BRONXVILLE, N.Y. -- Third-graders at Bronxville Elementary School are exploring the world of chocolate and investigating how the chocolate they buy in Bronxville affects the civil rights of children in Africa. Closely related to the social studies curriculum, the students studied how chocolate is made and where it comes from before learning about the difference between free and fair ...
PELHAM, N.Y. -- The Picture House Regional Film Center (TPH) will screen the award-winning documentary "God Knows Where I Am" on Thursday, April 13, followed by a discussion and Q&A with the directors Todd and Jedd Wider."God Knows Where I Am" is the story of Linda Bishop, a well-educated New Hampshire mother who suffered from severe bipolar disorder with ...
SCARSDALE, N.Y. -- The Scarsdale Police Department, along with the Scarsdale P.B.A., will take part in the Autism Awareness Patch Challenge during the month of April. The local program, initiated by officers of the New Rochelle Police Department, is designed to raise public awareness about autism and to support public safety’s response when dealing with those with special needs, ...
GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- The Greenburgh Nature Center will throw its Great Green Egg-travaganza on Sunday, April 9.The Greenburgh Nature Center is a leading environmental education and conservation center in Westchester, and this annual event includes the area’s only green-themed, sustainable egg hunt, according to a release from GNC. The event attracts nearly 1,500 attendees each year, the ...
SCARSDALE, N.Y. -- Hoff-Barthelson Music School’s 2017 New York Philharmonic Educational Residency, featuring members of the New York Philharmonic, will take place on Monday, April 24, at the school in Scarsdale.The Educational Residency with the New York Philharmonic, now in its 21st year, gives 12 HBMS chamber ensembles the opportunity to perform for New York Philharmonic members, ...
SCARSDALE, N.Y. -- World-Renowned flutist Carol Wincenc will perform with flute students, faculty and alumni at Hoff-Barthelson Music School’s Annual Spring benefit on Sunday, April 23, in the recital hall of the CV Rich Mansion in White Plains. Wincenc will be accompanied by the talented young pianist Bryan Wagorn. Wincenc and Wagorn will perform works by Copland, Mozart, Debussy, ...
BRONXVILLE, N.Y. -- The Bronxville Elementary School community recently collected 242 pajamas to ensure that children in need will have warm, comforting pajamas to change into before the night falls. The school held its pajama drive over two weeks in support of the Pajama Program, a national charity that provides new pajamas and books to children who often live under difficult ...
BRONXVILLE, N.Y. -- Eight Bronxville High School students, who have been writing one-act plays as part of an independent study funded by the Bronxville School Foundation, recently got the opportunity to meet the stage manager and some of the actors of a Broadway show. As members of the Bronxville Bards playwright group, sophomore Lyric Abbott, junior Allison Barker, junior Rachel ...
VALHALLA, N.Y. -- Several Stonehill College students, including Valhalla native Peter Giannini, sang for Pope Francis as part of the Stonehill Chapel Choir's seven-day pilgrimage to Italy.The honor of singing for the Pope came as part of a weeklong pilgrimage to Italy for 32 Stonehill students, three alumni, three college staff, and 17 family members.In addition to the performance for ...
DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- State Sen. David J. Valesky (D-Oneida) and Assemblymember Shelley B. Mayer (D-Yonkers) recently introduced a new bill (S-4361/A-6424) which would require telemarketers to disclose that the phone call is being recorded at the start of the call. In addition to the existing law requiring that telemarketers communicate their name, the person on whose behalf the ...