Dobbs Ferry News

Information Courtesy of Maureen Carson : A BrendanA WortnerA is finishing off his senior track season as both a county and sectional champion.

There will be several events in the villages this weekend, including local Memorial Day parades and pool openings.

On May 9, a 13-year-old Irvington Middle School student was arrested and charged with burglary for allegedly entering a classroom through a window and stealing a laptop computer.

Advice and optimism flowed throughout the Mercy College graduation ceremony Wednesday, including from commencement speaker Caryl Stern "You must listen to all that you hear, not hear only what you listen to," said Stern, who is the president and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.

Dobbs Ferry's village board will thoroughly dissect-in public workshops-any final conclusions about the potential environmental impact of Rivertowns Square, Mayor Hartley Connett told a packed village hall Tuesday.

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Monday, May 28 is Memorial Day, and each of the Rivertowns will celebrate its own residents who gave their lives fighting for the country.

Mercy College will hold its Commencement Ceremonies for graduate and undergraduate ceremonies Wednesday in White Plains.

High school juniors and seniors can all breathe sighs of relief that their AP exams have just finished and the rest of the school year should be a comparative breeze.A But was the anxiety leading up to them worth the sense of accomplishment they feel once they were done? While most teachers concur that their students handle the stress well and ... (more)

Coyotes can often be seen in Westchester, but coyote expert Frank Vincenti said there's no reason be scared of the animals and that people can easily coexist with the canines.

The Riverkeeper Sweep will be June 2 and aims to clean up the various types of debris that wash on shore from the Hudson River.

The Hendrick Hudson School District announced Friday the appointment of Pace University education professor Brian Monahan as interim superintendent.

Each week, we're going to share with you a local mom who we think is awesome. We'll ask her some questions and hear about how she manages life with kids in our area.

With gas prices still north of $4 per gallon and the warm weather officially here, many local residents are looking to take advantage of the high walkability scores in Dobbs Ferry and Hastings.

Jamnesty and several other live musical performances, plus lectures on parenting and climate change, are among events happening this weekend in Dobbs Ferry and Hastings-on-Hudson. Pediatrics on Hudson: 9:30 a.m. Pediatrics on Hudson will host the second session of its two-part seminar "The Challenging Child" as part of its parenting series .

A Three lively renditions by the fourth-grade orchestra opened the 2012 spring concert at the Springhurst Elementary School in Dobbs Ferry on May 16.

Westchester County officials said construction on the Ashford Avenue bridge between Dobbs Ferry and Ardsley could begin by March 2015.

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Dobbs Ferry school board workers Noreen Leggiero, Jean Howell and Matilda Hajjas, seated at the table, sign in voters at Tuesday's school budget and school board election.

There are sometimes more differences than similarities between Rabbi Barry Kenter, Dr.