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Port Chester-Rye-Rye Brook EMS Administrator Kenny Barton sits in the rocking chair of honor during his reading of “Jed’s Junior Space Patrol” in front of Karen Johnson’s class of kindergarteners on Friday, Mar. 8. He was one of the dozen guest readers invited to Ridge Street Elementary School as part of PARP Week, a PTA-sponsored event that aims to make reading fun for young students.

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Julie Ciamei’s class of Ridge Street School third-graders sat on a rainbow-patterned carpet as they listened to County Legislator Nancy Barr read “The Masterpiece” by Jay Miletsky. Periodically, she would stop and ask questions about what kind of paintings they’ve seen and where they thought the story would go.

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