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New Assistant Superintendent Named At Northern Westchester School District New Assistant Superintendent Named At Northern Westchester School District
New Assistant Superintendent Named At Northern Westchester School District A Northern Westchester school district has selected a new assistant superintendent who will soon be leaving his current role at another municipality in the county.  In an announcement on Thursday, May 23, the Hendrick Hudson Central School District revealed the appointment of Steven Garcia as its new Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources and Leadership Development.  Garcia, who currently serves as Executive Director for Human Resources & Leadership in the Pelham Public Schools, will begin his three-year probationary term with the Hendrick Hudson District on Mo…

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by Ben Crnic
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School District In Westchester Taps New Superintendent: 'Honored, Humbled' School District In Westchester Taps New Superintendent: 'Honored, Humbled'
School District In Westchester Taps New Superintendent: 'Honored, Humbled' A current assistant superintendent in Westchester has accepted the top post at a nearby district, officials announced.  In an announcement on Monday, May 13, the Irvington Union Free School District revealed it has selected Mara Ratesic as its new superintendent.  Ratesic, who will begin in the position on Monday, July 1, will be formally appointed to the role during a special Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, May 15 at 7 p.m.  The current Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction at the Bronxville Union Free School District, Ratesic was chosen …

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by Ben Crnic
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Vincent Minotti, Longtime Teacher/Coach In Northern Westchester, Dies Vincent Minotti, Longtime Teacher/Coach In Northern Westchester, Dies
Vincent Minotti, Longtime Teacher/Coach In Northern Westchester, Dies A longtime teacher and coach in Northern Westchester has died. Vincent Minotti died on Sunday, Nov. 14, at his home in Orleans, Massachusetts, surrounded by his family.  He was born on Sept. 28, 1940, in Bedford Hills. He attended St. Mary’s High School in Katonah and later attended Springfield College in Massachusetts majoring in physical education. He earned his graduate degree at Teachers College Columbia University in New York City.  He followed his passion and became a dynamic physical education teacher and coach. He taught in the Bedford Central School District from 1963 …

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by Daily Voice
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Former Middletown Mayor Gertrude Mokotoff Dies At 100 Former Middletown Mayor Gertrude Mokotoff Dies At 100
Former Middletown Mayor Gertrude Mokotoff Dies At 100 Former Middletown Mayor Gertrude F. Mokotoff, a 66-year area resident, died at the Orange Regional Medical Center in the Town of Wallkill on Wednesday, Oct.17. She was 100 years old. The daughter of the late Abraham and Anna Fox, she was born on August 20, 1918, in Brooklyn. She later married her first husband, Reuben Mokotoff, a cardiologist from Manhattan, where they lived until she talked him into moving his practice to Middletown in 1954. A professor at S.U.N.Y. Orange in Middletown teaching microbiology and lab tech, Mokotoff, served as Alderwoman, Common Council President and eventual…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Horace Greeley HS Names New Principal Horace Greeley HS Names New Principal
Horace Greeley HS Names New Principal Less than a week after the Chappaqua Central School District Board of Education announced that Horace Greeley High School Principal Robert Rhodes will resign from his job, a successor has been appointed. The board appointed Andrew Corsilia as Greeley's next principal. The appointment is effective Aug. 1. No stranger to Chappaqua’s schools, Corsilia has been with the district for 20 years. During his tenure, he served as an English teacher and assistant principal at Greeley, and is currently the principal of Seven Bridges Middle School. “Over the years, Andrew has earned the respect and adm…

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by Joe Lombardi