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'Invest in Communities' Rally; Images of Today's China
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Monday, Oct. 28
_If you wanted to get to Van Cortlandt Manor's Great Jack-o-Lantern Blaze this week for Halloween you're too late - it's sold out. But there are, as of the time of this posting, still tickets available for a few dates into early November. Check their website to order now._Ossining “Invest in Communities” Rally is set for 5:30 p.m. today, when representatives of child care, health care, affordable housing, houses of worship and other community groups will gather at Market Square in Ossining to encourage “Investment in Communities.” With election day two weeks away, the rally has been organized to call the attention of all elected officials and candidates to important programs that have suffered from cutbacks in County funding. The rally is organized by the Parents Committee of the Ossining Children’s Center in collaboration with the Open Door Family Medical Center, Interfaith Council for Action, and the Ossining-Briarcliff Ministerial Association. For more information check out www.ossiningchildrenscenter.org
or call 914-941-0230.
_Getting a passport will be easy today as outreach staff can take your photo and process your passport application when you visit the Joseph G. Caputo Community Center, 95 Broadway from 11 a.m-2 p.m.
Bring:
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-Proof that you are a United States citizen such as a previous U.S. Passport or an original or certified copy of your birth certificate.
-A valid driver’s license or a government issued identification card.
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The fee for an adult passport is $135.00 and for a child’s passport is $105.00. Fees can be paid by money order, by check or by credit card, only. We cannot accept cash on the Mobile Office.
Applications will also be accepted for the U.S. Passport Card for land and sea border travel, only. The fee for adults is $55.00 and for children, the fee is $40.00.
Staff can take your passport photo for an additional $10.00 fee. If you need your passport in about 2-3 weeks, expedited service costs an additional $60.00 for each passport application which must be expedited. Questions? Do not hesitate to call our Passports and Licensing Division at (914)995-3086 weekdays or visit our website at www.WestchesterClerk.com.
Why apply now? Routine passport applications are now taking approximately 4-6 weeks. For an additional charge, expedited service will result in your obtaining your passport in about 2-3 weeks. But only in emergency circumstances can a passport application be processed more quickly, so do not delay. The new rules: As of June 1, 2009, you will need a passport to enter the United States by air, by land or by sea unless you are a child under the age of 16 entering by land or sea with proof of U.S. citizenship or an adult with another travel document approved by the Department of Homeland Security. Office of the Westchester County Clerk, (914) 995-3080/www.westchesterclerk.com.
Wednesday, Oct. 30
_High School Students: There's a Career Workshop at 2:30 PM in the Ossining High School Library with celebrity TV journalist/Game Show host (and our Rivertowns neighbor) Meredith Vieira. Sign up in the high school Guidance Office.
Thursday, Oct. 31
_Have a happy and safe Halloween everyone! Drivers please go carefully, there are trick-or-treaters out there!
Friday, Nov. 1
_Howie Myers, photographer and former physics and chemistry teacher at Ossining High School has been traveling the world "in search of authentic experiences." See his work up close in this exhibition featuring the culture, history and people of today's China. "China Through the Lens of Howie Myers" is on display in the Ossining Public Library starting today and through the month of November - yes, it's November, oh my!
He's also presenting a slideshow of "China Through the Lens of Howie Myers" on Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Croton Free Library so mark your calendars.
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