Swimmers young and old took to the pool at the Scarsdale Golf Club on Tuesday, July 26, for an afternoon work out, swimming lap after lap, some doing a full mile, and they were all smiling.

A quickly mobilized gathering of local moms, dads and kids organized by Ellen Silberstein and Wendy Kleinman came together one Sunday afternoon last month to raise money in support of Ukraine. The fundraising event at Heathcote Elementary School, spread through social media, raised more than…

A collection of original paintings, titled “Visions of Home Lands,” by Edgemont artist and Hearts & Homes for Refugees board member Lori Kapner Hosp, will be on exhibit at the White Plains Library Museum Gallery from April 3 through May 27.

The Scarsdale PBA donated $40,000 to the PaulieStrong Foundation to assist efforts to treat and cure pediatric cancer. The money was raised at the 2021 Scarsdale PBA Charity Golf Classic held at Fenway Golf Club on Oct. 5. Santa was on hand to present the check last week to the Jimenez famil…

In July the Meltz family suffered a severe fire in their Heathcote home, although fortunately they weren’t home at the time. The Scarsdale Fire Department responded quickly and contained the fire before even worse damage occurred.

The JCC of Mid-Westchester (JCCMW) raised over $600,000 to launch the Karen Kolodny Center for Jewish Culture, Heritage and Diversity, a fund dedicated to bringing together through educational and culturally immersive experiences people of all backgrounds and faiths to experience the joys of…

Tara Keane Jacobson had always been there for the Scarsdale community. Since her death after a battle with cancer on Jan. 9, 2020, the Scarsdale community has returned that support to her family.

Engines roared and horns honked as residents and passersby browsed the eclectic group of cars parked in Scarsdale’s village center Oct. 3 for the 18th annual Scarsdale Concours d’Elegance. Last year’s car show was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Buicks, BMWs, Porsches, Jaguars, monste…

Though his grandfather didn’t have memories of him in the final years of his life, 16-year-old Scarsdale High School junior Ethan Elkins has vowed to let his own memories of his grandfather not only comfort him, but push him to help others who are struggling with Alzheimer’s disease, the mos…

For the 18th time since 2003 — there was a pause last year due to COVID-19 — a little idea held by two then-Scarsdale High School sophomores, Evan Cygler and Denis O’Leary, becomes a reality to raise money for charity.

Who says America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride has to be around Lake Tahoe? And who says you have to travel hundreds of miles to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society?

Two students at Scarsdale High School, Natalie Hu and Alexandra Simon, are volunteering to improve the lives of children around the world and are encouraging their fellow students to join them. They got involved through an Operation Smile Club during their freshman year.

Two Scarsdale High School seniors, Angelina Clark and Victoria (Tori) Von Redden, are candidates for The Leukemia and Lymphoma (LLS) 2021 Students of the Year campaign, the first candidates to ever represent Scarsdale. They have joined together to compete against several other Students of th…

Young activists Lillian Rosenthal and Tia Mukamal sold shirts in Scarsdale Village Saturday, Nov. 14. Proceeds went to Stacy Abrams' Fair Fight for GOTV in Georgia.

Scarsdale High School’s field hockey team sold T-shirts, baked goods and raffle tickets, Saturday, Oct. 24, in Chase Park and raised almost $2,000 for breast cancer research.

Looking for ways to pass the time and stay active during the pandemic, Michael Levy decided to provide basketball training to local Scarsdale kids. However, he soon felt a pressing need to do more for the community. Having witnessed the Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps’ dedication to prot…

Wendy Wilshin’s mother served as an inspiration both professionally as an interior designer and more recently philanthropically raising awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s disease research.

Westchester saw its first case of the novel coronavirus in early March. A few weeks later, on March 23, Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered hospitals across the state to increase their ability to care for 50% more patients. By then, White Plains Hospital (WPH) was already preparing for the surge.

Danielle Butin is a force to be reckoned with. She and her 12-member staff have been on the supply end of the COVID-19 outbreak, working from a 40,000-square-foot warehouse in Yonkers and searching anywhere and everywhere for personal protective equipment (PPE) that she distributes to the he…

With March Madness and the Olympics canceled this year, sports entrepreneur Brandon Steiner will fill some of the void by auctioning sports experiences and items to support the WHO COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. The CollectibleXchange COVID-19 Charity Auction kicked off Monday, March 30 …

Bunches of yellow, black and bee-shaped balloons adorned the entryway of Scarsdale High School on the evening of Jan. 31and the lobby was a hive of activity as scores of people swarmed around. They were there for our town’s buzziest occasion: The Friends of the Scarsdale Library Spelling Bee…

New York Mets announcer Steve Gelbs served as guest speaker at UJA-Federation of New York’s second annual Guys’ Night Out Wednesday, Jan. 22, at Westchester Table Tennis Center in Pleasantville. Nearly 100 Westchester men attended for a night of connecting, playing pingpong, chatting basebal…

Raphie Cai of Scarsdale plays “Andante in C” by Mozart on flute at Performathon 2019, a musical community event celebrating the Music Conservatory of Westchester’s 90th anniversary and fundraiser supporting the nonprofit music school’s Scholarship Program and Legacy Project — building new di…

The Friends of White Plains Hospital hosted the “Best is Yet to Come” bash on Nov. 16 to benefit White Plains Hospital. The sold-out evening at Brae Burn Country Club in Purchase raised $1.4 million for the hospital’s new Center for Advanced Medicine & Surgery. More than 600 guests gathe…

Gilda’s Club Westchester held a health, wellness and mindfulness event Nov. 17 at House of Sports in Ardsley. Gilda’s FitFest classes included yoga, spinning, meditation, barre and boot camp and more than 200 people attended, with some coverage by News12 Westchester. The event raised money f…

UJA-Federation of New York’s 2020 annual campaign was held Oct. 17 at a private home in Larchmont, hosting nearly 100 philanthropic donors from Westchester. Guests heard from New York Times op-ed editor and author Bari Weiss in conversation with Larchmont resident Jeffrey Solomon. Both are P…

The Rotary Club of Scarsdale partnered with the American Cancer Society to support the 2019 Making Strides of Westchester Walk at Manhattanville College on Oct. 20. Nearly $1 million was raised for breast cancer research. Pictured from left, Daniel Gerardi, Joe Muller, Herta Muller, Garrett …

The Scarsdale-based WeRun team participated in the Westchester Healing Half and 10K charity runs for Westchester Medical Center Sunday, Oct. 6 on the Bronx River Parkway. There were a total of 28 runners, the largest team in the race. The team took the overall first place (Shangyuan Luo); ov…

Scarsdale resident Barry Meiselman has been named chairman of the Planning Committee for the Westchester Walk to End Alzheimer’s to be held Sunday, Sept. 29, at SUNY Purchase.

White Plains Hospital and the Mariano Rivera Foundation were the beneficiaries of a star-studded golf tourney at Winged Foot Golf Course on June 24. More than 250 people including sports figures, broadcasters and celebrities came out for the event, which raised more than $800,000. The procee…

Performing with only a guitar on the patio in her backyard, Abby Schulman, a rising senior at Edgemont High School, had no problem raising roughly $2,000 from an audience of only 40 people. The concert staged on the evening of June 27 at her Edgemont home was part of a “Songs for a Cause” se…

Despite being diagnosed with Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease in December, 10-year-old Greenacres resident Timmy DesChamps got right to work to help others dealing with the disease he lives with every day.