80 Artists, Five Towns, Two Days – Riverarts Studio Tour

On Saturday and Sunday April 22nd and 23rd from 11:00 to 5:00 PM both days, RiverArts will hold its 24th annual Studio Tour. This is a huge celebration of the artistic community, a multi-village adventure, where the public has an opportunity to meet artists in their homes, studios, and other venues, view art up close, and learn about the creative process.

Anyone Seen Elle Fanning? Sci-Fi Movie Returns To Westchester For Filming

According to the Hastings 10706 Facebook page, the sci-fi drama they are filming, "I Think We're Alone Now," will be back in Hastings on Sunday, April 9 through Tuesday, April 11. On Monday, April 3, parking restrictions and road closures were in effect on Maple Avenue, Southside Avenue and Spring Street until 8 p.m. while the crew shot at the Hastings-On-Hudson Public Library. According to Variety, the film, by Bell Productions, is being produced by Larchmont native Fred Berger of"La La Land."

N.Y. education chief under fire over comment on assignment asking…

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events MaryEllen Elia speaks during a news conference after the Board of Regents elected her as the new state education commissioner in 2015, in Albany, N.Y. The education commissioner of New York State, MaryEllen Elia, is in hot water over a controversy about an assignment given to high school students to argue for or against the "Final Solution," the extermination of the Jewish people by the Nazis in World War II.

Hastings Man Caught With $1.4K Worth Of Marijuana, Police Say

A Hastings-on-Hudson man is facing a felony drug charge after being busted with nearly two pounds of marijuana in the Rivertowns by a Greenburgh drug task force. Following an investigation into the sale of marijuana in the Rivertowns, which was conducted by members of the Greenburgh Drug and Alcohol Task Force, police arrested 34-year-old Christopher Varley on Thursday, March 30 on charges of second-degree criminal possession of marijuana and criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor.