leaders did not want.

He stuck by his reason, his instincts.

His solutions worked.

They got results.

It is so rare politicians get results.

Andrew Cuomo got them he stopped covid spread in 6 months

He stepped in where politicians feared to tread, afraid of public criticism.

He saved millions of New Yorkers and across the nation with his actions.

He was second-guessed and gaslighted by irresponsible caregivers who spread the disease by ignoring his policies.

He was hated by New York Democrats for his power and intelligence when they showed none.

As with  any  enemy of the people (Henrik Ibsen’s  play  about a scientist who exposed water problems and was dubbed Enemy of the People” who was vilified by authorities).

By  putting his instincts and willingness to lead when someone had to lead (and it was not the President of the country at that time who lead, it was not the CDC, it was not the politicians who never visited the morgues.

It was  Andrew Cuomo who gave  his political career away , did unpopular things, the lockdowns.

He went on television across the country with his team gave scientists time to get us a vaccine to stop covid spread by stopping the spread at the time there was no vaccine.

The nation listened to him.

Watched him.

In tight, powerful daily half hour to 45 minute bulletins fact-heavy packed with easy-to-understand graphics, experts talked reality on the ground, explained to a panicked state and America at large how to hold down the deadly covid virus at bay and how not to get it.

He did that.

He did the single biggest national public service rescue with the force of his personality and Melissa De Rosa, his heroine Secretary to the Governor and his Health Commissioner since FDR.

Americans never missed a briefing of his.

I didn’t.

He is easily the best leader I have ever seen in this state SINCE GOVERNOR PATAKI

We need Mr. Cuomo again.

Now.

Will he come back to fight the new covid virus of darkness, “The Trumpid Variant”?

The Trumpid Variant of covid is infecting Americans’ minds with hate, oppression of the innocent, “Herods to be,”  symptoms being  suppression of  freedom infecting our citizens with Trumpid Variant  behaviors infecting Americans with nationalistic world-threatening folly and false sense of  reality, and inability to see the policies of the Trumpid Variant are threatening the greatest country in the world survival.

As with any  “enemy of the people”, Andrew Cuomo paid for his heroic covid-stopping policies politically. He was framed by his own party with charges of sexual harassment by his own attorney general, they took away his emergency powers.  They trumped up sexual harassment charges. He was forced to resign. He was kangarooed out of Albany.

Since then, the same legislature continues their lack of leadership in this state to deal with the state’s problems, fight the new Governor Kathy Hochul’s solutions.

To this date no court case has found Mr. Cuomo guilty of anything. His accusers have not followed through.

But he is available now when the country needs him more than they have ever needed someone  smart, tough, and rational before.

Now he, in my opinion is the only hope if the Democratic Party hopes to stop the virus of darkness: The Trumpid Variant,” infecting Americans believing in things I never thought I’d see my countrymen and women support.

The tragic performance of President Joe Biden in the mockery of the debate Thursday night is reminiscent of the aged German Chancellor in 1933, when the fickle Reichstag with a collaboration of conspiring members angled to have Hitler appointed with Hitler agreeing to appoint them chancellor and aids. Hitler got rid of them after he was made chancellor.

Von Hindenberg washed his hands and resigned. Hitler was appointed. The conspirators not appointed and Hitler took over. The book Takeover chronicles this explicitly.

There is no one the democratic party can replace Biden with, should Mr. Biden resign, who has the national following Andrew Cuomo did and does.

He is not a New Yorker, he’s the last American Hero. He guided us through covid across the nation straight through to morning in America in 2022,

Andrew Cuomo, our nation turns its worried eyes to you.

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