The Village of Ardsley has earned its first certification as a Climate Smart Community, a state initiative supporting local leadership in addressing climate change.

The Ardsley Garden Club is offering a new, free service to homeowners seeking landscape advice. Those in need can visit the club’s Facebook page and send a direct message, or call president Linda Keil at 914-661-0334, to make an appointment for an hour-long house call. 

On Sept. 1, as Tropical Storm Ida flooded buildings and roads, the Village of Ardsley’s first responders rushed from one emergency call to another in the middle of the night. 

The call is out for helping hands — green thumbs not required — to plant 500 native perennials in the circle at the entrance to Pascone Park.

Ardsley is celebrating its 125th anniversary, and for those curious about the village’s back story, the Ardsley Historical Society will host walking tours highlighting those years on Sept. 25-26. The first tours were held last weekend.

Tom’s Trains and L’inizio restaurant were among the business along Saw Mill River Road (Route 9A) that were flooded as a result of Tropical Storm Ida between Sept. 1-2. 

The Ardsley Village Board will hold public hearings on Monday, Sept. 20, on site plan approvals for two proposed projects that would alter the sites at 701 and 891 Saw Mill River Road (9A).

Linda Pohlmann, a faithful participant in the Ardsley Fire Department’s annual tribute to her husband, William, a victim of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, will “absolutely” be there for the village’s 20th remembrance day.

In the wake of Tropical Storm Ida, which resulted in Westchester County being declared a federal disaster area, the River’s Edge Theatre Company wants to raise awareness about climate change.

Walking tours and a community celebration will mark the Village of Ardsley’s 125th anniversary this fall.

When classes resume on Sept. 9, the most significant change at Concord Road Elementary and Ardsley Middle School may not be apparent.

Judy Spiegel, a former resident of Ardsley, was among the 98 people who died when the 12-story Champlain Towers South, an oceanside condominium in Surfside, Fla., collapsed on June 24.

“We are like a fine cocktail of different ingredients: pantomime, clowning, and object puppetry,” said Natasha Mirny, who along with Tia Shearer Bassett concocted the interactive virtual play “Five Spoons.”

In the run-up to updating its Comprehensive Plan, the Village of Ardsley conducted surveys and community workshops to identify issues residents wanted addressed. Lack of parking in the Central Business District (CBD) was a major bugaboo.

The coronavirus pandemic is a universal story, uniting all in fear, confusion, and, much too often, grief. “Every Minute Is a Day: A Doctor, an Emergency Room, and a City Under Siege” is a real-time recounting of that story as it played out at a major New York hospital last year. Co-authored…

Junior members of the Ardsley-Secor Volunteer Ambulance Corps (ASVAC), with help from a few adults, raised $895 by washing cars behind ASVAC headquarters on Saturday, Aug. 7. The cost was $10 per car, though larger donations were made. The proceeds will be used for equipment and uniforms for…

After nearly seven years as Ardsley village manager, Meredith Robson left to become Mamaroneck’s town administrator. Charlene Indelicato, who retired a year ago after four years as Dobbs Ferry’s village manager, will serve as Ardsley’s interim. 

Woodlands Community Temple has appointed Rabbi Mara Young to succeed Rabbi Billy Dreskin, who leaves the reform synagogue after 26 years. Her installation ceremony will take place Oct. 8-9, after the Jewish High Holy Days.

Ardsley High School rising junior Tanya Shukla has set up a second “Caring Cupboard,” this one in the lobby of the Greenburgh Health Center on Knollwood Road in White Plains.

Sameer Fazil and his twin cousins, Amber and Adeel Arif, have all tutored and been tutored in academic subjects. The three pooled their experience to launch a virtual tutoring service called TaughtByStudents, an enterprise geared to younger students.

Earlier this month, the Village of Ardsley announced the winners of its contest to design a flag to mark the village’s 125th anniversary. Students at Ardsley’s three schools were challenged to create a motif incorporating the village’s signature blue and gold colors and its symbol: a capital “A.”

Ardsley High School rising senior Saakshi Philip is leading a local “Her Drive,” collecting feminine hygiene products and other necessities to donate to two facilities supporting women in need.

Ardsley High School rising senior Alexandra Cuttler, a Tourette Youth Ambassador, gave a presentation about the much-misunderstood neurodevelopmental disorder to the Greenburgh Town Board on June 23. 

The state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is inviting public comment on a proposal to remediate contamination on the 6.25-acre former Akzo Nobel site at 1 Lawrence Street, in the Ardsley School District area of the Town of Greenburgh. Comments are being accepted through Aug. 6. 

Ardsley Boy Scout Troop 3 held an Eagle Scout Court of Honor for William Andrade, Shadman Rahman, Errol Jose Roberts, and Ryan Vella at Westchester Manor in Hastings on Sunday, June 27.

The rainbow banner at the intersection of Ashford Avenue and Saw Mill River Road (Route 9A), and rainbow flags on utility poles along Ashford, reflect the Village of Ardsley’s celebration of LGBTQ Pride Month — in particular, its own Pride Day on Saturday, June 26.

Though the coronavirus pandemic forced much of its outdoor activity indoors last year, Ardsley’s Conservation and Environmental Advisory Committee (CEAC) was able to provide a solid account of its accomplishments and future plans at the Ardsley Board of Trustees meeting on June 21.

John “Big J” Smith of the Harlem Wizards leads fourth graders Santo Fiordimalva, Asher Williams, and Sasha Kotti in an activity after the ribbon-cutting for a new basketball hoop at Concord Road Elementary School on June 10. Two years ago, Kotti wrote a letter requesting the hoop, and had cl…

In April, Ardsley High School junior Lucas Vaidean, who’s been hard of hearing since age 7, placed second in “The Next Big Idea: High School,” a national competition for deaf or hard-of-hearing students in grades 9-12. 

Ardsley High School’s Drama Club rose to the challenge of staging its spring musical, “The Wedding Singer,” despite limitations caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. 

“Serene Spring – An Evening of Chamber Music” is the name of the Solace Trio’s program of works chosen to acknowledge the lows of the past year and to celebrate where we are now. The concert will take place on Friday, June 11, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Ardsley and is c…

The United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) has recognized Ardsley High School junior Alex Wang with a 2020-2021 Ambassador Award, which honorsyoung people who perform 100 or more hours of community service.

Ryan Schoenfeld has been reappointed as superintendent of the Ardsley School District. His second three-year term starts July 1.

In celebration of Earth Month, the Ardsley Conservation and Environment Advisory Committee (CEAC) and the Village of Ardsley held a series of events in April that will culminate with the Ardsley Pollinator Pathway Garden Tour this Saturday, May 15.

Girl Scout Troop #2579 in Ardsley is doing its part to save bees, butterflies, and other pollinators vital to human and animal life by planting a pollinator garden outside the Ardsley Public Library.

Ardsley High School has announced its Class of 2021 valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively Miles Cooperman and Joshua Wise. 

The Ardsley High School branch of the National Art Honors Society (NAHS) has embarked on a much broader mission than “art for art’s sake.” Led by sophomore Tess Korten, “Awaken Ardsley” is providing an antidote to the Covid-19 blues by brightening up the windows of local businesses.