Obamacare, School Board Meeting and Three Generations of Artists

1. Tuesday, Oct. 1 is the first day Americans can sign up for medical insurance plans through exchanges set up under the Affordable Care Act. For more information, see this article. Health navigators are available to help you through the process. There are three locations in New Rochelle: Westchester County Health Department, 7th floor, 145 Huguenot St., 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. , Monday through Friday, walk-in; Planned Parenthood, 247-249 North Ave., 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturdays, 914-813-5192, by appointment; New Rochelle Public Library, 1 Library Plz., 10 a.m. to noon, Tuesdays, walk-in.

2. Find out what Common Core standards are and how they will affect your child in school Tuesday, Oct. 1 at Eye Level Learning Center, 1299-C North Ave. (Quaker Ridge Shopping Center) in New Rochelle. The free session starts at 7 p.m. Reservations are requested. Call 914-632-1047.

3. As of Sept. 28, Indian Point Nuclear Reactor became the first facility in the United States to operate without a license. There will be a panel discussion from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at Rockland Community College in Suffern. The panel will include actor Alec Baldwin, Hudson Riverkeeper Paul 
Gallay and medical experts. It's $10 for the general public. RCC is located at 145 College Rd., Suffern.

4. The Mamaroneck School District board of education will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1 in the Library Classroom at the high school, 1000 West Boston Post Rd. The agenda can be found here. 

5. A new exhibit—"Beauty x 3: Three Generations—opens Tuesday, Oct. 1 at the Larchmont Public Library. It presents the art of  Janet Lippmann, Amy Saimovici and Kara Saimovici, representing three generations of women artists in the same family. There will be a reception for all three women on Saturday, Oct. 5, from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Gallery is open during normal library hours and is located at 121 Larchmont Ave.