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Nebrasky again collecting goodies for Toys for Tots program Monroe - The Monroe-based Nebrasky Plumbing, Heating and Cooling is again participating in this year’s Toys for Tots drive. The mission of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year and distribute those toys as holiday gifts to needy children in the community in which the campaign is conducted. Call Nebrasky at 783-6661 to arrange for the pick-up. When making a service call, Nebrasky technicians will pick up toys from any Nebrasky customer who wishes to donate. Additionally, technicians will pick up toys from any community members in Orange County. Participants can also drop off toys at Nebrasky headquarters at 1019 Route 17M, Monroe. The deadline for toy donation is Monday, Dec. 13. Home grown for Thanksgiving Florida - The Florida Chamber of Commerce will host its last farmers market of the season on Tuesday, Nov. 23, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. The vendors who are expected at the market include: S&SO - produce. Dagele Bro. - produce. Janet’s Quality Baked Goods. Hillery Farms - eggs and honey. Cedar Rock Products - jams. Black Lab Naturals - granola. Pomo Ridge Farms - fruit. Our Father’s Farm - Alpaca fibers. For additional information, contact Florida Farmers Market Manager Louise Schultz at 845-641-4482 Hip resurfacing now available at Orange Regional Middletown - Orange Regional Medical Center’s Bone and Joint Center now offers a new surgical procedure called hip resurfacing to reduce pain associated with a variety of orthopedic problems, including hip pain. During hip resurfacing surgery, the end of the thighbone is capped with a metal covering that fits smoothly into a metal cup in the hip socket. The metal covering, or cap, swivels inside of the cup, replicating the hip joint. Hip resurfacing surgery preserves the bone and helps keep the patient’s otherwise healthy bone intact. The surgery resurfaces the bone instead of removing large amounts of it, making it closer in size and shape to the natural hip. Orthopedic surgeons Kevin Trapp, M.D. and Eric Martin, M.D. perform the procedure. Visit www.ormcspineortho.org or call 888-321-6762 to learn more. Children’s consignment boutique opens this Saturday in Warwick Warwick — Glamour Girls, a children’s consignment boutique, will celebrate its grand opening on Saturday, Nov. 20, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The boutique consigns girls’ clothing size 4 to size 16 and carries gifts, such as jewelry, hair clips, combs and lots of sparkling jewelry holders. Hours are Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday, 11 a. m to 5 p.m. Glamour Girls is located off Kings Highway in Merchants Square, in Warwick. For more information call 988-GIRL or visit www.glamourgirlconsignments.com. Realtor news MONROE — Angelo Acierno, Jessie Stern and the Weichert Realtors’ Monroe office were individually recognized for outstanding performance in October. Both Stern and the Monroe sales team led the region for new home dollar volume while Acierno and the Monroe sales team also led for resales. The region consists of offices serving Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland Ulster and Westchester counties. St. Luke’s Cornwall lab expands hours New Windsor — The St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital Laboratory is extending hours at one of its outpatient laboratory locations to meet increased demand.. The Hudson Valley Avenue in New Windsor will be open Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon. The site is also extending its weekday hours and will be open Monday - Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 568-2271 or 458-4363 for more information. State bar foundation accepts applications for minority fellowships ALBANY — The New York Bar Foundation is accepting applications for the 2011 Commercial and Federal Litigation Section Minority Fellowship. The $6,000 fellowship award will be presented to a first-year minority law student to work in a litigation position in the public sector in New York State. The recipient also will receive a one-year guest membership in the New York State Bar Association’s Commercial and Federal Litigation Section. The fellowship will take place from June 6 to Aug. 12, 2011 in the chambers of the Honorable Barbara R. Kapnick, Justice of the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of New York. The fellowship program’s primary goals are to increase the representation of lawyers and students from a diverse range of backgrounds in commercial litigation, and to provide students from a diverse range of backgrounds with an opportunity to experience litigation practice. The ultimate goal of the fellowship is to create a network and to forge relationships that will foster greater diversity among commercial and federal litigators throughout New York. First year minority students enrolled in a law school in the State of New York as of the 2010 fall semester are eligible to apply. The fellowship application deadline is Jan. 31, 2011. For complete application details, go to www.tnybf.org or contact The New York Bar Foundation, One Elk St., Albany NY 12207, 518/487-5651, or e-mail foundation@tnybf.org.