The New Kicks on the Block beat the One Kick Wonders 9 to 6, but the score wasn’t the big number of the day. The Carrie E. Tompkins Elementary School PTA kickball game raised $2,170 during a fundraiser that included the game on June 5. The PTA for the school… Read More →
A group of fund-raising youngsters will form a sort of bed pan brigade Saturday, collecting donations for Hudson Valley Hospital Center near the Cortlandt Town Center. Here’s an announcement of the effort from the hospital center: Yorktown Leos Use Bedpans to Raise Funds for Hudson Valley Hospital Center Comprehensive Cancer… Read More →
NORTH SALEM — A hockey stick signed by Wayne Gretzky. A handmade dollhouse. GEICO bobbleheads signed by spokesman Brian Carney. Patrons at the popular Blazer Pub often bring their treasures to bartender Tommy Hunt. On St. Patrick’s Day, he climbs atop a milk crate to auction them off, raising thousands… 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 volunteer committee obtained a grant from Entergy Corp., sold bricks books and coupons and held other fundraisers throughout the past school year, raising more than $20,000 to install a playground at Lakeland’s Benjamin Franklin Elementary School in the town of Yorktown. The swings were unveiled at the Kamhi Drive… Read More →
The Justin Veatch Fund is hosting a jazz workshop on Saturday, Feb. 11th at the Yorktown Community & Cultural Center featuring jazz performer, composer and teacher Rory Stuart. Stuart, who is a professor at the New School University Jazz Program in New York City has also taught clinics and workshops… Read More →
Over a hundred people gathered on Thursday October 20th to honor Rick Cerrone, former Senior Director of Media Relations for the New York Yankees. Cerrone is the recipient of the Yorktown Teen Center’s 2011 Joan Valenstein Memorial Youth Advocate Award. Valenstein, who was a youth advocate and a founding Teen… Read More →
Augie’s Prime Cut in Yorktown hosted their first golf outing to raise money for Autism Speaks, Sept. 26, raising more than $30,000. Inspiration for the event came from owners Sal Barone and Audrey Hochroth’s daughter Niki who was diagnosed with autism as a young child. Having witnessed the strong community… Read More →
October is breast cancer awareness month and Lakeland’s two high schools will play their 2nd annual Dig Pink Volleyball Match on Thursday, Oct. 13 in the Panas gym at 6 p.m. The junior varsity teams will play at 4:30 p.m. Both volleyball programs will be selling Dig Pink T-shirts for… Read More →
The Yorktown Lions Club, and the American Legion Post 1009 are excited to announce the First Annual Pasta Night, which will be held on Friday November 4, 2011, beginning at 5:00 PM, and continually served until 9:30, at the American Legion, 235 Veterans RD, Yorktown Heights. Bring your family and… Read More →