State legislation that would address some of the concerns of parents of special education students is moving ahead, a…
Meadow Pond Elementary School has kicked off a new weekly environmental segment, called Tree-Hugging Tuesdays, as part of the school’s daily M…
On Tuesday, Nov. 16, the Lewisboro Planning Board reviewed an application for final subdivision approval and approval of wetland activity and …
The Lewisboro Town Board on Monday passed a resolution supporting Westchester County’s Declaration of Climate Emergency, but not without objec…
People of Bedford, leaves are our friends and even better friends to all in our orbit of things that grow. And we have this on no better authority than our very own homegrown, Bedford 2030. Let us not misinterpret the old adage/activity, “fal…
Holiday time each year means we can easily resort to saying “after the holidays” in response to almost any request. Besides the convenient delay tactic, what I like most of all about this time of year is the focus on food, though the quantity…
On Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 4:30 p.m., an officer was stopped in the Town Park on Route 35 in South Salem by three elementary school students playi…
On Thursday, Nov. 11, at 4:44 p.m., Pound Ridge Police, Pound Ridge Fire Department and Pound Ridge Volunteer Ambulance Corps were called in r…
On Thursday, Nov. 18, at 12:43 a.m., at the intersection of Edgemont and Greenville Roads in Katonah, police arrested James Drake, 40, and cha…
Now that all school-age children are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, many parents and school administrators are asking when will the masks in school be able to come off.
With a slow rollout for Pfizer’s COVID-19 pediatric vaccine for 5- to 11-year-olds and with New York state pulling out of the Westchester County Center in favor of Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla this week due to low daily usage, commu…
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine won yet another race this week on Nov. 2, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved the vaccine for children ages 5-11 under the Emergency Use Authorization. It will be a two-dose, three w…
State legislation that would address some of the concerns of parents of special education students is moving ahead, according to Assemblymember Chris Burdick. But at this time, a requirement for cameras in self-contained classrooms is not.
Meadow Pond Elementary School has kicked off a new weekly environmental segment, called Tree-Hugging Tuesdays, as part of the school’s daily Meadow Pond Report with three fifth-graders interviewing Paul Christensen, director of operations and…
Now that all school-age children are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, many parents and school administrators are asking when will the masks in school be able to come off.
On Nov. 10, the Lewisboro’s Sustainability Advisory Committee and chair Robert Fischman announced that the committee, with the help of Councilmember Tony Gonçalves, submitted a new grant application to reignite the effort to bring electric ve…
A wide range of Pound Ridge groups came to the town library Nov. 13 to address climate change and what local residents can do to support local efforts to combat it.
Westchester Land Trust, which is based in Bedford Hills, has announced the permanent protection of 63 acres along Byram Lake and Byram Hill Roads. The project was completed in partnership with New York state and the Town of North Castle, wher…
It was a perfect day for a cross-country race, with warm temperatures and not a cloud in the sky as Fox Lane and John Jay runners competed in the Section 1 cross country championships at Bowdoin Park on Nov. 6.
Heading to the starting blocks for the final event of the championship meet, the John Jay girlsvarsity swim and dive team members were singing and dancing along to the music. They had earned the right to celebrate as the Wolves capped off an …
After the tears were dried, long after the final whistle had blown and the reality had set in that their season had come to an end, the John Jay varsity field hockey team gathered in the corner of the field at Lakeland High School where the W…
On Veterans Day, I returned from work to find a bag of cookies waiting at my door. They were left by the Somers Girl Scouts troop, as they hav…
Having recently been reelected as a private citizen, I had some time to catch up on my reading last week. Jeff Morris’ article on the “Ethics …
Hunger is not a topic that immediately comes to mind on Thanksgiving Day, but we can’t think of a better time of year to remind ourselves that…
Her queendom for a horse!
That the word “museum” derives from the original Greek meaning, “shrine of the muses” suggests that museums today are doing more than ever to fulfill that original promise. It’s no longer just come and be inspired by the art you see on the wa…
In staging David Mamet’s always controversial “Oleanna,” the creative team behind Katonah Classic Stage is looking for trouble. In a good way.
With millions of birds about to take to the sky for the fall migration, Westchester resident Richard Cantor wasn’t taking any chances, and his…
Bear sightings in Pound Ridge have become more frequent in recent years, but several sightings this year have particular significance.
The Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem is challenging community members to race against a real 77-pound wild wolf, named V094, who lives …
Candace R. Olds died on Nov. 4 at her home in Bedford. She was 77.
Clinton Stewart Seibert, a resident of Katonah for 40 years, died on Nov. 5 at Northern Westchester Hospital after a long illness. He was 92.
Elisabeth C. (Betty) Starr, a longtime Katonah resident and Westchester educator, died on Oct. 27. She was 93. She was born on Jan. 16, 1928, …
