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  • Teacher of the Year visits Mercy

    Anthony Mullen, this year’s national teacher of the year, returns to his alma mater, Mercy College, Thursday evening to talk about his profession. Mullen graduated from Mercy in 2002 and now teaches special education at an alternative branch of Greenwich High School. His speech begins at 5 p.m. Born in the Bronx, Mullen [...]
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    Posted: December 08, 2009, 6:11pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Purchase students to address legislators

    How are recent cuts to higher education affecting students? Purchase students will let their legislators know Thursday. A hearing “Taking Back Our Education: A Student & Legislator Hearing” is scheduled for noon until 2 p.m. State Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer of Mamaroneck, Assemblywoman Amy Paulin of Scarsdale and Assemblyman George Latimer of Rye [...]
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    Posted: December 08, 2009, 11:42am EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • S-p-e-l-l-i-n-g b-e-e: Spelling bee this week in Irvington

    Irvington’s Main Street School holds its annual spelling bee on Thursday. The fifth-grade bee is at 9:15 a.m.; fourth-graders are on 10:30 a.m. The moderators: Superintendent Kathleen Matusiak and Irvington Mayor Jonathan Siegel. The judges: Helene Imber, reading teacher, Jackie Richardson, library media specialist, and Cristina Sclafani, fifth-grade teacher. A pre-bee of 20 words [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 5:51pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • County Assistant DA Warns BOCES Tech Students of Internet Dangers

    Assistant DA warns about internet dangers, from BOCES: YORKTOWN HEIGHTS – Facebook pages, MySpace posts, texting, emailing…these are just some of the tools teenagers use to communicate these days. They are quick, easy, popular…and sometimes dangerous, students at Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES’ Tech Center heard recently. “Social networking is okay to use, [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 5:37pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Open house for would-be nurses

    An open house will be held Thursday at the Hopfer School of Nursing at Mount Vernon Hospital. Sessions are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the school, 53 Valentine St. Pre-registration is not required. Hopfer administrators and instructors will provide information on admission requirements and an overview of the two-year [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 4:06pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Speakers to consider International Criminal Court

    The International Criminal Court is a permanent treaty-based criminal court that can try individuals only for designated atrocity crimes, such as genocide, crimes against humanity and serious war crimes.  Current cases before the court involve individuals from Congo, Uganda [...] [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 7:52pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Students bake pies for Putnam families

    YORKTOWN HEIGHTS – On the Monday before Thanksgiving, students in Culinary and Pastry Arts/Baking classes at The Tech Center rolled out crusts and mixed the filling for 75 pumpkin pies, all in an effort to help sweeten the Thanksgiving holiday for Putnam County families. At the request of the Putnam Community [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 7:39pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Thanksgiving at BOCES

    YORKTOWN HEIGHTS – Students and staff at The Pines Bridge School on the Yorktown campus of Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES got an early, and abundant, “taste” of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. At their annual feast, the 105 students and 100 staff members of the school for multiply disabled students ages 5 [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 7:18pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Teacher help clean up Mahapoc

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    StartFragment->Teacher Stacey Biagini led 19 other members of the Mahopac Teachers Association on a volunteer project of cleaning up roadside litter from Myrtle Avenue in Mahopac on Nov. 20. Litter-grabbers, safety vests and large orange bags were provided by Keep Putnam Beautiful. EndFragment-> [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 7:14pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Students learn fingerprinting

    YORKTOWN HEIGHTS – Watch out CSI techs – the students at the Learning Center High School at Fox Meadow are figuring out your job! Well, at least part of it. On Oct. 14, forensics students from Fox Meadow had the opportunity to participate in a day-long Forensics Fingerprinting Workshop at BOCES. [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 7:09pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Autism session set for next week

    YORKTOWN HEIGHTS – A representative from Brooklyn College will be at Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES’ Yorktown Campus on Tuesday, December 1, at 3:30 p.m. to present an informational session on a new five-course certification program in Autism Spectrum Disorders. This unique program offered by Brooklyn College examines the strengths and weaknesses of [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 7:03pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Ceremony honors students of distinction

    YORKTOWN HEIGHTS – Ten students who attend the Tech Center at Yorktown were recently honored as individuals who go above and beyond what is required of them and serve as examples for their peers. These standout students were selected by their teachers at Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES as students of distinction [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 7:01pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • New class for teachers

    Workshop Provides Next Step in Wilson Instruction YORKTOWN HEIGHTS – Teachers who have been trained in the Wilson Reading Program are being given the opportunity to go beyond the science and into the art of Wilson instruction in an upcoming multi-session workshop offered by the Hudson River Teacher Center at Putnam/Northern [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 6:53pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Students send vehicles soaring

    News from the Putnam/Northern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services: YORKTOWN HEIGHTS –Seniors in the New Visions Engineering class at Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES are learning that engineering is sometimes a sink or swim profession. The students recently completed their first look into mechanical engineering by building solar-powered amphibious vehicles from kits, and [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 6:52pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Budget forum in Ardsley

    A community forum as the Ardsley school district plans its 2010-2011 budget is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 7. The meeting will be at 7 p.m. in the Ardsley High School cafeteria. Here is a message from Superintendent Charles V. Khoury. “We are in the very beginning stages of planning our 2010-2011 school budget. [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 6:40pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Discussing autism — and screening The Horse Bo

    The Irvington Theater’s “Best Of” Film Series is showing The Horse Boy about autism on Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 8p.m. Afterward in conjunction with the Westchester Institute for Human Development (WIHD) there conversation about autism. The speaker, John Maltby, is the father of an autistic child, a parent advocate, and the [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 5:13pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Apparent plagiarism in Pocantico Hills

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    One of the odder twists in the story of Freddie D. Smith’s apparent plagiarism is this: One dissertation that seemed to match his closely was published after his. The dissertation was on the same topic, the impact of Core Knowledge curriculum on achievement, and it was published in 2004. Smith’s is dated [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:52pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Art exhibition at Purchase College

    Clay Ketter, one of Sweden’s most prominent artists and a 1985 Purchase College alumnus, is featured in a David Schwarz Project 11 exhibition at the Purchase College School of Art + Design. Ketter moved to Sweden 20 years ago from New York City.  The exhibition includes works created from 1996-2009 that [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:38pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Schoolhouse news from Carmel

    School news from Carmel: “Our annual Community Open Forum is set to take place on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at 7:00 p.m. at George Fischer Middle School. This is your opportunity to provide the district and the Board of Education with feedback on such priority topics as Curriculum and Instruction, Communication, Facilities [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:33pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Honor Society inducts students

    Fifteen Hastings High School students were inducted into the National Honor Society at a ceremony on Thursday. They were: Lauren Berke, Anna Bernstein, Niko Gelfars, Aliana Heffernan, Daphne Lee, Jordan Lerner, Eleanor McQuistion, Hannah Murphy, Stephen Pecylak, Maud Reavill, Ben Roif, Catherine Smyth, Nicolee Spiller, Miya Tsudome and Charles Zahn. [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:27pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Movie tackles depression

    Here’s an event about teen-age depression, how it manifest itself and where to seek treatment. The movie More than Sad will be shown at the Chappaqua Public Library tomorrow night, followed by a panel discussion with mental health professionals. Teenagers, parents, school psychologists and social workers are invited. The evening begins at 7:30 [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:04pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Students hear real life talk

    When Monecia Samuels wanted her students at the College of Westchester to hear a well delivered speech, she took them to hear Sal Capiello, the owner of Tuscany Cafe in White Plains. Here’s a description of the field trip courtesy of Jessica Del Balzo. Capiello gave a speech on persuasive speaking that [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:25pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Greenburgh PTA wrapping up Thanksgiving food drive

    Nearly two dozen needy families will each have a Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings thanks to the students and parents of the Greenburgh school district. The Parent Teacher Association, working with the district’s Early Childhood Program, has been running a food drive since early November. Pre-schoolers brought in canned and [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 3:31pm EST
    by Dwight R. Worley

  • WCC wins diversity award

    Westchester Community College received a national citation for expanding its efforts to increase diversity in enrollment, employment and other areas. The Association of Community College Trustees has given the college the 2009 Charles Kennedy Equity Award for a variety of initiatives aimed at increasing the number of minority and women students [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:48pm EST
    by Dwight R. Worley

  • Bronxville students make All-State Chorus

    Three Bronxville High School students were selected for the 2009 All-State Mixed Chorus. They are seniors Thomas Dawson, a tenor; and Joe Wood, who sings bass; and junior Hannah Geiling, a soprano. The announcement came from the New York State School Music Association, which sponsors the All-State Conference each year for high [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:15pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Hastings meeting moves to larger room

    The Hastings school board meeting scheduled for tonight has been moved to the Farragut cafeteria because all of the district’s teachers plan to attend. The president of the Hastings Teachers Association, Nate Morgan, will address the board on behalf of the faculty. The meeting will start at 8 p.m. The district and teachers [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 3:29pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Bronxville students perform in all-state ensembles

    Nine Bronxville High School students were selected for area all-state music ensembles by the Westchester County School Music Association. The concert was held Nov. 5 at SUNY Purchase. Junior Hannah Geiling, soprano, was chosen for the mixed chorus and was also named to the 2009 All-State Mixed Chorus. The following students were named [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 1:46pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Seeking reports of swine flu

    The H1N1, or swine, flu is considered widespread in New York and affecting school-age children in greater numbers, though most of those illnesses are considered mild. How is this impacting your district or your classroom? Are you seeing significant absences? If so, please call Journal News Health Reporter Candice Ferrette at 914-696-8229 [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 11:45am EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • College fair for Latinos

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    Consider this: Latino representation in higher education is growing but still, only 46 percent of Hispanic New Yorkers graduate from high school in four years, a rate lower than all other ethnic groups and 9 points below the national average for Hispanics. Hispanic students earn 8 percent of bachelor’s degrees earned in [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 6:12pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • “My Sister Eileen” at Stepinac

    Archbishop Stepinac High School is presenting the musical “My Sister Eileen.” Here are the details from the school: The drama club will present Joseph Fields’ and Jerome Chodorov’s “My Sister Eileen,” the stage adaptation of Ruth McKenney’s short story series. Performances will be at 7:30 PM, Friday, Nov. 20 and Saturday, [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 6:52pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • ESL conference to honor local educators

    Several local educators will be receive awards tomorrow afternoon at a statewide conference for teachers who work with students that speak foreign languages. New York State Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (NYSTESOL) will hold its 39th annual conference at the Crowne Plaza in White Plains on Friday and [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 12:29pm EST
    by Dwight R. Worley

  • Girl Scouts visit Blythedale

    Girl Scouts from Westchester and Putnam counties visited Blythedale Children’s Hospital today to learn about the physical and mental challenges facing people with disabilities. The workshop featured physical, occupational and speech therapists. Among the girls who attended were Scouts from Chappaqua Troop 2746, who designed and created a new badge called “Challenges [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 6:44pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Botantical tour of nation’s capital

    A reminder about an upcoming trip from Westchester Community College: The Native Plant Center at Westchester Community College is offering a spring botanical tour of the Washington. D.C. area from May 3-6, 2010. The center’s director, Darrin Duling, a professional landscape designer and botanist, will lead the tour. The trip will include [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 2:43pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Assemblywoman to speak at Westchester Community College

    Assemblywoman Amy Paulin will discuss her role in the Legislature next week at Westchester Community College. The Thursday presentation—Inside Albany: The Job of an Assemblywoman—is sponsored by the President’s Ad Hoc Committee on Women’s Educational Opportunity. The event will be at 11 a.m. in the Classroom Building, Room 200. It is free [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 6:08pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Croton-Harmon honors alumni

    Three alumni of Croton-Harmon High School were recently inducted into the school’s Hall of Distinguished Graduates. Inducted during the October 26 ceremony were: Rachel Whetten, class of 1987; Peggy Tuxen Akers, class of 1965; and Richard Albert, class of 1945. The Hall of Distinguished Graduates recognizes graduates who have made significant contributions [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 6:28pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • “Meet The Principals” session in Greenburgh

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    Live in the Greenburgh school district and have a question about your local schools? You can take your inquiry right to the top at an upcoming “Meet The Principals” community meeting. On Nov. 10 at 6:30 p.m., the Parent Teacher Association is inviting residents Highview School, 200 North Central Ave., to [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:37pm EST
    by Dwight R. Worley

  • Ossining students study eels

    Two Ossining High School Seniors – Laura Hellmich and Dara Illowsky – teamed up to investigate the migratory habits of the American eel and were named semifinalists in the 2009-10 Siemens Competition in Science, Math and Technology for their study. Their research was done in collaboration with the New York Department [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:03pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Middle school raises money for memorial

    More than 200 students from Blue Mountain Middle School in Cortlandt Manor visited the World Trade Center site last month to present the planned memorial with $1,000 they had raised. It will go to sponsor a paver on the Memorial Plaza. The students prepared for their trip to the site by studying [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 6:08pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Once a cheater, always a cheater

    My colleague Randi Weiner spotted this study: People who cheated in high school were more likely to inflate an insurance claim, lie to a boss, cheat on taxes and be dishonest with a spouse. More here in Education Week. [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 5:49pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Shattering stereotypes

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    Jessica DuLong is proof that there is no such thing as a “man’s job.” As one of only a few female fireboat engineers, she’s used to coming up against stereotypes. “I still hear that some jobs are for girls and some are for boys. I’m here to tell you – that’s not [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 5:35pm EST
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Autisim training offered to educators

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    Training in the needs of autistic children, required of special education administrators assigned after Sept. 1, will be offered by the Hudson River Teacher Center on the Yorktown campus of the Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES. The coursework is recommended for special education teachers and special education administrators, support staff, paraprofessionals, teacher assistants/aides, [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 1:10pm EDT
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Spring getaway to Key Largo

    If swimming with dolphins and snorkeling in the coral reefs sound appealing, the Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES has the trip for you. A spring break getaway to Key Largo will mix learning with fun for high school students as they study marine biology and learn about the marine ecosystem. There will be two [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 12:45pm EDT
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Special board meeting called

    A special meeting of the Board of Putnam/Northern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services will be held on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. in the Special Education conference room. Address: 200 BOCES Drive, Yorktown Heights. The public is invited. [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 12:30pm EDT
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Students with union ties earn scholarships

    Several local students won $3,000 scholarships from the  Louis G. Nappi Construction Labor-Management Scholarship Program. Here is information provided by the program: After more than a year of planning and development, the scholarship committee of a construction management and labor coalition announced this month that it has made its inaugural award [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 11:54am EDT
    by Hannan Adely

  • Calling all future Federers

    Could you be the next Roger Federer? Or Serena Williams? Or do you at least play well enough to gain a spot on the college tennis team. The United States Tennis Association’s Eastern Section will host annual College Showcase Day on Nov. 8 to give students in the area a chance to [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 5:43pm EDT
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Free prom dresses and tuxedos

    For teen-agers who don’t have the hundreds of dollars it can cost to celebrate a prom in style, Operation PROM is back. The organizers collect donations and new or gently worn prom dresses to distribute to students throughout Westchester County. Boys will be able to arrange for free tuxedo rentals. The non-profit [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 2:13pm EDT
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Brouhaha over Luv Ya Bunches

    If you haven’t been following the flap over Lauren Myracle’s new book “Luv Ya Bunches,” here’s a quick rundown. A week ago, School Library Journal posted an article about Scholastic’s attempt to censor the popular author. Don’t expect to see “Luv Ya Bunches” at Scholastic book fairs this year, Rocco Staino wrote. [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 1:11pm EDT
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • Tofu Marsala and Tofurky sandwiches

    Which colleges serve up the best in vegetarian fare? Sarah Lawrence and Purchase are in the running, according to peta2, the teen and college-age division of the national animal rights organization. Both colleges are nominees for the group’s fourth annual Most Vegetarian-Friendly Colleges competition. They are among the top 32 schools in [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 2:46pm EDT
    by Noreen O'Donnell

  • St. Margaret’s students perform at Lincoln Center

    Students from Pearl River’s St. Margaret of Antioch Elementary School will perform with the internationally recognized Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall at 8 p.m. Thursday. The children, from grades 4-8, will join students from schools throughout the metro area to create an ensemble choir to [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 8:41am EDT
    by Randi Weiner

  • College of Westchester honors WP mayor

    White Plains Mayor Joseph Delfino was named as this year’s College of Westchester honoree at its upcoming foundation event. Here’s the press release: “Mayor Joseph Delfino is this year’s honoree as The College of Westchester holds its annual Charitable Foundation Event on October 28.  The Foundation’s primary purpose is to provide a [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 2:42pm EDT
    by Randi Weiner
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