After years of Scouting and countless badges, Christopher Doerr and Andrew Steinbeck have earned the rank of Eagle Scout. Doerr, a third generation Eagle Scout, constructed a duck hutch at the Westchester Hills School 29 in Yonkers. Students there care for more than a dozen ducks that were hatched as… Read More →
Who ever thought church could be so delicious? To celebrate the start of Sunday school in Pleasantville, Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church will hold its 10th annual Rally Day and barbeque on Sunday. The day begins at 9:00 a.m. with a service featuring special music from the Emanuel Ringers. Sunday school… Read More →
Hillside Food Outreach received a $5,000 grant on August 23 from McDonald’s to support a program designed to educate parents about childhood nutrition. Launched in March by local McDonald’s restaurants, the New York Metro Nutrition Network awards money to grassroots groups to establish nutrition programs and provide information about healthy-eating…. Read More →
A blind author from Pleasantville will host a book signing tomorrow evening that benefits Guiding Eyes for the Blind, a nonprofit guide dog school located in Yorktown Heights. Peter Altschul is scheduled to appear at The Village Bookstore in Pleasantville from 6-8 p.m. He will sign copies of his memoir,... Read More →
Bar porter Joseph Cuatt of Pleasantville, center, sprinkles salt on the sidewalk in front of Tighe’s Tavern on Martine Avenue in downtown White Plains during steady snowfall Jan. 21, 2012. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News ) See more photos from the regions first significant snowfall of the… Read More →
Mount Pleasant will hold the first of two budget meetings on Tuesday, Nov. 22. The public meeting will be held at 8 p.m. at the Town Court, 1 Town Hall Plaza in Valhalla. The Dec. 13 meeting will be held at the same time and place. Town Supervisor Joan Maybury’s $39.9… Read More →
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder touches on life skills and behaviors not often associated with the disorder, leaving some children untreated or incorrectly treated, said Dr. Mark Bertin of Pleasantville. Bertin, a professor of pediatrics at New York Medical College in Valhalla, will discuss the expanding definition of the disorder with… Read More →
Pleasantville’s Kyle O’loughlin (34) gets away from Nanuet’s Luke Panaro (20) on first half run, during boys football game at Nanuet High School Sept. 17, 2011. Nanuet won the game 7-6. ( Frank Becerra Jr / The Journal News ) To see more photos from the Pleasantville vs Nanuet game… Read More →
Dan and Angella Henry, the parents of Danroy Henry, along with their children Amber and Kyle, speak before a crowd of 2000 mourners during a funeral for the slain Pace University student at the Boston Convention Center in Boston earlier today. Photo by Seth Harrison Three busloads of Pace University… Read More →
A group of Pace University students made their way down to White Plains today, to honor their friend Danroy “DJ” Henry. Pace University students release balloons symbolizing Unity (white balloon) and Justice (blue ribbon) outside of the Westchester County Center in White Plains, Oct. 22, 2010, as they hold a… Read More →
