Most children spend their childhoods creating lemonade stands, playing hide and seek with friends, and begging their parents to be served that irresistible second serving of dessert. However, for 13-year-old Scarsdale resident Ozan Kopelman, things are a bit different — his parents are the o…
The potentially traumatic scenarios a first responder might see on a daily basis are infinite. Imagine walking into Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012. Or responding to a major vehicular accident. Losing a coworker in the line of duty. Or responding to your partner’s suicide.
The shock and heartbreak of Brian Lilly Jr.’s suicide on Jan. 4, 2021 will never subside for those who knew him, but the impact of what his family and his rowing club are doing to help others will last for generations to come. They’ve already accomplished a lot in the last two years alone in…
Her work with the Scarsdale Woman’s Club, the Scarsdale League of Women Voters and My Sisters’ Place prior to going into politics has continued to shape the career of 88th District State Assembly Member Amy Paulin, a 42-year resident of Scarsdale, and has helped her become one of the most pr…
Scarsdale High School sophomore Sonya Chen is spreading the word about a program she put together to empower teen girls in the community.
You really have to admire children around the holidays. It can bring out the sweetness and innocence in some, and the boldness and charisma in others. For examples, look no further than this year’s batch of letters to Santa Claus.
This past Sunday, Dec. 4, the Arthur Manor Neighborhood Association held a holiday sing with a visit from Santa Claus (aka Rick Wingate) at Davis Park where Santa handed out candy canes to all the kids. Scarsdale’s highway department helped with the tree lighting ceremony and Scarsdale Volun…
You wouldn’t know it if you showed up for school on Monday mornings, but Sundays during the school year are an extremely busy day at Edgemont Junior/Senior High School. In addition to the fields being used by youth sports teams in the fall and spring, most of the buildings throughout campus …
The Greenburgh Nature Center (GNC) dedicated “Cathy’s Meadow” Oct. 23 to honor the volunteer behind the vision and passion to create a native plant meadow.
The ghosts of Scarsdale past were present on Sunday night at St. James the Less Episcopal Church, the oldest church in Scarsdale. Also housing the only graveyard in the village, St. James the Less is a who’s who of Scarsdale since the 1700s.
Scarsdale resident Dr. Dara Kass, Region 2 director for the Department of Health and Human Services, is 1 of 10 directors nationwide. Region 2, which covers New York, New Jersey, U.S. territories in the Caribbean, and several federally recognized Tribal Nations, is based in New York City.
Senior night is a celebration, when parents or guardians get to walk arm in arm with their student-athletes to commemorate not just the end of one chapter, but the start of another. The Scarsdale varsity football team had to find an alternate way to honor one of the members of the Class of 2023.
Venice Barrett, a longtime resident of Scarsdale, turned 100 on Sept. 28. Her two daughters, Joyce and Janice, hosted a birthday celebration at Shenorock Country Club in Rye, with close friends and family. Mrs. Venice, a devout Catholic, considers her faith and industriousness to be contribu…
The tiny Central Pacific island of Banaba — also known as Ocean Island and part of the country of Kiribati — may be about as far away from Edgemont as you can get, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t close to the hearts of some of its residents, Edgemont High School senior Kea Rutherford being one.
With the Edgemont football team leading 14-0 in front of a large homecoming crowd Friday night, Sept. 23, halftime should have been a raucous time. Instead it was a somber time of reflection.
Scarsdale High School alum Max Yang, an EMT with the Ardsley-Secor Volunteer Ambulance Corps (ASVAC), has received a tuition award from the Westchester County Higher Education Recruitment and Retention Opportunity (HERRO) program.
At Edgemont High School, Cornel Fisher’s drive was mostly on the basketball court — he once put up 44 points in an 87-82 overtime win against Clark — but the roots of his current mission in the world of foreign affairs were also planted back then.
There are always students who seek more than sports and sleep-away camp in the summer. Thomas DiLorenzo, a rising senior at Scarsdale High School, is one of them. He has found his niche teaching Latin to children in grades 3 through 8 at the Scarsdale Public Library via Zoom. The class is of…
The scorching heat at the Greenburgh Farmers Market last week didn’t hinder the temptation to try mouth-watering fresh cookies, cupcakes and other baked goods at a booth hosted by Edgemont resident Nandini Singh.
“Liya, do you want to audition for it?”
The League of Women Voters of Scarsdale sponsor Students Inside Albany (SIA), a four-day conference designed to increase students’ awareness of their responsibility in a representative government and provide the tools necessary for meeting that responsibility. Although the conference was can…
One humanitarian crisis is a lot. Two overlapping? No sweat as resettlers in Westchester County are answering the call in increasing numbers beginning with Afghanistan last August to Ukraine starting in March.
Members of the board of Scarsdale Student Transfer Education Plan (STEP) and the extended family of James Kakaire-Poche gathered at a private home June 22 to celebrate his graduation from Scarsdale High School in the Class of 2022.
Zach Hoexter knew exactly how he wanted to spend the three weeks between his last final of his junior year at Columbia University and the first day of his investment banking internship: climbing Denali.
The Scarsdale Public Library (SPL) board of trustees appointed longtime Scarsdale resident Gary Katz to a one-year term as president of the board as of May 1. He takes over the role from Felicia Block.
Scarsdale resident Eli Mattioli passed the Scarsdale Forum president title and gavel to Susan Douglass, a 33-year resident of Fox Meadow, at the Forum’s annual meeting May 19.
Abbott Nutrition has become a household name for being shut down by the Food & Drug Administration earlier this year, interrupting the flow of baby formula and causing a shortage in the United States. Abbott Nutrition, which also makes special formulas for adults with metabolic issues, h…
There was anticipation and enthusiasm in the Scott Room of the Scarsdale Public Library as Jinqiang Tai unveiled a four-book series four years in the making that will serve as an important tool in helping Chinese immigrants and their Chinese American children shape their identity with a love…
Town government. Education. Civic affairs. Community news. Those are just a few organizations where four distinguished ladies made a meaningful and lasting impact over the past 30 years in the village of Scarsdale.
Gini Silberberg of Sprague Road assumed the presidency of the Scarsdale Woman’s Club at the club’s annual meeting April 13, succeeding Joanne Auerbach.
Greenburgh Councilman Francis Sheehan called it “a small token.” But to Ukrainians who live in Greenburgh, it meant the world.
A GoFundMe page has been set up by Friends of the Town of Greenburgh to support the children of Frank Cavaliere, a dedicated and well-liked Greenburgh police dispatcher for almost 29 years who passed away Feb. 5 due to COVID-19.
Tom Kline says he is no superhero, yet he has trekked portions of a 6,500-mile stretch from Point Barrow, Alaska, to Key West, Florida.
A week before the New York State Republican Convention, longtime Scarsdale resident Harry Wilson announced he was running for governor of New York State. He knew the timing of his Tuesday, Feb. 22, announcement meant he’d have a lot of ground to make up within his own Republican Party agains…
Pairs of light blue and yellow balloons matching the colors of the flag of Ukraine adorned downtown Scarsdale this week. They are a reminder of what is happening halfway across the world.
Longtime Scarsdale resident Harry Wilson announced Tuesday, Feb. 22, he was throwing his hat in the ring in the Republican race to unseat Democrat Kathy Hochul from the governor’s office on Election Day in November.
Finding out in college that her mother had been raped prior to having kids led Miriam E. “Mimi” Rocah to become a prosecuting attorney, practicing at the federal level from 2001-17. In 2010, a violent break-in in her childhood home prompted her to run for Westchester County district attorney…
The second annual music festival will be held Saturday, June 4, hosted by the Scarsdale Business Alliance (SBA) and presented by Morgan Stanley. The event will take place rain or shine on Chase Road, Spencer Place, Boniface Circle and Harwood Court in Scarsdale Village from noon to 6 p.m. A …
Like most real estate agents, Andrea West, of Edgemont, runs many open houses. She’s opening doors as well, by mentoring an Hispanic 18-year-old who hopes to follow in her footsteps.
The holiday season is a time for giving and helping others. This past season, a Hartsdale merchant and the town of Greenburgh were able to help one local family get through a difficult time.
The Feb. 12, 2013, concert featuring musicians from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM) and the Scarsdale High School orchestra at Carnegie Hall may have been a one-off show, but its impact continues to be felt almost a decade later.
Joshua Im loves a good party. And he’s found a way to make them and the world better.
Dr. Holly Gilbert followed in her father’s footsteps in becoming a physician, and now she’s finally ready to follow his financial and patient care model, too. Definitely what’s old is new again.
Dreams do come true, even during a global pandemic.
At a time when all visitors were barred from hospitals, communication was a hardship for loved ones, COVID-19 patients and the hospitals themselves as they did not have the resources to deal with much of what was happening inside or outside of their walls.
Dr. Dara Kass is no stranger to making bold moves. Whether she’s advocating for equality, using her own experiences to help people navigate the COVID-19 pandemic or making the switch from frontline emergency medicine to a government appointed position, Kass is up for the challenge.
As the president and CEO of RiverSpring Living, Daniel Reingold directly impacts the lives of 18,000 older New Yorkers, in addition to their families and their communities. Through his 32-year career working in long-term care and aging, which includes the well-known Hebrew Home at Riverdale,…
About 20 years ago, Lisa Goldberg, Carol Wolfe and Joan Hendell of Scarsdale and Andrea Weiss of Edgemont embarked on a journey that has taken them on a global and cultural tour of fact and fiction throughout time. Their love of the written word has been their guide.
Purvesh Patel learned about kindness from his family, his faith and the Edgemont school community. Now a pharmacist, the 2009 Edgemont High School graduate has been giving back by hosting COVID-19 vaccine clinics at his alma mater.
If you’re not sure if an automated calling system can save a life, then just ask 92-year-old Scarsdale resident Ruth Kaiden.
The Leitner family of Scarsdale has launched a digital communications campaign, Donor4Sue, to spread the word about Susan Leitner’s need for a living kidney donor for transplant.
