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Closter bidding farewell to Mayor Sophie Heymann, who leaves office on Monday.
2015-01-02 10:41:29| Electronics - Topix.net
She has been an iron-willed political leader, but one who likes to trek miles around town each day in her Nikes and bake batches of cookies to sweeten Borough Council meetings. After 17 years in Borough Hall, eight years as mayor, Sophie Heymann decided not to seek reelection last year and on Monday will pass the mayoralty to John Glidden.
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US environmentalist McKibben wins Sophie Prize
2013-05-28 12:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: American environmentalist Bill McKibben has won the $100,000 Sophie Prize for being a mobilizing force in the fight against global warming. The award committee commended McKibben for ''building a global, social movement, fighting to preserve a sustainable planet.'' McKibben, born in 1960, has written widely about the impact of global warming. In 2008, he founded 350.org, an international movement aimed at solving the climate crisis with representatives in some 190 countries. The annual Sophie...
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