A former teaching assistant in the Yorktown School District could face up to 20 years in prison after being indicted in federal court in White Plains Nov. 1 on charges of distributing, receiving and possessing child pornography. Giuseppi Micciari, 27,
Read MoreA 16-year-old student at Carmel High School was recently charged in connection with graffiti discovered on the tennis courts last month. On Sept. 20, at approximately 5 p.m., the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office was advised of graffiti found at the
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By Jonathan Notis After playing volleyball for the nationally ranked Downstate Athletic Center in Peekskill, Marc Arroyo, a current Briarcliff High School senior wanted a different challenge. That’s where he met Paulo Martinez-Amezaga and Sam Jacobson, students at Croton-Harmon High
Read MoreByram Hills School District officials are proposing a vote next spring to transfer $9 million from a reserve fund to the capital fund to pay for a multiyear improvement project. Money that would be transferred from the District-wide Renovations, Reconstruction
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Horace Greeley High School experienced two anti-Semitic incidents in the last two weeks, district officials revealed last week. In her report to the community, Board of Education President Hilary Grasso said a swastika was found in a school bathroom last
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White Plains High School’s faculty and administrators have devised a groundbreaking program that simultaneously looks to address the nationwide teacher shortage and provide students with a potential path for a career in education. Last week, school officials announced that a
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With the atrocities in Israel perpetrated by Hamas painfully fresh in people’s minds, an estimated 1,200 people turned out Sunday evening for a solemn vigil in downtown Chappaqua to stand in solidarity with Israel and the Jewish community. Organized by
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After nearly 60 candidates were screened and a dozen were interviewed, the Hendrick Hudson Board of Education appointed a new Superintendent of Schools last week. Michael Tromblee, who served the last five years as the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction
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The Chappaqua Library has begun planning a referendum for as soon as next spring to complete a variety of exterior improvements to the building as well as needed roof repairs. Library Board of Trustees President Jennifer Fahey said the library has
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Carmel School District officials are condemning two acts of antisemitic vandalism discovered at the high school. In a statement issued Oct. 4, the Board of Education said a swastika was discovered Oct. 3 carved into the leg of a table
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