Located in northwest Westchester County, the Hendrick Hudson School district is in the town of Cortlandt and encompasses parts of Croton, Cortlandt Manor, Peekskill, and all of Montrose, Verplanck and Buchanan, which is where Hendrick Hudson High school is located. All information is from the We
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10/17/2010
Since I have Croton on the mind, I'll share a recent "date night" Ann and I had recently. Hey. Get your mind out of the gutter. That's my job. We went to Memphis Mae's, a terrific Barbecue Restaurant right in the heart of the village with fantastic ribs, wings, pulled pork, Cajun food, and plenty
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10/17/2010
Westchester residents have long known the strategic role our county plays in the New York City water supply. Our network or reservoirs, dams and aqueducts provide the lion's share of water to the largest city in the country, but they also give us some fantastic parks and pieces of scenery. Today
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10/17/2010
I thought I'd do something different and compare the 3rd quarter of 2010 with the previous years going back to 2005 to see if there was anything helpful that could be concluded. This is for single family homes sold in Westchester, and all data is taken from the Westchester-Putnam Multiple Listing
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10/17/2010
I wrote this as a comment on a post on defaulted mortgages, and I deemed my thoughts worth posting on their own. There is a difference between strategic defaults and true distress. Buy and bail strategic defaults, in other words, people who move from their $300,000 home to an identical one for
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10/17/2010
When will we wake up and realize that cutting the banks slack is cutting our own throats? Inman News published a column today entitled "Robo Scandal" Lacks Substance, Victims. Craig Swan at Bloodhound Blog opines Foreclosuregate? A scandal? If you want to sue for damages, it behooves you to hav
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10/15/2010
I cannot imagine being self employed and never reading Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich. I first read it when I was about 22 and it is one of about half a dozen books (most of which have been in print longer than I have been alive) that I consider to be Rosetta Stones of success. It was publis
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10/12/2010
(Si prega di perdonare il mio italiano) Dopo il 1900, mio nonno Salvatore Faranda è venuto negli Stati Uniti d'America alla ricerca di una vita migliore. Egli è venuto a Ellis Island, come molti italiani e si stabilì a New York. Aveva solo circa 16, e non avrebbe mai vedere i suoi genitori. Ma
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10/11/2010
This is for single family home activity in the Pleasantville school district for September of 2010. All information is derived from the Westchester-Putnam Multiple Listing Service. Pleasantville is right next to Briarcliff Manor and has one of the best downtowns in North Westchester bar none. It
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10/10/2010
Yorktown is a large town in northern Westchester County served by both the Yorktown and Lakeland School districts. It is one town over from our office and in the heart of our company coverage area. I have heard it characterized as idyllic suburbia, and I agree. We have just helped a buyer put a h
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10/10/2010