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Turbidity is a growing challenge with climate change.

She moved to Ossining from Maryland many years ago and is still amazed at the system of government in New York. After 20 years she moved up the river to Croton-on-Hudson (a community she covered for The Journal News back in the day), then in 2014 she moved to Carmel, and now she lives in Mahopac.
She skewed Brown University's four-year completion stats by taking a semester off to find herself.
She and husband Jim have two children, both products of the Ossining public schools. The elder graduated from SUNY Stony Brook; the younger from the University of Toronto.
She spends her spare time studying theology, which amuses her family and friends. She sings in the Hudson Chorale.
Reach her at lanning.taliaferro@patch.com
Turbidity is a growing challenge with climate change.

The investigation is ongoing, Yorktown police said.
Here's what to do if your water is discolored.
Walk in 'the green heart of the community' - and don't miss the beekeeping Q&A Tuesday or the River Hook Bookshelf, online or (soon) at NPL.
They are accused of vandalizing structures along the CSX route, police said.
What looked from one angle to be a truck hanging on a guard rail over the Croton Reservoir turned out to be quite different.
Dr. Markisz was a college professor when he made a mid-career change and went to medical school.
The free outdoor barre workout classes, open to any level of fitness, will take place this summer at two Westchester County parks.
Born in China in 1928, she was in the first group of Maryknoll Sisters to receive Novitiate training outside the United States.
An all-expenses-paid visit to a Manhattan strip club was part of the kickback package he received.
Take in the vast expanse from the great room or floating in the saltwater pool at your 16-acre retreat.
This $2.98 million estate is stunning inside and out.
The writer is a Croton-on-Hudson resident.
Pelham school officials warned parents to have students travel in groups with police numbers in their phones.
The occasion was the opening of the new seal exhibit, Pinniped Cove, which is huge.
The writer is a member of the Croton Volunteer Fire Department.
Selling bonds to finance $1.4 million more for work on one of the village's main traffic arteries is subject to a permissive referendum.
The improvements should cut the hordes of hikers and parked cars along the busy highway near Canopus Lake.
NY will set off fireworks tonight at 10 sites and light 13 state landmarks in blue and gold (including 2 Hudson River bridges) to celebrate.
The writer is artistic director of Ossining-based Westchester Dance Artists.