National Hispanic Recognition Program Honors Briarcliff HS Senior

Senior Christopher Arroyo scored in the top 2.5% of Hispanic and Latino PSAT/NMSQT test takers in our region and has achieved Scholar status in the College Board’s National Hispanic Recognition […] Read more »

Local Playwrights among Festival Finalists

River Journal Education Roundup editor Evelyn Mertens of Briarcliff Manor was recently among four finalists in the annual Aery 20/20 Festival at the Philipstown Depot Theatre in Garrison for her […] Read more »

Washington Irving School Celebrates International Day of Literacy

Students at Washington Irving Intermediate School marked the International Day of Literacy by sharing their love of reading with each other. Fifth-graders read to third-graders on the school’s playground on […] Read more »

The Ossining School District to Launch Saturday Explore & Learn Program

Chess for Beginners, Educational Kickboxing, Improv Theatre and Raising a Reader are some of the classes offered in the Ossining School District’s exciting new Saturday Explore & Learn program. The […] Read more »

Pearl Harbor Survivor and Sleepy Hollow Resident Shares His Story

World War II veteran and Pearl Harbor survivor Armando “Chick” Galella shared his life story with Sleepy Hollow Middle School students on 9/11. Ironically, Galella enlisted in the army on […] Read more »

Hudson Hill Partners Acquires Properties in Tarrytown and Hastings

Hudson Hill Partners, a privately held New York-based real estate investment firm, announced the acquisition of five properties in Westchester County, NY, comprising 15 residential units, 3 retail units and […] Read more »

Sleepy Hollow High School Senior Named National Merit Semi-Finalist

Sleepy Hollow High School senior Sarah Clayton was named as a National Merit Semifinalist and is one of approximately 16,000 students to receive this honor across the nation. The National […] Read more »

Three Irvington High School Seniors Named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

Distinguished Irvington High School seniors Rishit Gupta, Adriana Palmieri and Aidan Sullivan have been named semifinalists in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship program. “I am beyond proud of our students […] Read more »

Irvington Theater to Produce First Diversity Series Event Focusing On Women’s Causes

The ITHT Commission, which oversees the beautiful and historic 117-year-old, 432-seat theater in Town Hall of Irvington, N.Y., announced on Wednesday it would hold its first Diversity Series event of […] Read more »

Tompkins Mahopac Bank to Host First-Time Homebuyers Seminar in Ossining on October 17

Committed to supporting customers as they navigate life decisions, Tompkins Mahopac Bank (TMB) has teamed up with Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc. to host a First-Time Homebuyers Seminar. Open to the public, the free […] Read more »