May 23, 2008
The New Castle Memorial Day Parade, preceded by laying of a wreath on the Victory Corners Monument (King Street and Bedford Road/Route 117) at 10:30 a.m. with brief ceremonies attended by the town board, veterans, local clergy, Girl and Boy Scouts and the parade marshals. The parade steps off promptly at 11:00 a.m. from Ridgewood Avenue and King Street in Chappaqua.
Chappaqua schools closed.
Monday, May 26Chappaqua schools closed.
Parade: The New Castle Memorial Day Parade will be preceded by laying a wreath on the Victory Corners Monument (King Street and Bedford Road/Route 117) at 10:30 a.m. with brief ceremonies attended by the town board, veterans, local clergy, Girl and Boy Scouts and the parade marshals. The parade steps off promptly at 11:00 a.m. from Ridgewood Avenue and King Street in Chappaqua. The Memorial Day marshal is James P. McCauley, Jr., Captain, U.S. Army and Vietnam veteran. A highlight of the ceremony will be Bell School students’ oral histories of New Castle veterans. Ceremonies at the station include remarks by the keynote speaker, Father John Vigilante, Col. U.S. Army and chaplain of St. John and St. Mary Church in Chappaqua. Station Plaza ceremonies will conclude with a reading of the honor roll of New Castle war dead.
Tuesday, May 27
Meeting: There is a Chappaqua Board of Education meeting at 8:15 p.m. at Seven Bridges Middle School. The topic is teacher tenure recognition.
Meeting: There is a town board meeting at 7:45 p.m. in the town hall assembly room.
Wednesday, May 28
Walk: There is an early morning bird walk at Kitchawan Preserve in Ossining at 7:30 a.m. Participants should meet in the main parking area and bring binoculars. The leader will be Larry Trachtenberg. For more information, call 914-666-6503 or visit http://www.sawmillriveraudubon.org.
Thursday, May 29
Presentation: The R21K PTA committee is sponsoring a presentation for parents of grade eight, incoming grade nine, students called “The Balancing Act: Independence and Boundaries.” It will be from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Horace Greeley High School Academic Commons.
Two opportunities to examine death penalty
A documentary about Carroll Pickett, a death house chaplain in a Texas prison, will be shown at 9:00 p.m. on IFC, the Independent Film Channel. It features audio tapes Pickett made after each of the prisoners’ deaths he witnessed. IFC is channel 83 on Cablevision in New Castle. For more information, visit IFC’s website at http://www.ifc.com/atthedeathhousedoor.
Another opportunity: On June 3, 2008, the Amnesty International Ethnic Dinner will be at 7:00 p.m. in the Academic Commons at Horace Greeley High School. New Castle resident Laura Porter, from “New Yorkers against the Death Penalty,” will speak along with Jeffrey Deskovic, who was wrongly convicted at 17 of a rape and murder. Deskovic spent 16 years in jail until two years ago, when he was exonerated due to DNA evidence and help from the Innocence project. For more information about his case, visit http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/us/25jeffrey.html. The dinner is a bring-an-ethnic-dish affair and admission is free. For more information, email .
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