Do you want to become a top chef or a fashion designer? Write software programs? Make films or create special effects? At the annual College Fair at Putnam/Northern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services’ Tech Center, there were colleges and technical schools to help students meet all of those goals… Read More →
The John C. Hart Library will host an exhibit of paintings by multimedia artist Kelli Bickman, opening with a reception Sunday, Dec. 12 from 2-4 p.m. Bickman grew up on a farm in Minnesota, studied art in Wisconsin and London and moved to the West Village of New York City… Read More →
During this holiday season, we take time to reflect and give thanks for the blessings and abundances that have been given us. We look forward to the joys of family gatherings, parties, cookie exchanges, holiday meals, and gift giving. Unfortunately, there is still a significant number of people for whom… Read More →
Kathy Dineen and Marsha McCoy, directors of The Pied Piper Pre-School, are celebrating 30 years of caring for and teaching Yorktown’s youngsters. It all began in 1980, when they were in a children’s playgroup together. Marsha was on maternity leave from the Peekskill school district, where she taught kindergarten, and… Read More →
Terrence O’Brien, artistic director of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival — which fills summers with wonder in a tent outside the Boscobel mansion in Garrison — takes his act inside the mansion, with a staged reading of his adaptation of “A Christmas Carol.” “The Holiday Party with the Fezziwigs,” as… Read More →
John Isabella, Jr., sent in information about a class reunion for Assumption School in Peekskill. Read Isabella’s release for more information on the event: Assumption School’s Class of 1970 gathered together on November 13, 2010 to celebrate their 40th Anniversary from their 8th Grade Graduation from the school. The event… Read More →
YORKTOWN — Four teens were arrested recently after police said they threw food at passing cars on Hanover Street. Officer Craig Scatola responded to the 700 block of Hanover Street around 11:15 p.m. Friday on a complaint of boys throwing objects at passing cars, police said today. Scatola determined that… Read More →
The “Turkey Trot” at the CET Elementary School in Croton brought out a large crowd. Organizer Cheryl Slaughter said the charity fun run raised over $5,000, with about 500 in attendance on Thanksgiving morning. The money will go toward the American Heart Association.
Live Society will be performing at 12 Grapes in Peekskill. Check out their release below for more information on the band: It’s the band everyone loves to dance to, sing to and croon over… Live Society will be returning to 12 Grapes in Peekskill on Friday, Dec 10 from 9:30… Read More →
Ossining resident and Girl Scout volunteer Emily Rodriguez is currently part of a youth delegation at a U.N. Climate Change conference in Mexico. Read the release below for more information on Rodriguez and the U.N. conference: Emily Rodriguez, a 22-year-old Girl Scout volunteer, is one of fifteen remarkable young women… Read More →