Support Connection Launches Team Spirit Campaign

Support Connection announced the launch of the “Team Spirit” campaign for their 2020 Annual Support-A-Walk , scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 4. The theme for this year’s Walk is “Walk With […] Read more »

When Medicine Fails: Addressing Medical Malpractice and Negligence and the Way Forward

In recent years, car accidents and injuries were seen to be causing lots of deaths throughout the years, but now medical errors are the third leading cause of death for […] Read more »

Croton Harmon Teacher Honored By New York State as Health Teacher of the Year

The Croton-Harmon school district is proud to announce that Jessica Butts, a health teacher at Pierre Van Cortlandt Middle School, has received the NYSAHPERD Health Teacher of the Year Award. […] Read more »

Harvard University Student Climbs Mountains to Raise Money for the Ossining Children’s Center

Meaghan Townsend, a rising senior at Harvard University and an Ossining Children’s Center (OCC) volunteer, ventured into the White Mountain National Forest at 4:45 AM on July 24 to attempt […] Read more »

Letter to the Editor Celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage

To the editor: What an exciting time to celebrate…100 years ago women won the right to vote in the United States. Two years ago, I visited Seneca Falls, New York, […] Read more »

United Way Announces Third Round of Grant Opportunities for Westchester Nonprofits

The United Way of Westchester and Putnam has announced its third round of Crisis Funding, which will disperse over $100,000 in grants to local nonprofits through the Emergency Food and […] Read more »

United Way and Feeding Westchester Team Up to Make Summer Produce Available to Low-Income Families

Residents of Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, Elmsford, Larchmont, Pelham, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Tuckahoe, White Plains, or Yonkers are eligible to participate. United Way of Westchester and Putnam has teamed up […] Read more »

Review: Peekskill Rises Up Against Racial Injustice – Photographs by Ocean Morisset

“An artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to reflect the times.” -Nina Simone Ocean Morisset’s unique, Black Lives Matter, Corona sensitive, exhibit is displayed in the large windows […] Read more »

Sleepy Hollow Police Officer Angela Martello Named “First Responder of the Month”

New York State Senator Pete Harckham honored Officer Angela Martello of the Sleepy Hollow Police Department, who also serves as Chief of the Sleepy Hollow Ambulance Corps, as the “First […] Read more »

Director of Northern Westchester Hospital Cancer Center Urges Cancer Patients to Discuss Treatment Risk versus Benefit with Physicians

The flattening of the curve in New York State suggests that cancer patients should begin thinking about returning for treatment, but decisions about risk versus benefit must be made on […] Read more »