Home Away from Home for Your Four-Legged Friends 

“It’s a seven-day-a-week, 365-days-a –year job. And the buck always stops here.”  For Chris Gatti, vice-president of Gracelane Kennels – the oldest continuously-operating dog kennel in the US – the business of caring for other people’s animals is not […] Read more »

Ossining Students Started School on the Sunny Day after Hurricane Ida

The Ossining School District opened for the first day on Sept. 2, as scheduled, but classes began a few hours late after the remnants of Hurricane Ida blew through the […] Read more »

Westchester Ballet Company’s Nutcracker Set to Make Its Bronx Debut for Annual Holiday Performances

December 17, 18 & 19 Lehman Center for the Performing Arts Confirmed as 2021 Venue Ossining-based Westchester Ballet Company (WBC), one of the oldest regional non-profit youth ballet companies in […] Read more »

Westchester’s Largest Solar Canopy System Completed

Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers and Ecogy Energy, along with local and state officials, held a ribbon cutting ceremony Sept. 14 to celebrate the completion of the solar canopy system on the Catholic order’s Ossining campus.   The 2,184 panel system, consisting […] Read more »

Ossining Padres Hispanos: Looking Out for The Latino Community

Ossining Padres Hispanos is a nonprofit organization in the Village of Ossining which has been uniting and assisting the Hispanic communities in the Westchester Area. OPH’s mission is to be […] Read more »

An Open Letter from Village of Ossining Mayor Rika Levin

I write to you to share some troubling information. On the weekend of August 16, I received a call from a concerned citizen that there was graffiti, which included a […] Read more »

Ossining’s Park School Principals Host Meet-Up for Incoming Pre-Kindergarteners

Park School Principal Emily Macias-Capellan and Assistant Principal Ellie Mercado welcomed rising pre-kindergarteners and their families Aug. 19 in nearby Nelson Sitting Park. The event was part of the Ossining […] Read more »

Summer Activities Keep Ossining Students Active, Engaged

The Ossining School District gave children many opportunities to stay active over the summer, including community bike rides, read-alouds, book talks, playground meet-ups, reading challenges, and academic programs for at-risk […] Read more »

Construction, Painting and Other Improvements Completed in Ossining Schools

From painting with Intumescent Painting to adding security vestibules and a school-based health center, Ossining school buildings received a lot of attention this summer. Here are some details on the […] Read more »

Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers Donation Supports Local Schools

On Tuesday, August 17, 2021, representatives of Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers’ Community Outreach Team delivered two large boxes of backpacks and school supplies to the main office of the Ossining […] Read more »