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The pandemic highlighted how so many people in Westchester and Putnam counties and throughout the state are one crisis away from needing assistance to put food on their kitchen table. Now a local state legislator has introduced two bills this
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Two Catholic schools in the region will be eliminating grades 6 through 8 in the next academic year under a plan announced last week by the Office of the Superintendent of Schools of the Archdiocese of New York where 12
Read moreThe Carmel Board of Education announced last week several high school students were being disciplined for creating and posting fake, inappropriate videos using artificial intelligence and impersonating different members of the district administration and the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department. In
Read moreThe Chappaqua Board of Education will be losing its two most experienced members at the close of the current school year. Last week President Jane Shepardson and Vice President Warren Messner announced that they will not seek re-election this spring.
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The Brewster School Board unanimously approved a resolution last week calling for a community vote in March for residents to consider more than $83 million in capital projects. School officials maintained the two separate propositions voters will be presented with
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The White Plains Board of Education named Gabriel Robles Assistant Principal at Ridgeway School during a meeting on Jan. 9. Robles, an elementary teacher at Mamaroneck Avenue School, is replacing Dr. Kimberly Crawford, who was named Principal of Ridgeway School
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The Indians mascot and logo that have been fixtures in the Mahopac School District for decades will soon be eliminated. During a Jan. 17 Board of Education work session, Superintendent of Schools Christine Tona unveiled a plan for the district
Read moreA former Bedford Board of Education member questioned last week whether the board committed censorship of the speech of residents who were raising uncomfortable issues or unpopular positions after two other speakers were interrupted multiple times. Pound Ridge resident Pam
Read moreThe Panther Club after-school program has a much shorter wait list than it had in the fall when 50 elementary school students’ participation to take part in club activities was put on hold. Currently, there are 38 students on the
Read moreWhen Walter Panas High School senior Sabbi Gale-Donnelly was a sophomore, she contracted a severe case of neurological Lyme Disease. She had debilitating symptoms, including losing the ability to speak. To cope with her condition at the time, Gale-Donnelly relied
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