Bronxville, Scarsdale and surroundings

Sherry Saturno is photographed March 11, 2010 in Edgemont. Saturno is a social worker at the Sprain Brook Manor nursing home and rehabilitation center and has been named Social Worker of the Year by the National Association of Social Workers, Westchester Division.

Read more about Saturno in an upcoming Express section later this month.

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At right, Perri Ross, a second grade teacher at the Anne Hutchinson Elementary School in Eastchester, leads a group of students in a book discussion during a new reading program March 9, 2010. The school is pairing fifth graders with second-graders, in hopes that the new program will instill good reading habits in both groups. Read more about this program in an upcoming edition of the Review Press and Click Here to see a gallery of photos posted on Lohud.com.

Despite the cold weather outside, things heated up on the mat in Section One high school wrestling

Mount Vernon’s Delano Kirton battles Eastchester’s Joe Negro during the 152 pound final of the Super 16 tournament in Yonkers Jan 30, 2010. Kirton won the match. Click here for  a gallery of photos and check out Jake Thomases story in the Journal News or here on LoHud.com for all the final results.

On a cold, wet and windy day, Eastchester lost their battle against Southside, 1-0 during the Class A girls state semi-final game at SUNY Cortland.

Eastchester’s Casey McMahon battles against Southside’s Crystal Dunn for possession of the ball. You can read all about this story and other lower Hudson Valley high school teams, here on Lohud.com or in the Journal News. To see a gallery of photos from this game, click here.

Tuckahoe Kevin Garabitos watches the final seconds of play during the Tigers 21-14 loss to Eldred in the Class D state quarterfinal game in White Plains Nov. 13, 2009.

To see more photos from this game, click here.

Going in for that job interview, is nerve wrecking. Having an edge…Well two job seekers felt with a new style, that would give them the edge they needed.

Brothers Piero and Luigi Pirri, who own an exclusive salon in Eastchester, gave two women their wish. At right, (Photo courtesy of Pirri Hair Group) Pricilla Santiago of Ossining and Susan Schroer of Greenburgh were the lucky women chosen for the makeover.

Piero and Luigi Pirro, owners of Pirri Hair Group of Eastchester, worked with Santiago as they add highlights, prior to a final cut. The salon volunteered its services for free to the women, who are both unemployed and feel they can get a better chance at employment if they look better. You can read more about this story written by Randi Weiner by clicking here.

Children pack decorated bags with Thanksgiving meals during the Families Feeding Families-Thanksgiving Food Sorting, a holiday food drive organized by Scarsdale Women’s Philanthropy group of the UJA Federation of New York/Westchester.

The group of volunteers packed up several hundred bags of holiday meals in White Plains, that would be distributed to the needy.

It all comes down to championship weekend.

Tuckahoe’s Jarett Sommer carries the ball during the Tigers 21-12 win over Haldane in the Section 1 Class D championship at Mahopac High School.

You can see more photos from this game and follow your favorite high school sports teams on Varsity Central as they play their way through regional and state playoffs.

I had the pleasure today of meeting Agnes Aliberto, 80, of Tuckahoe and photographing her with her home care nurse Mary Anne Rittenhouse. Aliberto has nominated Rittenhouse as a local hero, for her sympathy and help when she was recovering from colon cancer. Rittenhouse provided nursing care, as part of the Lawrence Home Care of Westchester visiting nurse service, for over seven months. Aliberto, a survivor, has been in remission for almost one year.

You can read all about this story and many others, in upcoming editions of the Review Press or online at www.lohud.com/reviewpress.