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MOVIE TRAILER: After avenging his family’s brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him – and Wales can’t bring himself to leave them unprotected.
With a Tomatometer Score of 95 percent and an Audience Score of 92 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, this 1976 release is not to be missed.
The Chicago Reader’s Dave Kehr said, “Wales also possesses a touching emotional vulnerability that marks another significant step away from Eastwood’s often-overcriticized ‘macho’ image,”
Richard Schickel of TIME Magazine noted, “Eastwood gets to the heart of the matter briskly, orchestrates his confrontations intelligently and gets off without lingering unduly over the resultant ugliness.”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Yonkers Police Sargent David Fraszka has been appointed to the position of Part-Time Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Coordinator for Greenwich.
PRESS RELEASE: Yonkers Police Sargent David Fraszka has been hired under a limited financial federal grant to assist the Dept of Health prepare for and respond to public health emergencies, whether man-made or natural.
GREENWICH: Yonkers Police Sargent David Fraszka will serve as the contact person for State and local public health emergency planning coordination activities.
Yonkers Police Sargent David Fraszka will work with various community agencies and organizations to prepare for emergencies. He will also participate in public health planning activities, which involve all emergency response area disciplines such as hospitals, EMS, Emergency Management, Mass Care, Long Term Care and Community Healthcare Organizations.
Officer Fraszka worked in the Health Services field before joining the Yonkers Police Department in 2011, where he is currently employed and holds a rank of Sergeant.
In his role as a Yonkers Patrol Supervisor, he provides guidance to field police officers and conducts planning and response efforts to emergency situations.
More than 100 firefighters from Yonkers and other departments, battled the blaze for about 11 hours and are still trying to control hot spots in the heavily damaged building
Anyone who was displaced and in need of help can call the Mayor Mike Spano’s helpline at 914-377-4357 for referrals to resources.
Ladle of Love in #Bronxville is offering free meals for as long as needed to the 150 people affected by a a massive fire at an apartment building Tuesday evening at 15 Parkview Avenue and 1 Garrett Place
The Roosevelt High School gym, which is now a makeshift reception center for dozens of the displaced families.
Multiple GoFundMe accounts have been set up to raise money for the victims.
BAD NEWS: As CBS’ renews its call for $100 million in cuts, Yonkers’ Mary Calvi and other staffers of the broadcast company are in a tizzy over who’s in and who’s out, The Post has learned.
QUOTE: “We are reorganizing and thinking about functions that go across multiple divisions,” interim CEO Joe Ianniello told analysts at Deutsche Bank Media and Telecom conference in Palm Beach, Fla., on Tuesday. “We expect to … get $100 million in cost savings,” he said.
WRITING IS ON THE WALL: The morning show hasn’t had an executive producer for two and half months. and the evening news team fears they are all fired.
HOT MESS: Ratings for “CBS This Morning” fell 8 percent from last year, with 3.1 million total viewers.
The morning show has suffered since co-host Charlie Rose was ousted over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations, putting it even farther behind ABC’s “Good Morning America” and NBC’s “Today” show.
The CBS Evening News” is also in last place for its time slot, although it has suffered less than the morning show, down just 3 percent from last year.
Staffers of CBS’ news and Mary Calvi, who is on a book tour, are questioning who might be on the chopping block, especially as ratings for its morning and nightly news shows fall
Mary Calvi and other news personalities were already jittery amid signs that newly promoted CBS News President Susan Zirinsky has been rethinking the anchor lineup, even at the New York City Flagship Station WCBS Channel 2
CBS is also looking for a new CEO to replace Les Moonves, who resigned last fall due to sexual harassment allegations.
Reps for Curry and Banfield declined to comment. A CBS rep said, “CBS News declines to engage in speculation.”
FACEBOOK DOWN: Yonkers Facebook members are reporting that they are being greeted with a message that reads “Facebook will be back soon.”
Others Yonkers users have reported to receive a message that the site is down for “required maintenance.”
As of 12:53 p.m. Eastern time, Down Detector, a site that follows outage patterns on the social media platform, is reporting widespread outages throughout the world.
Additionally, Instagram is also reporting widespread outages across the globe, primarily affecting portions of the United States and Europe.
There is no word yet from Facebook, or Instagram, as for when the issues will be resolved for Yonkers residents
To keep track of what areas are being affected by the blackout, visit the Down Detector website.