This just came in from the Scarsdale Library:

Author Tommy Greenwald will visit the Scarsdale Public Library at 7 p.m. March 7  to discuss his book, “Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading.”

The book, which received a starred review from Booklist, is geared to children in grades 4-7.

Registration is required. Log onto scarsdalelibrary.org  to register. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing.

Concordia College has announced a new articulation agreement with the Pace Lubin School of Business, offering students a fast track to earning their master’s degree in accounting.

Students who graduate from Concordia with a B.S. in business administration specializing in accounting will be able to attend Pace and earn their M.S. in accounting/CPA preparation. Depending on the students’ grades and credits earned, the program could be completed in as few as 32 credits instead of 51.

“The accounting profession is where the jobs are,” said Philip Rothman, chair of the business program at Concordia College. “The articulation agreement we’ve secured with Pace Business School will save students time and money, and graduating sooner means entering the workforce sooner as well.  When students graduate, they will find good opportunities in the marketplace, unlike many other fields right now.”

The combined program is a registered CPA preparation program in New York State and meets the current education requirements for CPA licensure as well as the 150-credit hour requirement. Upon a student’s graduation, they will be qualified to sit for the New York State CPA exam under the current educational requirements. The program also meets the educational requirements to take the CPA examination in most other states, including those which require 150-credit hours.

“Concordia College has a first- class undergraduate business program,” said Sherry Fraser, Dean of Concordia, “The partnership with Pace University Graduate Business School will help develop our students into successful accounting professionals.”

The articulation agreement is valid for current students and for students who have completed their degree from Concordia within the past five years.

Pace’s Graduate school of business has 100 years of experience in preparing students for successful accounting careers. It is nationally-ranked and is accredited by AACSB International, an elite distinction shared by fewer than 2 percent of business schools in the world.

The Editorial Board has plans a couple interviews this week, and you can join the discussions via CoverItLive. Just look for the live chat to the right of your screen when you watch the Editorial Spotlight interviews at lohud.com/editorialspotlight. Here’s what’s coming up:

TUESDAY:  State Assemblywoman Paulin, D-Scarsdale, discusses New York’s need to update its regulations for animal shelters and the care and handling of stray, lost and homeless animals in a LIVE Editorial Spotlight interview at 1:30 p.m. on LoHud.com. Paulin has suffered recent criticism for proposed legislation (A. 5449A) that she says aims to protect lost, stray or homeless animals by partnering with animal rescue organizations, but some animal activists say gives shelters license to kill. Also joining the discussion: Nancy Perry of the ASPCA and Jane Hoffman of the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals.

WEDNESDAY: Representatives of the Independent Oil and Gas Association of New York share their views on proposed new regulations for high-volume hydraulic fracturing — a controversial method for extracting natural gas from deep within the earth — in a LIVE Editorial Spotlight interview at 11 a.m. on LoHud.com. Participating are: Nancy Schmitt, president and co-founder of Taum Sauk Capital Management, who has more than 30 years’ experience in the energy business; and John A Conrad, president and senior hydrogeologist, Conrad Geoscience, which provides environmental services for the public and private sectors, including the energy industry.

To watch the interviews, go to www.lohud.com/editorialspotlight; to comment or ask a question during the interviews, engage the “CoverItLive” feature on the computer screen.

AND A REMINDER! The first of two public hearings on the Tappan Zee Bridge Hudson River Crossing Project takes place from 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Palisades Center mall in West Nyack, in the fourth-floor Adler Room. A second hearing is scheduled for 4 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Westchester Marriott Hotel, Grand Ballroom, 670 White Plains Road, Greenburgh. The project, scaled back from a decade-long plan to overhaul the entire Interstate 287 corridor, now just focuses on a four-mile stretch that includes the 56-year-old overtaxed Tappan Zee Bridge. This week’s hearings address the environmental impacts of the project. Still to be solved: the funding puzzle for a project expected to cost $5.2 billion, and when and how mass transit will come to the corridor. Visit thenewtzb.com to find out more.

The administration at Northern Westchester Hospital is backing the two nurses involved in the mess with Douglas Kennedy and his newborn son.

The hospital, in a statement issued today,  says patient safety is their priority and they are backing the two nurses—Anna Margaret Lane and Cari Maleman Luciano – who say that Kennedy kicked and grabbed them as they tried to prevent him from leaving the hospital with his two-day old child for some fresh air.

“We completely support the actions of our nursing staff in this case as they were clearly acting out of concern for the safety of the newborn baby,” Mark Vincent, a spokesman for the hospital, said in a statement.

The hospital’s support comes after Fox News chief, Roger Ailes, backed Kennedy and characterized him as an honest man and a great father.

“In my view, the real moral of this story should be don’t try to grab a baby from the arms of a loving father,” Ailes said.

The president of Fox News is defending Douglas Kennedy in the aftermath of the baby scandal at a Westchester hospital.

Roger Ailes, the head of Fox News, said Kennedy, a reporter for Fox, is a “great father” who tells the truth. Ailes said he’s known Douglas and his wife Molly for 15 years.

“He tells the truth and his calm and gentle demeanor always impressed me,” Ailes said in a statement. ”He is the definition of a great father and it is a role he cherishes over all others. I support Douglas as do the independent  eyewitness accounts of the event. It is unfortunate that what appears to be a father’s defensive maneuver to protect his newborn baby has been twisted because of his famous name. In my view, the real moral of this story should be don’t try to grab a baby from the arms of a loving father.”

Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy, is accused of kicking a maternity ward nurse and grabbing another one at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco while trying to take his 2-day-old son, Bo, out for “fresh air.”

The 44-year-old Chappaqua resident is facing a misdemeanor charge of endangering the welfare of a child and two counts of physical harassment, violations, after he was told that he couldn’t take his newborn out of the hospital’s maternity unit, but tried to anyway.

Kennedy and his wife called the allegations “sickening” and hoped Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore would understand that she made “a grave error in making a crime out of a father protecting his baby.”

Read the full story here.

Mary Cain of Bronxville runs the early part of her 1500-meter run, where she places first, during the Section 1 state qualifier for boys and girls at the New Balance Track and Field Center at The Armory in Manhattan on Feb. 24, 2012. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

See more photos from the Section 1 state qualifier for boys and girls at the New Balance Track and Field Center at The Armory in Manhattan in a photo gallery, and go to LoHud.com for the story.

The League of Women Voters group  headquartered in Bronxville but including members in Eastchester and Tuckahoe has voted to disband.

President Edith Szold said the membership has been steady for the past few years, but no one has been willing to step up to take leadership positions. Without a full leadership slate and board, the group cannot function. Times have changed, women have more on their plates and the current leaders have been in their jobs long enough and want to step down, she said.

Members will hold a final meeting in March; after that, they can remain at large as members of the national organization, or join groups in White Plains or Scarsdale.

“It’s nobody’s fault,” Szold said. “It’s just the way it happened. This is not peculiar at all to the league in Bronxville, Eastchester and Tuckahoe. This is something all the leagues have had to deal with. There just seems to be more demands on everybody’s time.”

Eastchester  Tuckahoe Bronxville beats Clarkstown in a quarterfinal match at the Ice Hutch, 4-2.

ETB’s Ian Palfrey tries to get a shot past Clarkstown goalie Mike Levy during a quarterfinal game between Eastchester/Tuckahoe/Bronxville and Clarkstown at the Ice Hutch in Mount Vernon, Feb. 21, 2012. ETB beat Clarkstown 4-2. ( Photo by Mark Vergari/The Journal News )

Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore (pictured, right) will be inducted into the Women’s Research and Education Fund’s hall of fame next month.

The group said it chose DiFiore, a Bronxville resident, in part for her “special concern for domestic violence victims and her significant measurable contributions to the quality of life for Westchester women.” She will join a list that includes Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, famed caterer Abigail Kirsch, actress and activist Ruby Dee and former Republican Assemblywoman Cecile Singer.

A posthumous hall of fame award will be given to Karen Z. Bell, who worked for more than 20 years as a court-appointed law guardian for children. Bell helped to create the Moderate Means Panel at Pace Women’s Justice Center where lawyers work agree to work for reduced pay to help struggling women.

WREF also will recognize 66 young women in Westchester who were chosen for college scholarships totaling $205,500.

The scholarship luncheon will take place on Friday, March 30, at the Hilton Rye Town. For tickets or more information, go to www.wrefny.org or call 914-305-5111.

Looking to celebrate Mardi Gras tonight? Here are three places to go!

Mardi Gras at Bourbon Street in 2007. File/TJN

• CJ Chenier will be in Mount Vernon on Feb. 21. The Grammy-nominated entertainer will perform, and there will be lots of revelry, including some beads, masks and who knows what else. King and Queen of Mardi Gras will be crowned at the end of the evening. 6, 8 and 10 p.m. $20 cover charge if not eating. The 411 on The Bayou.

• Bourbon Street comes to Hartsdale for Harrys FAT TUESDAY celebration! Beads and masks are the costume de rigueur and our mixologist will offer a complimentary cocktail for those ladies in Mardi Gras masks! We’ll turn up the heat with live music by Hit Squad from 9pm-midnight and offer Cajun specials along with our regular menu. Dinner will be served until 11 p.m.  The 411 on Harry’s.

• Live music and dinner specials at Bourbon Street in Nyack: The 411 on Bourbon Street.