February 2016 Education Roundup: Tarrytown

Washington Irving’s Masks Sparkle Third grade art students at the Washington Irving School celebrated the art of the mask with their own, unique creations. After first learning all about how […] Read more »
Geography Bee finalists (listed alphabetically) Alexander Bjorgvinsson, Killian Daly, Henry Demarest, Rishit Gupta, Will Herte, Iain McGiffin, Arushi Parekh, Zachary Rosman, Wyatt Triestman and Matthew Weidler.

February 2016 Education Roundup: Irvington

Middle Schooler Wins Schoolwide Geography Bee for the Second Year in a Row Zachary Rosman, an eighth grader at Irvington Middle School, was declared the winner of the school’s eighth […] Read more »

The Federal Taxpayer Advocate Service: Your Voice at the IRS

If you find yourself at odds with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), locked in a state of suspended inaction, Congress created the Taxpayer Advocate Service, to assist taxpayers with IRS […] Read more »

Marcene Hedayati… Installed as HGAR President

Marcene Hedayati, Principal Broker/Owner of William Raveis Legends Realty Group, with four offices in the Rivertowns, was just recently installed as President of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors (HGAR) […] Read more »

Deterrent, Education, and Counseling: New Resource Officer at SHHS

  There’s a new face roaming the halls of Sleepy Hollow High School, and it’s a very familiar one. Officer Wendy Yancey, a police officer for the Village of Sleepy […] Read more »
Briarcliff Manor Superintendent of Schools James Kaishian presented Jennifer Rosen with a certificate recognizing her achievement.

February 2016 Education Roundup: Briarcliff Manor

School Board Trustee Receives Mastery Award from the NYSSBA Jennifer Rosen, a Trustee of the Briarcliff Manor Board of Education, has been awarded the Master of Boardsmanship Award by the […] Read more »

Principal Conklin-Spillane to Retire

This past January’s Public Schools of the Tarrytowns Board of Education meeting brought a shocker to the District with the announcement that after 22 years, long-time Sleepy Hollow High School […] Read more »

“Tarrytown First” Challenging the Status Quo in Government

One fallacy often cited by voters who do not exercise their civic duty at the polls, is that local elections are unimportant. Another misconception is that straight party line voting […] Read more »

A Parent’s Worst Fear

Most, if not all of us in the community, have heard of the two recent apparent suicides of Fordham Prep students.  One student was a local 10591 resident, one was […] Read more »

Reining in the Chaos of Too Many Toys

In the wake of the holidays, my home became something of a war zone. By three o’clock every afternoon, princess dresses littered the stairway, Legos crunched underfoot in the Living […] Read more »