Local Authors, Local Books: Vernon Hamilton’s Isn’t It Scary?

Nature’s Creatures Teach Kids About Human Nature   With Isn’t It Scary?, Nyack author Vernon Hamilton has written a beautifully illustrated children’s picture book that features an African-American family, and relates natural animal habitats to the comforts of family and home.  […] Read more »

Virtual Youth Town Halls – Where Youth Are Heard

The Westchester-Putnam Workforce Development Board (WPWDB), in association with area youth service agencies, is hosting a series of Virtual Youth Town Halls—forums for questions, ideas, and opinions voiced by and […] Read more »

Peekskill’s Dr. Mauricio Named 2020 Superintendent to Watch

The Peekskill City School District announced that Superintendent of Schools Dr. David Mauricio has been named a 2020 Superintendent to Watch by the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA). Dr. […] Read more »

Hudson Scholars Program Ends Season on a High Note

Students, mentors, teachers and directors ended the fifth year of Hudson Scholars with a feeling of accomplishment. The four-week program that offers academic instruction to rising sixth through ninth graders […] 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 »

Irvington Appoints Assistant Director of Pupil Personnel Services

The Irvington UFSD Board of Education and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kristopher Harrison announce the appointment of Michele O’Bryan as assistant director of pupil personnel services. “I am thrilled to […] Read more »

Teen Scientists Win $1.8 Million at Virtual Regeneron Science Talent Search 2020

$250,000 top award goes to Lillian Petersen of New Mexico in nation’s oldest and most prestigious STEM competition for high school seniors Tarrytown, NY-based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Society for Science & the Public announced that Lillian Petersen, 17, of Los […] Read more »

Irvington High School basketball standout commits to Yale

Grace Thybulle, an Irvington High School rising senior and standout basketball player, has committed to continue her academic and athletic career at Yale University in the fall of 2021. “Making […] Read more »

The Public Schools of the Tarrytowns Provides Meals Throughout the Summer

Maria Filippelli sat in front of Sleepy Hollow Middle School on a recent morning doing what she loves – feeding children. Filippelli is the Food Service Manager for Whitsons Food […] Read more »