The Junior League of Bronxville is holding two new member informational social and open houses for people interested in finding out about the group and its mission. The first is set for 7 p.m. Sept. 29, the other at 9 a.m. Oct. 4, both at the League’s Bronxville headquarters. Interested… Read More →
Good afternoon. We’ve had a busy four days participating in the coverage of Irene. That said, we have been commenting on the storm and its impact. Here’s a digest of opinion content published since Sunday: Editorials Get used to warnings, New York, Sunday, Aug. 28 Climate change may continue to… Read More →
This just came through the Bronxville e-alert system: THE STORM HAS PASSED AND THE VILLAGE IS RETURNING TO REGULAR OPERATION. THOSE OF YOU WHO NEED TO DISPOSE OF FLOODING DEBRIS CAN PLACE IT CURBSIDE FOR FREE PICKUP BEGINNING TODAY. FOR FASTER PICKUP, PLEASE CALL (914) 337-7338 TO INFORM THE DPW… Read More →
This came in overnight from the Columbus Day committee: Lauren Piacquadio has been named Miss Columbus 2011 by the Columbus Day Committee of Eastchester-Tuckahoe. A senior at Tuckahoe High School, Piacquadio will receive a $10,000 scholarship from the Generoso Pope Foundation, a sponsor of the committee. In addition, she will… Read More →
Got this in from the Bronxville e-alert system: HURRICANE IRENE ALERT #7 CON EDISON COMPLETED WORK OVERNIGHT TO RESTORE POWER TO THE HOMES AND BUSINESSES THAT REMAINED WITHOUT POWER. IF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS STILL DOES NOT HAVE POWER YOU MUST REPORT THE OUTAGE TO 1-800-75-CONED. REPAIRS HAVE ALL BEEN… Read More →
Jane Gaffney, center, talks with neighbors outside Ellen McMahon’s garden co-op damaged by Tropical Storm Irene at Brooklands at 1000 Palmer Rd. in Yonkers on Aug. 30, 2011. Resident Dorothy Flynn, left, was being assisted by her friend Joe Farleigh of Roxbury. Gaffney and other neighbors say the damage to… Read More →
This came in from the Eastchester Library: The library will be closed on Sept. 8 and 9 for the new electrical power switchover . The library will re-open Sept. 10 at 9 a.m. and close at 5 p.m.
Concordia College has hired longtime Bronxville resident Ellen Clarke de Saint Phalle as its new director of community relations. (Ellen Clark de Saint Phalle. Photo courtesy of Concordia College) de Saint Phalle has been director of the Friends of the Bronxville Public Library, a trustee of the Bronxville schools, co-chairwoman… Read More →
Concordia College’s OSilas Gallery will be back into its fall swing beginning Sept. 8 with the opening of Lou Hicks: Contemporary Landscapes, an exhibit expected to run through Dec. 3. (All to Red. Photo courtesy of OSilas Gallery) A reception and gallery talk with the artist is set for 7… Read More →
The Bronxville School Board of Education meeting initially scheduled for Aug. 29 will be held at 6 p.m. Sept. 1 at Bronxville Village Hall on Pondfield Road. On the agenda: district goals/annual professional performance review updage; end-of-year financial report for the 2010-11 school year; facilities update. The meeting is open… Read More →