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Wake Up with Patch: 6 Charged in Pantry Heist, Free Lecture at Purchase

A look at some important information to know on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011.

1. Police Announce charges against DPW Workers suspected in Food Pantry Theft

Harrison Police have confirmed charges against six town employees suspected of stealing from the local food pantry. Police say they caught the employees stealing food and clothing from the pantry during a two month investigation.

For more on this most recent developments in the case .

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2. Manhattanville Remembers Marissa Pagli

One year after the death of Marissa Pagli at Manhattanville College, the school remembered the tragedy by honoring the life of one of their own. We visited Manhattanville on Tuesday, and will have the full story later today.

3. Free Lecture by Artist David Brooks at Purchase College

As a part of Purchase College's Visiting Artist Lecture Series, David Brooks will speak tonight from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

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The event is free and open to the public. It will be held on campus in the Visual Arts Building, Rm. 1016.

Here is more about Brooks, courtesy of Purchase College:

David Brooks was born 1975 in Brazil, Indiana, and currently lives and works in New York City. He was featured in the PS1 MOMA Greater New York 2010 show, and was a recipient of the prestigious Marie Walshe Sharpe studio program.

His work explores ecological crisis through physical collisions of natural and manufactured materials. Most recently, he has been planting living trees in cement, allowing this literally living sculpture to die over the course of the exhibition.

4. Afternoon kids Movie at Library

The Harrison Public Library will host a viewing of this afternoon from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. The event is free and the movie will be geared toward kids ages four to eleven.

5. A Year Ago on Harrison Patch...Stacey Pagli Charged with Daughter's Murder

While Feb. 23 was a slow day for Harrison news last year, on Feb. 24, 2010, Stacey Pagli was  for the death of her daughter Marissa on the Manhattanville campus.

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