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Pine Plains Schools Chief, District Continue 'Forward Momentum"
PINE PLAINS, N.Y. – If superintendents could get report cards, Dr. Martin Handler, head of the Pine Plains school district, would get an “A+” in all his subjects.
In fact, the Board of Education is so pleased with the academic strides the district has made under Handler’s leadership, that it recently extended his contract by a year and gave him a salary and benefits bump.
Together they have, board president Fred “Chip” Couse said, "created a positive forward momentum for the district."
Couse said Handler, whose contract was set to expire on June 30, 2018, has agreed to defer his…
Horticultural 'Crown Jewel' Set To Bloom In Somers' Lasdon Park
SOMERS, N.Y. – In just a few months, nature lovers will be able to visit a tropical rainforest, without having to travel to South America, Africa or Asia, said Ted Kozlowski, manager of the Lasdon Park and Arboretum in Somers.
Ten years – and a lot of blood, sweat, and tears – in the making, the park’s new Glass House Conservatory is set to open on Saturday, June 17.
Its first exhibit, titled “The Rainforest: Tropical Treasures,” will feature, not only exotic plants and flowers, but water features and the sounds of such jungle denizens as macaws, jaguars, and poison dart frogs.
“It’s our v…
Former Irvington Resident David Cassidy Reveals He's Battling Dementia
Former Westchester resident, 1970s teenage heartthrob and Emmy Award-nominated actor David Cassidy is struggling with a devastating diagnosis of dementia, something that had afflicted both his grandfather and mother, Cassidy told People magazine.
Cassidy, 66, best known for his role as Keith Partridge on the TV series, “The Partridge Family,” told People that he had always feared he would get the memory-loss disease.
Cassidy, whose personal struggles in the last few years have included divorce, bankruptcy, DUI arrests and drug rehab, told People that he planned to stop touring after 2017 as…
Police Save Port Chester Woman's Life, Charge Husband In Stabbing
PORT CHESTER, N.Y. – Police were able to save the life of a Port Chester woman who, they said, had been stabbed in the neck by her husband.
Officers were called to a home on Fox Island Road around 11:40 p.m. Friday to investigate a report of a domestic altercation.
They found the 46-year-old victim, who was bleeding profusely, standing in a hall outside her apartment.
Police said she told them she had been stabbed by her husband, 51-year-old Humberto Chavez, who was still inside the couple's home.
Police arrested Chavez, who was bleeding from several “self-inflicted wounds,” without furt…
