Hundreds, if not thousands, of folks will be lacing up their running shoes this spring all over Westchester to help fight a deadly disease. The American Cancer Society says that 13 Relay for Life events have been scheduled for May 20 through June 19. The community led events will be held in: Eastchester, Mamaroneck, Chappaqua, Harrison, Katonah-Lewisboro, the Tarrytowns, Yorktown, Yonkers, Somers, Ossining and the Hendrick Hudson School District.
Edwin S. Shapiro, 86, a longtime Ossining Town Justice, died on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at his Briarcliff Manor home after a long illness. Born in 1931 in Brooklyn, he graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., in 1952 and received his law degree from Harvard in 1955.
The Ossining Camp Meeting Association has begun the process of restoring an elaborate decades-old World War I memorial originally constructed in Ossining by Swedish Methodists from Brooklyn. In a statement announcing the Camp Meeting Association's initiative, Miguel Hernandez said the group is seeking the public's help in returning the "virtually unknown memorial" to its former glory.
... leader is a true advocate for children and supports public education," said Raymond Sanchez, superintendent of the Ossining School District. "With school vouchers, taxpayers are financially supporting private and for-profit institutions, according ...
The Ossining school district continued a successful run in the field of robotics this weekend when students from Ossining High School were recognized at the FIRST Tech Challenge Hudson Valley qualifying tournament. The Ossining High School Robotics Team, which placed third in the Jan. 21 tournament in Yonkers, is now set to move on the regional finals on Feb. 5 at Pace University, according to a statement from the Ossining school district.
A group of Ossining middle school students with a collective talent for robotics has advanced to the semifinals of the Hudson Valley FIRST LEGO League qualifying tournament. The team, which goes by the name Robotics Wizards, hails from Anne M. Dorner Middle School, according to a statement from the Ossining school district, which said the team scored well in the three-part competition on Jan. 21 in Chappaqua.
Longtime Maryknoller Sister Mary Edna Brophy, a missioner to Hong Kong, died on Friday, Jan. 13, in Ossining. She was 90. A Vespers service will be held for her at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center, 10 Pinesbridge Road.
Sister Jennie Burke, 92, of Maryknoll Sisters Center, in Ossining, died Sunday after serving as a sister for 72 years. Born in Nova Scotia, Glace Bay, Canada, to Catherine and Joseph Burke, Sister Jennie became an American citizen in 1926.
As a strong Nor'easter arrives in the area, the most updated forecast from the National Weather Service calls for a mix of snow and sleet with rain Thursday night in most spots, with the wintry mix likely to continue for a longer period in Putnam and Dutchess. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect in Putnam until 7 a.m. Tuesday and in Dutchess until 1 p.m. Tuesday.
A delegation of staff and scientists from Tarrytown-based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals recently visited Ossining High School to give their congratulations to the school's three 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars. The Regeneron Science Talent Search is the nation's oldest and most prestigious pre-college science competition and is a program of the Society for Science & the Public, according to a release from the Ossining Union Free School District.
And that's exactly what the country's next president is doing in the little town of Ossining, New York. He's currently suing Ossining to try to lower the taxes on one of his golf courses, Trump National Golf Club Westchester.
Authorities in Westchester County, New York City and elsewhere are searching for a 15-year-old Ossining girl missing for more than three weeks. Shilah Carter, whose is to celebrate her 16th birthday on Jan. 8, is believed to have run away on Dec. 11, according to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services .
A woman that previously lived in Peekskill is heading across the Atlantic, and you'll be able to see how it's done. Jacyln Palmer, who lived in Peekskill from 2001-2003, and her husband Oliver, will be on "House Hunters International", documenting their move from Northeast Ohio to the Netherlands.
... issue last year after several pet dogs were attacked, one of them fatally, by the woodland creature. And, in nearby Ossining, a rabid coyote bit two people and had to be put down by police. Opening ceremonies are 9:25 a.m. The main competition takes ...
On Monday, Entergy, which owns Indian Point, announced it will close the nuclear plant by 2021 as part of an agreement with Riverkeeper, an Ossining-based organization dedicated to defending New York's waterways. As part of the agreement that was brokered with Entergy and New York State, Riverkeeper agreed to drop its lawsuits against the plant.
Count Sen. Terrence Murphy (R-Yorktown) and Assemblywoman Sandra Galef (D-Ossining) among the many politicians concerned about the decision to close Buchanan-based Indian Point. On Monday, Entergy, which runs the nuclear power plant, confirmed that ...
... zones in the municipality either name the two hamlets or overlap with surrounding towns, such as Mount Kisco and Ossining. The most notable resident who exemplifies the identity confusion is Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who lives in northern New Castle but ...
... supporters at home. Central to this partnership has been the U.S. Post Office located at Maryknoll on Ryder Road in Ossining, New York. From this location, the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers has mailed its flagship publication, "Maryknoll" magazine ...
Science education is thriving at Ossining High School where three of its students have been selected as semifinalists in the 2017 National Regeneron Science Talent Search. Celine Khoo, Reid Komosa and Adriana Scanteianu, students in the Fundamentals of Science Research Program, are among 300 seniors nationwide who were chosen to advance to the next phase of the competition, which is produced by the Society for Science & the Public and sponsored by Regeneron.
Ossining, NY - New York State and Entergy have reached an agreement for the shutdown of the two aging nuclear reactors at the Indian Point Energy Center by 2021. These dates are very likely sooner than what could have been achieved through litigation, which could have dragged on much longer, with no guarantee of success.
Sister Margaret Lyons, 95, a missioner to Chile and El Salvador, died Tuesday at the Maryknoll Sisters Center, in Ossining, where she was a sister for 69 years. Born in South Boston, Mass., on March 16, 1921, to Margaret Mary Lyons and John Joseph Lyons, she received the name Marjorie Ann at baptism.
Longtime Assemblywoman Sandy Galef, D-Ossining, will be leading a panel discussion on the Electoral College and the popular vote in Croton this week. The public meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, at the Croton Free Library, 171 Cleveland Drive.
... nature, what do you do? You bring nature to the kids. The Teatown Lake Reservation, a nonprofit nature preserve in Ossining, has been packing up every critter from rabbits and turtles to snakes and frogs and bringing them to visit Pre-K students at ...
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Mandel, a Briarcliff resident who grew up in New City and later attended East Ramapo High School, announced his retirement in December at the end of the school year. Mandel has been with Ossining since 1994 where he started as principal at Roosevelt School.
... He was 96. Walt was born in Berlin, Germany to Walter and Hedwig Kleindienst Schultze. His family immigrated to Ossining, NY in 1925. Walt graduated salutatorian of his class at Ossining High School in 1938. He received his Bachelors of Arts (cum ...
Mandel, a Briarcliff resident who grew up in New City and later attended East Rampao High School, announced his retirement in December at the end of the school year. Mandel has been with Ossining since 1994 where he started as principal at Roosevelt School.
Mezzo soprano Joyce DiDonato performs at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility in 2015 with other Carnegie Hall musicians and inmates. OSSINING, N.Y. -- When opera singer Joyce DiDonato walked past a group of scary looking prisoners during her first visit to the notorious Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, she kept telling herself: "Don't make eye contact.
... chest, was awarded to Ruth in 1930 following the New York Yankees 1929 exhibition visit to Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York. The third item is a hand-carved wooden folk art statue of Ruth from 1933 that stands 22" tall on a base that measures ...
... specialist and later went into medicine, where he had a practice in the Bronx. Lorenz moved to Scarborough Manor in Ossining in 1977 when he took a job at the Montrose VA. "She makes my life livable and very happy," Lorenz said. "I feel very good. ...
Philip Starr "Phil" Wolfe, an Ossining resident and groundbreaking mathematician, died Thursday, Dec. 29, after a brief illness. He was 89. The California native earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley and went on to become one of the founding fathers of the field of optimization, the mathematics that underlies modern operations research.