Here’s a write-up of a fundraiser from BOCES and its technical center: Yorktown Heights — While there’s no way to remedy the tragic loss of life that took place last week when a gunman massacred 20 children and six school employees at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, teachers… Read More →
News from Ossining Schools: OSSINING, N.Y. –Two Ossining teachers recently earned National Board Certification—the teaching profession’s highest credential. Patricia Vieira, a first and second grade English-as-a-Second-Language teacher at Brookside School, and Irene Cruz-Tierney, a first grade dual language teacher at Brookside, both received certification in November. Like board-certified doctors and… Read More →
Middle school students have been collection a ton of food….Here’s an announcement from the school district: Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School students once again came through for the Yorktown Food Pantry with a successful week-long food drive (Dec. 10-14). Students collected 2,946 food items including cans, bags, and boxes of food. The winning… Read More →
News from Peekskill on being awarded $425,000 in grant money from the state for downtown and waterfront projects: The City of Peekskill announced today that it has been awarded $425,000 by New York State’s Regional Economic Development Councils (REDC) for three projects aimed at enhancing the City’s Downtown Historic District… Read More →
How did your neighborhood vote in the presidential election? The official vote tallies are now out for each election district. Check them out on LoHud.com’s interactive map. It’s like one of those red state-blue state national maps — blue for the election districts where President Obama won and red for… Read More →
Cortlandt Manor – Santa’s Helpers at Hudson Valley Hospital Center spent Wednesday afternoon wrapping presents to make wishes come true for local children and their families, according to a press release from the hospital. Pajamas and books, dolls, trucks, boots, socks and tons of toys were packaged by staff and… Read More →
Rumors about some kind of threat to Yorktown High School have been making the rounds, propelled by social media. School personnel and police have found no dangers to public safety, and the school administration has sent out the following letter: December 20, 2012 Dear Parents, I hope that this email… Read More →
YORKTOWN Memorial service for victims A candlelight vigitl will be held Thursday evening Dec. 20 to remember the courageous students, staff, families and friends of Newtown, Conn., following the school shooting there. The community is invited to attend the memorial service, which will be held at Jack DeVito Field off… Read More →
It’s going to be a big day of wrapping at the Hudson Valley Hospital Center: Santa’s Helpers at Hudson Valley Hospital Center will spend the afternoon of Dec. 19 wrapping mountains of presents to make wishes come true for local children and their families. In an annual tradition, at… Read More →
The Croton Academy of the Arts is hitting a major milestone: Croton Academy of Arts Celebrates 10 Years of Building Confidence through Laughter Croton on Hudson, NY December 6, 2012 – It’s been 10 years since the Croton Academy of Arts – then known as Croton Academy of Comedic Arts… Read More →