Washington Irving Students Take a Trip to the Colonial Period

Washington Irving fourth-graders crossed the bridge back in time to the Colonial North, visiting Philipsburg Manor in June. Just up the road from the school, students learned about the slave […] Read more »

Historic Ossining Church Awaits Second Act

A church that has towered above the Village of Ossining for nearly 140 years may be headed for a second act as a cultural and performing arts space. Ossining Methodist […] Read more »

Freedom’s Road, From Selma to Ossining 

When JoAnne Bland was a young girl growing up in Selma, Alabama, in the 1960s, the local drug store had a lunch counter that served ice cream to local children […] Read more »

Hansberry’s 1963 ‘Rally for Freedom’ Lives On

The Lorraine Hansberry Coalition, with generous support from the Village of Croton-on-Hudson, organized a two-week, four-event 60th anniversary commemoration of the Rally to Support the Southern Freedom Movement, which acclaimed […] Read more »

3rd Annual Oz Land Festival Set for September 16 in Peekskill 

Scarlett Antonia, Founder and CEO of Antonia Arts, Inc., located at The Artist Spot at 925 South Street, Peekskill, has been planning the event for months. The event will take […] Read more »

Westchester County to Host Freedom Concert Tribute to Military Heroes

Westchester County will be hosting the American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary and Sons of the American Legion Department of New York conventions this July. It’s the first time these conventions […] Read more »

Croton-on-Hudson to Host Great Loop Paddlers During Historic Canoe Journey

Ten paddlers representing the Haudenosaunee nations will make a stop at Croton-on-Hudson during their 1,500-mile canoe journey from Old Town, Maine to New York Harbor, known as the ‘Great Loop’. […] Read more »

The ________________ Bridge

Ever since 2017, when then-governor Andrew Cuomo named the new bridge spanning the Hudson between Tarrytown and Nyack after his father, Governor Mario M. Cuomo – that christening has met […] Read more »

Peekskill Students Give High Marks to AP African American Studies

Peekskill High School is one of 60 schools in the U.S. participating in a pilot program for an Advanced Placement (AP) course in African American studies. The program is expected […] Read more »

Briarcliff High School’s Class of 2023 Will Be Its Centennial Graduating Class

A hundred years ago, Briarcliff Manor celebrated the first graduates of Briarcliff High School: the class of 1923. A lot has changed in the past century, yet the spirit of […] Read more »