NYSEG outage information is now just a click away. While it may seem odd to think about having Web access when the power is out, more & more NYSEG customers are using wireless technology or may be reporting an outage at home from work or another location where the power is on. You can click on the "Outage Central" at the top of the NYSEG webpage. Customers may choose their electric and natural gas supplier. See NYSEG's press release. Beekeepers need to register their bee hives with the State of New York. ALOFT Members receive discounts Want to stop getting phone books?? Here is some helpful information. BEAR FACTS: Several black bears have been sighted in Pound Ridge Reservation and on several roads in Lewisboro. Our local Conservation Officer Scott Atwood and Wendy Rosenbach, Director of Public Affairs at the New York State Department of Conservation know the bears are in our Town. Black bears are a confirmation of a healthy wildlife environment. Bears can smell food up to one mile away and look for an easy free meal. This is part of their normal behavior. Residents need to remove all easy food sources. These include:
If a bear is on your property make lots of loud noise, holler, yell, bang pots. The bear should move on. If you need further information check out the Living with Bears brochure at or call Wendy Rosenbach at the Department of Conservation at 845-256-3018.
Westchester County Special Needs Registry. For more information go to: Have you ever made a phone call and been frustrated by the prompts that you have to follow to get to a real person? This is "How To Get Through".
Town Clerk's Office Westchester County March 1, 2006 legislation mandated all cell phones be recycled rather than disposed in the trash. Westchester County Commissioner of Environmental Facilities has designated the Town Clerk's Office as the acceptance center for cell phones. The Town participates in the County's HopeLine Cell Phone Recycling Program. Recycled cell phones are collected and distributed to people at risk. Don’t throw that old cell phone in the trash – it’s against the law in Westchester County. Cell phones contain harmful materials that are dangerous to the environment and should be kept out of the waste stream. Donate your old cell phone for a good cause and help domestic violence victims by dropping it off at the Town Clerk's Office, 11 Main Street, South Salem (next to the South Salem Library). You may drop off the cell phones at the Town Clerk's Office Monday - Friday 9 am to 5 pm. Questions: call 763-3511 or email: Town Clerk
Donate Life - Pass It On Be an organ and tissue donor. Enroll in the New York State Organ and Tissue Donor Registry. Get more information and to register online County Executive Andy Spano's Task Force on Global Warming has released its detailed report on what individuals, schools, business and governments can do to help stop Global Warming. Be a part of the solution: read about what you can do and fill out the "Call to Action" and be part of the solution. Westchester County needs volunteers re: EITC Westchester County needs volunteers to help as it gears up to renew its effort to help low- and moderate-income working families obtain federal and state earned income tax credits (EITC). “Last year, through this program, we helped 2,370 Westchester County residents obtain more than $3.1 million,” said County Executive Andy Spano. “We hope to do even better this year. But we can’t do it without volunteers to help prepare the tax returns for eligible residents.” The county needs about 100 volunteers to help with this effort. Volunteers will be trained beginning in November and asked to donate time between Jan. 31 and April 15 at one of the designated tax assistance sites in Yonkers, Mount Vernon, White Plains or Peekskill. The hours of operation of each location will vary, with some daytime hours, as well as some evening and weekend hours. People interested in volunteering should call 2-1-1 to register or you may also register online.
Department of Health News Summer months bring New Yorkers in closer contact with wildlife and, potentially rabies. In recent years there has been a significant increase in the number of human rabies treatments following bat exposures. Many of these treatments could have been avoided had the bat been captured and tested negative for rabies. A new 80-second video on the proper technique for safely capturing a bat found in one's home is available on the State Health Department webiste at www.nyhealth.gov/diseases/communicable/zoonoses/rabies/ . More information about rabies is also available at www.wadsworth.org/rabies ICE stands for In Case of Emergency. Add an entry to your cell phone contacts under ICE with the name & phone # of the person to contact in case of emergency. For further information, go to www.westchestergov.com Community Emergency Notification System (CENS) Free training in emergency preparedness and response: Come on out to receive free training in emergency preparedness and response,where you'll learn how to take care of yourself and your family before and during an emergency.Then join the growing team of volunteers who can assist the County should a large-scale disaster or public health emergency occur in Westchester. For training sessions for the Westchester Emergency Volunteer Reserves-Medical Reserve Corps (WEVR-MRC) visit http://www.westchestergov.com No special skills required - you'll receive all the free training you'll need (6 hours in class and 10 hours on-line). The WEVR-MRC program is coordinated by Westchester County's Department of Emergency Services and The Volunteer Center of United Way. For more information or to apply to join WEVR-MRC, visit westchestergov.com or www.Volunteer-Center.org or call The Volunteer Center at (866) VOL-CALL. Volunteers are needed for the Emergency Preparedness Task Force WEVR-MRC volunteers become a member of a team that may be called upon to provide assistance should a large-scale disaster or public health emergency occur in Westchester County. No special skills are required - you'll receive all the free training you'll need (6 hours in class and 10 hours on line). The WEVR-MRC program is coordinated by Westchester County's Department of Emergency Services and The Volunteer Center of United Way.For more information or to register, go to www.volunteer-center.org or call (866) VOL-CALL. The Wolf Conservation Center is right in our backyard? New York State’s latest property tax rebate program, Middle Class Star: |