Putting STEM to Work – Fifth in a Series

Thanks to the generous support of Regeneron, a local high school student with a passion for science will be paired, each quarter, with a Regeneron scientist to learn what it […] Read more »

Briarcliff Girls Basketball Coach Don Hamlin Notches 400th Win 

With a 43-35 victory over Valhalla at home on January 28, the winningest coach in program history won his 400th game.  Briarcliff Athletic Director Chris Drosopoulos said, “Over the last 34 years, he has touched so […] Read more »

Scholar Athlete of the Month – Alana Lombardi

Alana Lombardi will be graduating from Briarcliff High School this spring, and her absence will likely be felt on the court, where she is the all-time leading scorer for her school among all […] Read more »

Emergency Responder Course Offered at Irvington High School

As a prospective student of medicine, Zoe Jacobs was looking for more ways to get involved in the medical community. She had already done some volunteer work and shadowed doctors, but wanted more. She was particularly interested in taking […] Read more »

Beyond the Classroom: Taking the Stress Out of Taking the Test 

Between mid-year teachers’ assessments and AIMS Web standardized tests, January was a blur. Just before spring break comes the New York State ELA test and just after that, math. While […] Read more »

Ossining Children’s Center Alum Gives Back to His “Home-Away-from-Home”

James Morgan first came to Ossining Children’s Center as a smiling, curious three-month-old. Over twelve years James played, learned and grew as he made his way from the baby room, […] Read more »

Bulldogs Basketball Player Reaches 1,000-Point Milestone

With just a minute into the basketball game on Jan. 29, Irvington High School senior Abby Conklin reached an impressive career milestone – her 1,000th point. Conklin, an outstanding athlete, was […] Read more »

Ossining Middle School Students Perform Disney’s Aladdin Jr.

Anne M. Dorner Middle School students in Ossining mounted a production of Disney’s Aladdin Jr. at Ossining High School on December 5 and 6. The show, based on the Broadway production of Aladdin, […] Read more »

Ossining Fifth-Grader’s Homemade Arcade Is a Way to Have Fun, Help Others 

For fifth-grader Max Lazarowitz, caring about and helping others is important – and so is having fun.   Since the summer of 2016, he has combined his interest in supporting people in […] Read more »

From Starbucks to Starbooks: A Reading Initiative Comes to Tarrytown

First there was Starbucks – now there is Starbooks! Entrepreneurial kindergartners at John Paulding in Tarrytown turned their classroom into a simulated coffee shop for a day – complete with a variety of […] Read more »