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Veterans Town Hall Meeting tomorrow

October
28

Military veterans and their families are invited to the Westchester County Center in White Plains tomorrow for the county’s Veterans Town Hall Meeting.

The meeting will feature a discussion about the effects and treatment of post traumatic stress disorder by Larry Winters, a psychotherapist and coordinator of veterans treatment at Four Winds Hospital in Katonah.

Also on tap is an update from County Executive Andrew Spano on efforts to create a Veterans Village on the grounds of the VA hospital in Montrose.

As always, at the twice-yearly meetings, former service members can meet with experts with info on veterans housing, health care and education benefits.

Representatives from the county clerk’s office will also be on hand to help veterans file their DD-214 discharge papers if they haven’t already done so.

For your convenience, there are two sessions scheduled. The first starts and 3 p.m. and runs until  5 p.m. The second is from 6 to 8 p.m. Parking for both meetings is free.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 at 3:02 pm by Rich Liebson. Print this Post | Email This Post

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KatieRich Liebson is a "military brat" who grew up on bases in the U.S. and Germany during his father's 23-year career as an Air Force enlisted man. Rich enlisted in the Army in 1976 and until his discharge in 1980 was assigned to the 78th Engineer Battalion in Ettlingen, Germany, as a public information specialist and translator. He's been a reporter at The Journal News and its forerunner, the Reporter Dispatch, for more than 20 years. During that time he's covered a variety of beats and has written frequently about veterans and veterans issues.
HemaHema Easley was born and raised in India, where she worked as a reporter for The Associated Press and United Press International. While in India she wrote about the insurgency in Indian-controlled Kashmir and covered the 1999 India-Pakistan conflict in the mountains of Kashmir. She joined The Journal News in 2002. She has covered municipal government in Westchester and now covers on social services in Rockland as well as military issues.

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