News from Peekskill Mayor Mary Foster on the passage of the 2013 budget: At a Special Meeting held Thursday, Peekskill’s Common Council unanimously passed the city’s 2013 Budget by a vote of 7-0. The $51.3 million budget cuts spending by 2% and protects Peekskill’s high municipal credit rating. In addition,... Read More →
From Village Hall in Buchanan: The Village of Buchanan is pleased to announce that Entergy has made a donation of $25,000 to the Buchanan Engine Co. #1 for the purchase of a bus. There will be a ceremony to accept the gift at the Buchanan Engine Co. Firehouse on Wednesday… Read More →
News from Briarcliff High School…. The Empire State School Press Association (ESSPA) has awarded Briarcliff High School’s Briars & Ivy literary magazine top awards in several categories. In addition to several individuals being recognized for their journalism and artistic work, the magazine won a Silver Award for Best All-Around Literary… Read More →
News from the Peekskill Business Improvement District’s second annual Peekskill Makes Me Merry Campaign and upcoming events: In a bit of welcome news like something straight out of a Hollywood movie (think the Miracle on…Brown Street), the recently shuttered and dark Paramount Theater at 1008 Brown Street in downtown Peekskill… Read More →
News from Croton-Harmon High School: Croton-Harmon High School recently inducted two new members into its Hall of Distinguished Graduates. This year’s inductees are Dr. Maryjane Giblin Farr (Class of 1983) and Dr. John Mearsheimer (Class of 1965). The Hall of Distinguished Graduates was created to recognize the… Read More →
Here’s a schedule of upcoming meetings for input on a new superintendent for the Hendrick Hudson School District: The Hendrick Hudson Board of Education wants to hear from all members of the community about the qualities they most value in a superintendent of schools. “We look forward to hearing what’s… Read More →
5 bands with local ties aid Rotary effort K.J. Denhert will take part in Ossining Rotary’s Sandy relief concert on Dec. 3. Ossining Rotary hosts “The Rock ‘n’ Roll for Relief Concert,” 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Dec. 3 at Ossining High School. Five bands, all including Ossining grads, will perform:... Read More →
A pie giveaway at the Hudson Valley Hospital Center is a holiday tradition…. Cortlandt Manor, NY – November 21, 2012 – Apple outpaced Pumpkin again this year at Hudson Valley Hospital Center where 1,150 Hospital employees received free pumpkin or apple pies the day before Thanksgiving. Each year the number… Read More →
An Army officer recently came to Briarcliff to express his thanks for the support he got from students. Here’s a write-up about his visit: The temperature averages 110 degrees, the work days is at least 16 hours long and the distance between loved ones is thousands of miles. So “mail… Read More →
Students in Croton have been studying the Hudson River: As part of the Croton-Harmon School District’s ongoing curriculum dedicated to local environmental sustainability, Pierre Van Cortlandt Middle School students learned about nautical life and sailing aboard the Clearwater sloop, which set sail along the Hudson River earlier this fall. In… Read More →