The League of Women Voters will be hosting a forum Thursday at White Plains High School for the eight candidates running for three available seats on the White Plains Board of Education. The event will take place May 9 from
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This year New Castle’s fifth Annual Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony was unlike any other that preceded it. On Apr. 29, more than 300 people filled the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center to honor the six million Jews killed by
Read MoreThe Bedford Central School District announced last week that two Eastchester assistant principals will be leading Mount Kisco and Bedford Village elementary schools in 2024-25. Eleana De Luna, who currently serves at The Waverly School in Eastchester, will take over
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Last Thursday morning, the sixth-graders at Carmel’s George Fischer Middle School were hard at work erecting their tents on the grassy area between Route 52 and Lake Gleneida, not far from the Sybil Luddington statue. Wearing either red or blue
Read MoreAnother marathon Carmel Board of Education meeting last week resulted in the adoption of a proposed budget for the 2024-25 school year with no increase in the tax levy for property owners. The $141.7 million spending plan was approved at
Read MoreThe Bedford Board of Education approved a $155.8 million budget for 2024-25 last week after fully restoring the district’s five elementary school coordinators in a lengthy and difficult debate. After struggling to reach consensus for nearly three-and-a-half hours last Wednesday,
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By Barbara Kay Due to miscalculations by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), the agency has had to delay sending students their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) packages until next month, well past most college’s decision dates. The
Read MoreChappaqua school officials found more than $1.1 million in savings and additional revenue to reduce its 2024-25 tax levy but will still need 60 percent approval from voters because the district exceeds the tax cap. The Board of Education last
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The Carmel Board of Education reached a consensus last week not to allocate any of the district’s fund balance as it continues to grapple with a proposed budget for the 2024-25 school year. However, the board still hasn’t decided what
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A large contingent of teachers in the White Plains School District came out in force last week to support two longtime coordinators in the math and science departments who were slated to be eliminated as part of a structural administrative
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