The Catholic and Jewish Communities of Westchester to host forum on day...
The Catholic and Jewish Communities of Westchester Community Forum On The Affordability Of Catholic And Jewish Day Schools Hundreds of day school parents hear about initiatives to offset the costs of...
View ArticleAfghan National Institute of Music Ensembles to Visit the United States
The U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that ensembles of the Afghan National Institute of Music (ANIM) will travel to three cities in the United States from February 3-15 for performances...
View ArticleSTATEMENT BY SECRETARY CLINTON: Presidential Memorandum on Promoting Gender...
The Obama Administration has made it clear that advancing the rights of women and girls is critical to the foreign policy of the United States. This is a matter of national security as much as it is...
View ArticleHealing Arts Meet Fine Arts
Affordable, Community Acupuncture Comes to Beacon. In a unique collaboration between the worlds of art and health, Hudson Valley Community Acupuncture will begin offering their services at Studio 502,...
View ArticleServing Sandy Hook Families
“I would do it again in a heartbeat if it would help these families heal.” Those words come from Abresha Sinanaj, an Ardsley-based mother of three kids (ages 16, 14 and 9) and a busy manager/host and...
View ArticleInside Silver Hill Hospital
Offering Hope and Help in Treating Opioid Addictions By Grace Bennett Inside Chappaqua’s “connection” to Silver Hill Hospital, a not for profit, full service psychiatric hospital situated on a bucolic...
View ArticleCrowd Topped 450 At Mha’s On The Move 5k Run/Walk
Yorktown Heights—There was not a cloud in the sky for The Mental Health Association of Westchester’s (MHA) 2013 5K Run/Walk and 1-Mile Kids’ Race held at FDR State Park and spirits were high for the...
View ArticleFinding Comic Relief on Jackie’s Joke Hunt
By Grace Bennett So when a friend said she had VIP tickets via party planner Adam Sands to attend Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling’s one man show at NYC’s Cutting Room in the fall, I jumped at the...
View ArticleHands Up for Haiti Procures Vital Equipment and Training
Hands Up for Haiti is a non-profit relief organization created and led by Dr. Jill Ratner, a pediatrician, from the Mount Kisco Medical Group who volunteered to work in Haiti immediately after the...
View ArticleRed Hot DeCicco’s Up and Running in Armonk
By Zarah Kavarana After the Armonk A&P Supermarket closed its doors in February 2012, North Castle residents were left to travel farther to bordering Westchester towns for their weekly groceries –...
View ArticleGarden of Remembrance: A Look Back
Through the Lens of Claire Yaffa On June 9, several hundred people attended the rededication of the Garden of Remembrance, hosted by the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center, which has offered...
View ArticleDonate Your Used College Books
Do you have gently used or new college books sitting on your bookshelf? If so, please consider sending them to us to resell through Amazon. We accept: New Books Gently Used Books Books Used in Any...
View ArticleStatue of Liberty Re-opens
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the reopening of the Statue of Liberty under an agreement reached with the federal government on Friday, October 11. Under the agreement, the State will fully...
View ArticleA Teen Digital Portrait Workshop at KMA
Nov. 16 for 7th-8th graders; Dec. 7 for 9-10th graders WHAT: Here and There Workshops for Teens is a day-long program for teenagers. It begins at the Katonah Museum of Art (KMA), where students will...
View ArticleCamp on your Mind? Visit the Westchester County Camp Fair
The 32nd annual Westchester County Camp Fair will be held at the Crowne Plaza in White Plains on January 26 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.. Every year between 40-50 day camps, specialty camps, sleep away...
View Article3rd Graders Give Back During Martin Luther King Jr. Day
John F. Kenney Magnet School 3rd Graders Give Back During Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service January 22, 2014, Port Chester, NY: John F Kennedy Magnet School 3rd graders give back during a Martin...
View ArticleADL Trains NYC Educators on Tackling Bullying
In recognition of “Respect for All Week” taking place in New York City public schools from February 10th to 14th, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) hosted a professional development session for local...
View ArticleEscape to LIGHTSCAPES on a Weekend Eve
LIGHTSCAPES, a brand new immersive experience featuring sculpture, light, sound, and special effects, launches on Friday, May 2, and will run for 11 weekend evenings at historic Van Cortlandt Manor in...
View ArticleGov. Signs Medical Marijuana Bill
News from Gov. Cuomo’s office.. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed a bill to establish a medical marijuana program for New York State. The new law includes provisions to ensure medical marijuana is...
View ArticleJacob Burns Film Center Announces Expansion With Two New Theaters And...
Construction Begins in August 2014 The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) announced today that construction has begun to add two new theaters on the third floor of its cinema complex. The new theaters will...
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