To take over the duties of Cantor Jonathan Ben Gordon, an institution at Woodlands Community Temple, the congregation went a bit outside the box.
To celebrate the diversity of their community, the Ardsley Multicultural, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (AMDIC) recently unveiled a lawn sign commissioned for that purpose. The sign has one large circle that contains many smaller circles of different colors and the words “We are a commun…
Kelly Tierney, a rising junior at Ardsley High School, and her sister, Claire, a rising ninth-grader, spent the past three and a half months helping nurses in area hospitals help themselves.
A month from now, the Greenburgh Police Department’s former chief, Chris McNerney, will be back in charge of the ranks.
Sophie Barnett, a rising junior at Ardsley High School, is spending her summer working on a research study that aims to help early diagnosis of cognitive decline.
Black@Ardsley is a new Instagram account where community members can reveal their encounters with racism. As of July 8, the account had received almost 100 posts since its start on June 28.
An upcoming episode of “Undercover Chef” on the Food Network zeroes in on the Saw Mill Tavern and its struggle to keep personnel issues from boiling over.
The Westchester Medical Center Health Network has awarded Family Services of Westchester (FSW) a grant of $133,000 for a collaboration with the Ardsley-based nonprofit The Harris Project. The funds will be used to expand the regional system for addressing the needs of teens and young adults …
Public interest in the Village of Ardsley’s progress on updating its 1964 Comprehensive Plan is high. More than 60 people joined a June 24 Zoom session to view slide presentations by Tiffany Zezula, deputy director of the Land Use Law Center at Pace University, and Dan Stevens, senior projec…
As Juneteenth was celebrated nationwide on June 19, two Ardsley High School juniors, Fiker Zewdie and Maya Levine, and 2016 graduate and University of Michigan student Juliet Wishner, helped their hometown participate.
Ardsley Schools Superintendent Ryan Schoenfeld and Ardsley High School Principal Danielle Trippodo made a special delivery on Tuesday, June 16.
The Ardsley School District has formed a Re-Entry Task Force to review the school community’s pandemic shutdown experience and prepare for the buildings’ reopening at an unknown date.
When ballerina Chiara Valle was diagnosed in 2018 with Ewing sarcoma, a malignant bone tumor in her leg, she refused to hear the words, “You’ll never dance again.”
There can only be one first and Joan Podolski is it — the first woman to serve as a fire department chief or assistant chief in Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings, and Irvington
Though she won’t be applying for a job with the state Health Department, Ardsley Mayor Nancy Kaboolian, an attorney, decided to educate herself about the New York State Contact Tracing Program.
Ardsley’s six AP Art students are seeing their year-long “Art Sustained Investigation” of their own choice of subject on virtual display. The school district has posted their collective 90 works on its Facebook page.
Though the Ardsley Board of Trustees passed bond resolutions for planned infrastructure projects, progress at various stages has been delayed by the coronavirus shutdown.
The Village of Ardsley has moved forward with its plan to construct a new Department of Public Works facility at 220 Heatherdell Road.
This is a story about letters — handwritten on paper, sent with a stamp, and treasured for decades. It’s also about the power of those letters to ignite memories and build lasting relationships.
Four candidates are running for two open seats on the five-member Ardsley School Board on June 9. Voting is by mail ballot only, and closes at 5 p.m. on that Tuesday.
Ardsley students Isha Brahmbhatt and Anisha Kumar placed first in the New York State finals of the annual HOSA-Future Health Professionals high school/college competition, held online at the end of April. The duo will compete next month in the virtual International Leadership Conference fina…
Ardsley Middle School eighth-grader Jackson Kaye has made his directorial debut, of sorts.
Ardsley High School sophomore Saakshi Philip has launched a local chapter of Teens Helping Seniors (THS), a Maryland-based national organization — and wants the program to continue after the coronavirus pandemic has subsided.
The members of Ardsley High School’s Class of 2020 found surprises on their front lawns on the evening of Monday, May 4.
On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard killed four unarmed Kent State University students, one of whom is interred at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, within the Ardsley School District. Five decades later, the truth as to why the Guardsmen discharged their weapons remains like a fugitive f…
Ardsley High School’s 45-member student council has been doing double duty, helping to stem the spread of the coronavirus while also raising funds for Feeding America.
The Golden Snitches, a team of LEGO robotics competitors, is raising money to purchase PPE (personal protection equipment) for first responders and to support the homeless and those in need.
Four Ardsley High School students calling themselves “Ardsley Masks” are drawing on their bygone sewing lessons to help combat the coronavirus.
Assistant Principals Jennifer Goldenberg of Ardsley Middle School and Frank Carlson of Ardsley High School announced a joint venture last week called the Panther Pals Peer Program (PPPP).
With a pair of 3D printers at Scarsdale Oral Surgery sitting idle due to the lack of patients, Dr. Evan Chafitz set up a personal protective equipment (PPE) assembly line at his home in Ardsley.
Former Democratic State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, 73, died at his home on Wednesday, April 8. He represented the 86th and 92d Assembly Districts in Greenburgh from 1983 to 2010.
Avdyl “Emilio” Delija had a big family — counting every diner who ever crossed the threshold of La Catena, his Italian restaurant on Saw Mill River Road.
The Ardsley High School Music Outreach Club, also known as More Than Mozart (MTM), has launched a GoFundMe campaign for Greenburgh residents facing financial difficulties: Covid-19 Relief for Greenburgh, NY Workers in Need.
The Ardsley Chinese Association, founded last year by five women whose children attend Ardsley schools, is conducting a campaign to equip local police, the Ardsley-Secor Volunteer Ambulance Corps, and the ICU staff at St. John’s Riverside Hospital in Yonkers with protection against the coron…
Jaime Paucar was arraigned last week for causing a crash that killed 57-year-old Jordan Wachtell and 17-year-old Eric Goldberg of Ardsley on I-287 in January.
Earlier this week, Covid-19 claimed the life of Dave Behrbom, a New York City schoolteacher, Ardsley Little League coach, and the father of Alex and Eliana, both Ardsley Middle School students.
Ardsley High School students Gillian Gold, Saakshi Philip, Megha Ravi, and Michael Zhong have won awards in the 2020 Scholastic Art and Writing competition for teens in grades 7-12.
Ardsley resident Heeral Mehta and Greenburgh resident Janey Lee have launched the Ardsley Covid-19 Help Group, announced on March 14 through the Ardsley Moms and Dads Facebook page.
The Ardsley High School’s performances of the musical farce “Xanadu” that were scheduled for this weekend have been postponed indefinitely due to the struggle to contain the spread of Covid-19.
The Ardsley School District has updated its protocols for students with allergies, or, as they are referred to in the guidelines, “Students with Life-Threatening Health Conditions.”
Ardsley parents now have a way to keep tabs on their child’s school bus as it travels its route.
Nick and Beth (Eileen) Morano of Ardsley Tire & Auto Repair closed up shop last Saturday, Feb. 29, after 27 years at 700 Saw Mill River Road.