Local Artist Donates Proceeds to Make-A-Wish Foundation 

Ashna Rastogi, a twelve-year-old artist from Briarcliff Manor, NY, has always loved to express herself through artwork. Ashna finds her inspiration within nature, as well as outer-space and its galaxies. Conveying themes of […] Read more »

Play, Imagination, and Rocket Science: Creativity in Early Childhood 

In the early years of the Apollo Project, NASA commissioned George Land, a scientist specializing in the enhancement of creative performance, to design a creativity test for engineering and rocket […] Read more »

Local Teen Rock Band Connects with Jewish Musicians from Around the Globe

The Shames JCC on the Hudson in Tarrytown, NY was awarded a generous Ignition Grant from the Covenant Foundation to kickstart a new music education program for teens aimed at […] Read more »

Racial Slur, Swastika Found At Sleepy Hollow School

A racial slur and a swastika were found etched into a toilet paper dispenser in a bathroom at the Sleepy Hollow Middle High School on Monday according to a letter […] Read more »

Teatown and Ossining Public Library Team Up to Show Exclusive Free Screening of Bird of Prey

The film screening is part of the lead-up to the Teatown Hudson River EagleFest. Teatown has teamed up with the Ossining Public Library for a free screening of the Cornell […] Read more »

Irvington Students Create Self-Portraits through ‘Eyes on Art’

Students at Main Street School and Dows Lane Elementary School created their own art, inspired by American impressionist artist Mary Cassatt, as part of the PTSA-funded Eyes on Art program […] Read more »

Tarrytown Resident and Iona Preparatory Scholar-Athlete Signs Letter of Intent on National Signing Day

Iona Preparatory School scholar-athlete Jordan Dunbar committed to playing collegiate sports as part of the schools second National Signing Day in as many months on December 18, 2019. Joined by […] Read more »

Ossining School District to Host Meeting on Importance of U.S. Census

The results of the U.S. Census have major implications for communities around the country, such as helping the federal government decide how to allocate billions of dollars for schools, hospitals […] Read more »

Phelps Hospital Delivers their First Baby of the New Year

The maternity team at Phelps Hospital Northwell Health delivered its first baby of 2020 at 2:14 am on January 1st. Mom, Sandra Gomez gave birth to a second daughter, Samantha. […] Read more »

No Hate/No Fear: An Interfaith Service to Condemn Antisemitism at Temple Beth Abraham

Temple Beth Abraham (TBA) invites the Rivertowns community to come together in solidarity after the recent anti-Semetic acts in the New York/New Jersey Area.  The “No Hate/No Fear” Interfaith Service […] Read more »