The Saxon Woods Public Swimming Pool, operated by Westchester County PRC, will be open the fewest days ever this year, aside from the two years they were closed to build a new cabana. Check out www.westchestergov.com/parks/swimming.htm for more information.

Routine maintenance at the Cablevision network nodes in Westchester County caused an unplanned outage in Cablevision Optimum Online broadband service for White Plains from 1:17AM to 10:12AM June 18th. When asked to comment on what caused such a long outage and why it took Cablevision Network Operations so long to detect and correct it, a spokesman for Cablevision asked us to unplug Cablevision's modem and recable our premises.

Garrison, NY: Building on the successful premiere launch of their outdoor summer exhibition last year, Garrison Art Center will host their second expanded annual summer sculpture exhibition, CURRENT: A Sculpture Tour, on view June 1st through August 11th. The exhibition, which last year was set at four landmark Garrison sites, will include a fifth site and exhibit artwork from regional artists as well as artists of national and international notoriety selected by a jury of three distinguished art authorities.

AS I sat reading the New York Times near my bay window while listening to internet radio in the privacy of my home on Sunday, I learned that the operator of the streamlined music station I was listening to could zoom in on my actions.

Looking at White Plains on Google Maps, you might notice that the Westchester County Center, County Office Building and the Metro North train station, bus terminal and parking garages are obfuscated (blurry). I got a good chuckle this morning when I noticed that; it seems fitting that the county has managed to contact Google and have public information removed over self-important terrorism target delusions.