After receiving applications from 10 states and closely considering 32 candidates, the Ossining Board of Education decided the best person to serve as the district’s next superintendent of schools was someone very familiar to them. On Tuesday night, the board is
Read MoreJames Hyer couldn’t bring himself to mail away a possession that represented such a meaningful part of his life. Hyer, an Eagle Scout and a gay man, weighed the option of giving back that badge to an organization that banned
Read MoreSeveral bands with ties to Westchester are scheduled to perform at a benefit concert Monday at Ossining High School to raise money for individuals who need help following Hurricane Sandy. The “Rock-n-Roll” concert is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.
Read MoreThe town supervisors of Ossining and Somers presented proposed 2013 budgets that keep their respective 2013 budgets with the state mandated two-percent property tax cap. Ossining Ossining Supervisor Susanne Donnelly’s tentative 2013 budget complies with the state mandated two percent
Read MoreThe debate over the future of the Ossining highway superintendent position, which will be decided by voters on Election Day, has now gotten personal. Current Highway Superintendent Michael O’Connor, who has been in office since 2006, filed a lawsuit last
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Linda Cabral Marrero believes as a lifelong resident she has a better pulse of the Village of Ossining than current Mayor William Hanauer, who has only called Ossining home since 1996. “I know what Ossining is capable of. I’ve seen
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There was nowhere Dorothy Trimmer would rather be to celebrate her recent promotion to captain in the United States Army than in her hometown of Ossining. “I can’t thank this community enough for embracing me. It means the world to
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Ossining High School was awarded top prize September 10 at the Intel Schools of Distinctions Awards, a national competition to recognize schools across the country excelling in math and science. Ossining was praised for having the best high school science
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The Ossining Town Board heard nothing but opposition to a plan to abolish the highway superintendent as an elected position from a handful of vocal residents during a public hearing last week. “If something isn’t broke, don’t fix it,”
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No matter how weak the economy may be, one thing is for sure: Parents will invest in their child’s education. That’s the theory by which Gayle Marchica founded Eduscape Associates at the peak of the economic downturn in 2007. “When
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