Max’s Arcade: Ossining Fourth-Grader Raises Money for Causes  

Fourth-grader Max Lazarowitz woke his mother up one morning a few years ago and told her his idea for a summer project: build an arcade out of recycled materials.   Lazarowitz had heard about […] Read more »
Sleepy Hollow students share time together during the Lunch Buddy Program.

Tarrytown Seventh Graders are Lunch Buddies to Special Ed Students 

Seventh-grade students who have volunteered to be part of the Lunch Buddy program at Sleepy Hollow Middle School received a warm welcome from Special Education teacher Stephanie Castillo as they walked into her classroom […] Read more »

Ossining Launches My Brother’s Keeper Program Founded by Obama

The Ossining School District recently launched a My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) program, joining a nationwide initiative founded by President Barack Obama in 2014 to address opportunity gaps for boys and young men of color.  […] Read more »

RSHM LIFE Center awarded $43,000 grant by Westchester Community Foundation

Westchester residents in need of immigration-related legal representation and information will benefit from a $43,000 grant to RSHM LIFE Center from the Westchester Community Foundation. The LIFE Center is a […] Read more »

Local, Regional and National Assistance for Furloughed Government Employees

Last week Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner announced  that he was going to organize an effort to help federal government employees who have been furloughed and facing financial troubles. Although […] Read more »

Briarcliff High School Student Receives Highest Girl Scout Honor

Briarcliff High School Student Stephanie Vaream recently earned her Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award in Girl Scouts. The high school senior who has been a Girl Scout since […] Read more »

$30K Federal Grant for Historic Hudson Valley

This past December, Congresswoman Nita Lowey announced that the non-profit cultural organization Historic Hudson Valley (HHV) in Sleepy Hollow was awarded a $30,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant […] Read more »

Shames JCC to Host UJA’s Day of Service on MLK Day

On January 21, 2019, Shames JCC volunteers will sort, decorate and put together 600 “Blizzard Boxes,” emergency kits of non-perishable food, which will be distributed to various senior centers and […] Read more »

For the Local Good: A Maze in Pottery Does Amazing Work for Kids

When Aggie Shah opened A Maze in Pottery in Briarcliff Manor in 2010, she envisioned it being more than a standard pottery studio and store: She wanted it to be […] Read more »
Maddie SPCA

Gifting the Animals

On December 7, the Westchester SPCA  (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) in Briarcliff Manor celebrated its Holiday Open House.  Dogs and their owners were decked out in […] Read more »