County Executive Robert P. Astorino volunteered Wednesday for JCY-Westchester Community Partners’ Summer Reading Buddies at Yonkers’ Riverfront Library. He worked one-on-one with a first grade student on a summer reading assignment and also read to an audience of pre-kindergarten students. Summer Reading Buddies is a six week program that helps […]
Month: July 2017
Some interesting Bronxville facts
As is custom, this will be my last column until Labor Day. I thought I’d take a break from reporting on flood projects, road repaving and zoning codes, and highlight some of the interesting factoids about our village and our home county. All were new to me until I sat […]
Mamaroneck holds second annual Tiki Invasion
Clear skies and warm temperatures made for an ideal night, as families came out to Stephen E. Johnston Beach for an evening filled with food and entertainment at the second annual Tiki Invasion. On Friday, July 21, Harbor Island Park was filled with tiki torches, a tiki bar and flower […]
Third-graders celebrate ‘Circus Around the World’
Third-graders, who had been studying about different countries as part of the social studies curriculum, brought their studies to life by performing a variety of circus skills for classmates, teachers and parents during the 18th annual “Circus Around the World” on June 16. As part of the program, the students […]
WCC tuition won’t increase under proposed budget
For the fifth consecutive year, tuition for nearly 13,000 students at Westchester Community College, WCC, will not increase under a proposed budget that was submitted by County Executive Robert P. Astorino to the Board of Legislators on Friday, July 14. “Working closely with the college’s leadership, we are able to […]