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News 07/31/12

Elmsford Police Shoot Rabid Cat After Attack

by Meredith Shamburger and Natalia Baage-Lord   Comments (9)

ELMSFORD, N.Y. – A rabies alert was posted Tuesday by the Westchester County Department of Health after a police officer shot a stray cat who attacked him after trying to attack a man and woman in ...

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News 07/09/12

Free Rabies Clinic Set For Sunday In New Rochelle

by Justin Stock   Comment

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – The Westchester County Health Department will sponsor a one-day rabies vaccination clinic Sunday in New Rochelle.

Free vaccinations will be available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., by appointment, at Stamen Animal Hospital, 61 Quaker Ridge Road, for dogs, cats and ferrets owned by county residents. The hospital can be reached at ...

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Lifestyle 05/04/12

County Begins West Nile Prevention Monday

by Justin Stock   Comments (1)

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – The Westchester County Department of Health will begin its annual West Nile Virus prevention program on Monday by checking catch basins throughout the county for standing water and applying larvicide as needed.

The department's goal is to eliminate breeding sites for mosquitoes that can carry the virus.

Teams will begin in New Rochelle, ...

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News 08/30/11

Sewage Discharge Makes Hudson River Unsafe

by Robert Michelin   Comment

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. – Once again, an uninvited guest has made it unsafe for residents to swim or participate in recreational activities in the Hudson River.

The Westchester County Department of ...

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News 08/09/11

Hastings Manager Gives Advice to Avoid West Nile

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HASTINGS, N.Y. -- Since mosquitoes in Hastings tested positive for the West Nile virus last week, there have been several advisories and recommendations for locals.

"If you've got any pails or buckets or ...

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News 07/27/11

Westchester Lifts Its Hudson River Advisory

by Meredith Shamburger   Comment

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The Hudson River in Westchester is now safe for recreational activities, the Westchester County Department of Health announced Wednesday morning.

Residents are free to swim, ...

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News 07/25/11

Officials Clear Hudson River North of Hastings

by Meredith Shamburger   Comment

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. — The Westchester County Department of Health has revised its Hudson River alert, clearing the river north of Hastings for recreation activities such as swimming, kayaking and ...

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News 07/19/11

County's Rabies Outbreak Leads the State

by Robert Michelin   Comment

MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. –  Westchester has had the most reports of rabid animals of any county in the state so far this year, health officials say.  Every day, it seems, there is another report of a ...

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