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Westchester School District Taps Interim Superintendent To Permanent Post Westchester School District Taps Interim Superintendent To Permanent Post
Westchester School District Taps Interim Superintendent To Permanent Post A familiar face is set to officially take over at the helm of a school district serving communities in both Northern Westchester and Putnam counties. In Shrub Oak, the Lakeland Central School District Board of Education unanimously approved to permanently install Dr. Karen Gagliardi as the schools superintendent, effective immediately. Gagliardi, a former Assistant Superintendent for Instruction in Lakeland had been serving as interim superintendent since October 2021. “My experience serving the district over the last six months has greatly reaffirmed my commitment to serving in this role,…

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by Zak Failla
News
School In Westchester Placed On Lockout Due To Police Activity School In Westchester Placed On Lockout Due To Police Activity
School In Westchester Placed On Lockout Due To Police Activity A Northern Westchester school was temporarily placed in a lockout due to a police investigation, officials said. In Yorktown, the George Washington Elementary School in the Lakeland Central School District, entered its lockout early in the day on Tuesday, Jan 25 due to state police activity hundreds of yards away from the building. According to reports, there was extensive police activity at an area condominium complex, though the nature of the investigation has not been disclosed. School officials made note that there was no active threat to the school and the lockout was out of an abund…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
Hero Custodian Saves Child From Choking At School In Westchester Hero Custodian Saves Child From Choking At School In Westchester
Hero Custodian Saves Child From Choking At School In Westchester A custodian at a Northern Westchester school is being hailed as a hero after coming to the rescue of a student who was in danger of choking to death. Angelo Alessandro, a custodial worker at George Washington Elementary School in Mohegan Lake, rushed to the aid of a third-grade student who began choking while eating lunch last month. Officials at the Lakeland Central School District said that Alessandro noticed the student in distress on Tuesday, April 20, who was not breathing and whose bottom lip was beginning to turn blue. Alessandro was able to pull the food from the student’s mouth a…

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by Zak Failla
Obituaries
Popular Westchester Teacher Dies Suddenly At Age 48 Popular Westchester Teacher Dies Suddenly At Age 48
Popular Westchester Teacher Dies Suddenly At Age 48 A popular Northern Westchester teacher died unexpectedly on Monday, Feb. 22. Danielle Marie Coletta of Peekskill was 48 years old. She was a sixth-grade teacher at Mildred E. Strang Middle School in Yorktown. Her career began at Columbus Elementary School in Hawthorne, teaching second grade, followed by many years at Brookside Elementary School in Yorktown, as a third-grade teacher.  She attended George Washington Elementary School in Mohegan Lake, Copper Beech Middle School, and Walter Panas High School in Cortlandt Manor.  She graduated from Pace University in Pleasantville, …

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by Daily Voice
Police & Fire
Three Juveniles Charged After Graffiti Found At School In Westchester Three Juveniles Charged After Graffiti Found At School In Westchester
Three Juveniles Charged After Graffiti Found At School In Westchester Three minors are facing charges after graffiti was found at a Northern Westchester school. On Tuesday, Aug. 25, and Saturday, Aug. 29, officers in Yorktown were called to George Washington Elementary School on Lexington Avenue, where there was reports of a pair of graffiti complaints. The investigation led detectives to three minors - two 12-year-olds and a 13-year-old - who allegedly spray-painted graffiti at the school, each of whom was charged with juvenile delinquency, Yorktown Police said. Two of the minors were processed on Monday, Aug. 31, the third on Tuesday, Sept. 1.  …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Police: Father Charged With DWI After Dropping Off Daughters At School In Northern Westchester Police: Father Charged With DWI After Dropping Off Daughters At School In Northern Westchester
Police: Father Charged With DWI After Dropping Off Daughters At School In Northern Westchester A 34-year-old father was driving drunk at more than twice the legal limit after dropping his two small daughters off at a school in Northern Westchester, police said. Thomas Fazio was arrested around 9 a.m., on Friday, Oct. 4, after a school staff member informed Daniel Curtis, the Yorktown Police School Resource Officer at George Washington Elementary School in Mohegan Lake, that a man had just dropped off his children and appeared to be intoxicated, said Yorktown Police. Curtis stopped Fazio as he was leaving the school parking lot as another officer arrived on the scene to assist. While…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Police: Westchester 12-Year-Old Broke Window, Tried To Enter Closed School Police: Westchester 12-Year-Old Broke Window, Tried To Enter Closed School
Police: Westchester 12-Year-Old Broke Window, Tried To Enter Closed School Police in Yorktown tracked down a pre-teen from Mohegan Lake who allegedly attempted to break into a local elementary school. Officers from the Yorktown Police Department received a report at approximately 10 a.m. on Tuesday morning from staff at the George Washington Elementary School, where there were reports of a broken window. Investigators from both the department and school reviewed surveillance video, police said, and determined that a 12-year-old  - who was known to police - broke a window to the school and made several attempts to unlawfully enter the building while it was closed. …

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
Don't Kids Have The Biggest Hearts? Valentines For Veterans Always A Hit Don't Kids Have The Biggest Hearts? Valentines For Veterans Always A Hit
Don't Kids Have The Biggest Hearts? Valentines For Veterans Always A Hit This February,, students from 10 elementary schools in Westchester produced over 4,000 Valentine’s Day cards that are being distributed to local veterans and seniors throughout the county and are also being mailed to active military personnel abroad. Earlier this month, students at George Washington Elementary School in White Plains had the opportunity to present local veterans with Valentine’s Day cards they made for the servicemen, part of an annual program called “Valentines for Vets.” During a special assembly at the school, they listened to the heartfelt stories of seven local veterans …

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by Jon Craig