While independence-craving teenagers frequently strive for individuality and setting themselves apart from the crowd when they arrive at college, Mikela Stephenson aspired to be – and be treated – just like everybody else when she began her studies at Manhattanville
Read MoreYorktown High School’s Science Olympians made history Feb. 4 by winning their first-ever Lower Hudson Valley regional competition. The victory earned them a spot at the Science Olympiad state tournament, to be held March 17-18 at Le Moyne College in
Read MoreOver the past few years, students who wanted to participate in the annual Science Olympiad, considered the nation’s top Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) competition, saw their opportunities severely curtailed. The pandemic forced the cancellation of the 2020 regional
Read MoreActing Hendrick Hudson Superintendent of Schools Dr. Dennis Lauro wasted no time in making his presence felt last week as he indicated changes would be made to the controversial Princeton Plan structure that has caused division among parents. Three days
Read MoreThe White Plains Board of Education listened to a presentation last week from district administrators about the non-instructional operations portions of the proposed 2023-24 budget. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Joseph Ricca led the special Feb. 27 Zoom board meeting and
Read MoreVoters in the Brewster School District will be heading to the polls later this month to decide on more than $83 million in capital projects that are planned. School officials have maintained two separate propositions voters will be presented with
Read MoreLocal youth looking to make a difference in society received some advice last week from Rep. Jamaal Bowman. Bowman, a former educator serving his second two-year term representing the 16th Congressional District, took part in a Youth Town Hall meeting
Read MoreWhile students, teachers and staff in the Hendrick Hudson School District were on winter break last week, Superintendent of Schools Joseph Hochreiter issued a statement to the community that he was taking a leave of absence for an unspecified length
Read MoreThe 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
Read MoreTwo 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
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