The village of Scarsdale will hold a public briefing session on the 2010-2011 operating budget on Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. Village Hall is located at 1001 Post Road.

Tuckahoe schools is apparently being targeted by a company soliciting funds in the district’s good name.

Here’s the e-mail blast sent out last night:

“Attention Eastchester Residents & Merchants:

We have recently been informed that a company located in
Las Vegas has started canvassing business in the Tuckahoe/Bronxville/Eastchester area for donations supporting a “Spring Sports Poster” fundraiser for the Tuckahoe Schools.
They are operating under two different company names:

Sports Media
167 Cherry St. #411
Milford, CT

School Booster Co.
198 Tremont St. #400
Boston, MA

Please be advised that there is no such fundraising activity for the Tuckahoe Schools at this time.

Should they contact you for a donation, please DO NOT respond.

As always, we thank you for your ongoing support of the Tuckahoe Schools.”

The Parish choir of The Church of St. Joseph is holding a choral concert at 8 p.m. Feb. 26 at the church, 15 Cedar St., Bronxville.

Soloists include Annette Etheridge, Katie Leukens, Chan Chee, Steve Podoll and Brent Wilborn singing Theodore Dubois’ “The Seven Last Words of Christ.” Organist is John Buckel. The concert is under the direction of John P. Strybos.

The concert is free and open to the public. For information, call 914-337-9205.

Just received this e-mail from Concordia College:

“Share the Love: Haiti Benefit for Save the Children will present renowned hypnotist Ronny Romm in the College’s Sommer Center for Worship and the Performing Arts, 171 White Plains Road, beginning at 9:00 p.m.  Feb. 18. Student tickets are $5, all others $10, available at the door.  Organized by the Concordia College Community Service Team.”

Just got an e-mail blast from Eastchester schools.

“Due to the possibility of snow on Wednesday, the annual Valentine Concert at the Lake Isle Senior Center, featuring talented student musicians from Greenvale and Anne Hutchinson, will be held on the snow date, Thursday, February 11 at 12:15.”

Meg King at Oh Sweet Day Marketplace in Tuckahoe generally supports a community fund-raiser once a month. This week, she’s supporting an area resident taking part in an Olympic triathalon to help raise money for leukemia and lymphoma research.

On Saturday (tomorrow), 20 percent of all sales will go to help raise money toward Izoura’s $4,100 goal by participating in a triathlon on April 25 as a member of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team-In-Training.  Oh Sweet Day Marketplace is at  72 Main St., right across the street from Village Hall.

For more information on the triathlon, visit Izoura’s Web site at http://pages.teamintraining.org/wch/anttry10/imaria

For more information on King, the Marketplace and the monthly charity, visit www.ohsweetday.com

Chabad Lubavitch of Westchester in Scarsdale, a local chapter of the international Jewish humanitarian organization, chartered a plane to send doctors and medical supplies to Haiti.

The group is seeking donations to help keep the plane running medical missions in the earthquake-ravaged country for a week.

Read more about the group’s efforts and how to donate here.

This just came in from state Sen. Jeff Klein’s offic:

“Senator Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester) will present $100,000 to the Tuckahoe School District during the Tuckahoe School Foundation’s 7th Annual Dinner and Casino Night. The money will be used for repairing the air conditioner and repainting the school.”

The check passing is slated for 7:30 p.m. tonight at Lake Isle County Club in Eastchester.

Bronxville historian Eloise Morgan recently published a book called Bronxville Views, a book detailing the village’s history from the early 1900s to the 1980s. The book tells the history though a collection of Bronxville postcards that she gathered from collectors and shops in the area.

Students from science class watched via video conference an autopsy at Eastchester High School. To find out more about this keep an eye out for the upcoming Review Press Express.