Sarah Wolpoff
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Port Chester board challenges Rye Town budget, tax spikes
Last month, the Port Chester Board of Trustees got the cold shoulder. Mayor Luis Marino, on behalf of the board, formally invited Rye Town Supervisor Gary Zuckerman as well as his administration’s comptroller to attend the Village trustees’ Aug. 5 meeting to “participate in a discussion” regarding the Town’s budget and initiatives. Though the Board of Trustees had scheduled Zuckerman’s appearance on their agenda that night, it was a symbolic effort as no one from the Town showed up. In writing, Zuckerman’s response to the board “respectfully declined” their invitation.
Photographer captures monk parakeets in P.C.
Embellished with vivid shades of lime green, monk parakeets, in flourishing summer months, can easily go unseen. But when spotted, it’s hard not to appreciate their presence.
B.B. school board proposes $18.3 million bond project
For the Blind Brook School District administration and Board of Education, the summer months have been all about tinkering and crafting—putting together a bond proposal to address overdue needs facing the facilities. The bond proposal’s adoption on Wednesday, Aug. 28, came as no surprise.
‘The Kid’ becomes the leader: Greenwald looks to bring stability to high school
There were no walls in Blind Brook High School when Mark Greenwald first stepped foot inside 30 years ago. Greenwald, now 61, has gone from newbie on the block to an actor of institutional knowledge—from teaching in the classroom to leader of the flagship.
Flowers flourish to honor legacy
The sense of “passing the torch” is, in best practice, a two-way street—where figures of legacy let a new generation take the reins while future leaders respect the history that paved the way to their new path. Blue skies and mild weather prevailed as around two dozen people gathered to dedicate a new garden to James Dreves, a Board of Education member who served the district for 27 years.
New PCHS band director brings his forte to the Pride
Isaac Schneider often thinks about balance, how to walk the line between tradition and modernization. And as the new leader guiding the Port Chester High School marching band, an organization deeply rooted in history, it’s an important consideration to have.
Bacteria-related beach closures on the rise at Rye Town Park
During the height of August, there may be nothing better than basking in the sun and wading in the water for a classic summertime beach day. But for a few days earlier this month, that was not an option at Rye Town Park. Oakland Beach was forced to close by the Westchester Department of Health on Friday, Aug. 9, after tests revealed unfavorably elevated levels of enterococci, a bacteria associated with fecal matter contamination.
Blind Brook bond: Three options, three price tags
Before anyone could speak, Jeffrey Mensch took a moment to squash “misconceptions” that he said are circulating around the Blind Brook School District community—fallacies, he said, that people believe about the Board of Education attempting to needlessly raise taxes as they prepare to present a bond proposal to the community this fall. Mensch was speaking at a town hall on Aug. 7, the first public feedback session the school district hosted during their regular Board of Education meeting to garner input about its anticipated bond this fall—a proposal they aim to finalize at the end of the month to put before voters in October.
Homegrown principal: Craig Dreves returns to P.C. to lead Park Avenue owls
Craig Dreves, 50, relishes the full circle moment coming together as he heads into the 2024-25 school year as the new principal of Park Avenue Elementary School—his rival turned home.
