Scarsdale 10583

The Wellness Center: A Student's Point of View

This letter was submitted by President of the Scarsdale High School student body, Solange Azor . Dear Scarsdale10583: The school budget has recently become an issue of considerable ...

Free Native Trees to be Distributed by Friends of the Scarsdale Parks on Sunday

The Friends of the Scarsdale Parks will host its Annual Meeting on Sunday, May 19 from 2-5 pm at the Scarsdale Woman's Club located at 37 Drake Road. The event will mark th...

Residents Voice Support for Proposed Scarsdale School Budget

We are residents of Scarsdale and the Mamaroneck Strip -- young and old, community volunteers and leaders, families and empty-nesters, and all points in between -- who wil...

And Now For Something Completely Different -- Vote NO

This letter was submitted by Robert J. Berg of Tisdale Road in Scarsdale:
An Open Letter to Scarsdale Taxpayers – Just Vote "No" on May 21 and Defeat the Bloated Proposed ...

Southeast Asian Cuisine Comes to South Central Avenue

Armed with a gift certificate purchased at the Gourmet Galaxy we made our way over to Central Avenue to try Saigonese Restaurant which bills itself as "The Very First Authe...

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Today's News

Fight in the Kitchen at Seasons and more from the Scarsdale Police

Kain Abrego, age 31 of New Rochelle was arrested on the evening of May 8 after he assaulted a co-worker in the kitchen of Seasons on Wilmot Road in Scarsdale. When police arrived they found Claudy Bretous lying on the kitchen floor. Bretous claimed t...

Real Estate

Poised for Demolition

Whi le residents continue to express concerns about over-development and flooding the Scarsdale Committee for Historic Preservation is receiving a steady flow of applications to tear down existing homes. In most cases these modest homes are replaced wi...

Shout it Out

Seniors Explore the Work World During Senior Options

For the past two weeks, seniors at Scarsdale High School (including myself) have gotten a taste of what many of our parents do every day. In the Senior Options Program, students get real-world work experience during the final weeks of senior year. Fo...

Good Work

Walk or Bike to Help a Wounded Resident

On Sunday May 19, 2013, the H.E.L.P. Animals Club will sponsor a walk/bike-a-thon from 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM to support The Tower of Hope. The goal of the Club is to raise $22,000 to train a service dog for a severely wounded veteran.

The Tower of Hop...

Local Finds

Grad Bag Collecting Items to Distribute to College Freshmen

Out with the old, in with the old is the message Grad Bag advocates as it begins its second year. Grad Bag is a green initiative to collect, recycle and redistribute dorm room items that are often thrown away. Grad Bag is poised to gather, clean and p...

Good to Eat

Southeast Asian Cuisine Comes to South Central Avenue

Armed with a gift certificate purchased at the Gourmet Galaxy we made our way over to Central Avenue to try Saigonese Restaurant which bills itself as "The Very First Authentic Vietnamese Cuisine in Westchester." What exactly is Vietnamese food? And is...

Around Town

Edgewood Students Experience Colonial Times

On May 3rd, Edgewood's fourth graders had a taste of life in Colonial times. Dressed in period costumes they learned to write with a quill feather and ink, stencilled, tried tin smithing, cooked, danced and played with toys from the era. Colonial far...

Parenting

10 Summer Ideas for College-Bound Students

Do high school students need to spend their summers building their college resumes? That's a question only you and your child can answer. But perhaps the answer is not black and white ... there are ways to have fun and enrich your life as well. Here ...

Schools

The Wellness Center: A Student's Point of View

This letter was submitted by President of the Scarsdale High School student body, Solange Azor . Dear Scarsdale10583: The school budget has recently become an issue of considerable dissent in the community. Some feel the 2.47% budget increase is unrea...

The Goods

Trendy or Timeless? Clean Design Sets the Record Straight on Trends in Interior Design

This article was contributed by Claire Paquin of Clean Design in Scarsdale: Some styles in home design have staying power while others come on strong only to fade into obscurity. How do you know if a trend is here to stay or a flash in the pan? Claire...

People

Helene Gray to Serve as WRT's New President

Westchester Reform Temple has a new president. On May 7th 2013, congregants elected Helene Gray, the current Vice-President of WRT's Board of Trustees to serve as the synagogue's next President.

Helene and her family have been Scarsdale residents and ...

Village Voices

Vote YES for the Scarsdale Schools Budget

This letter was submitted by Scarsdale resident David Brodsky: Dear Scarsdale 10583.com: After months of study and open hearings, the Board of Education is proposing a capital and expense budget that is made up of many many individual items designed t...

Neighborhood News

Free Native Trees to be Distributed by Friends of the Scarsdale Parks on Sunday

The Friends of the Scarsdale Parks will host its Annual Meeting on Sunday, May 19 from 2-5 pm at the Scarsdale Woman's Club located at 37 Drake Road. The event will mark the inauguration of the Friends of the Scarsdale Park's Heritage Tree Project feat...

Sports

American Cancer Society Annual Westchester Invitational Golf Tournament

The American Cancer Society will host their Annual Westchester Invitational Golf Tournament at Sleepy Hollow Country Club on Monday, May 20, 2013. The day includes brunch, a round of golf, a live and silent auction, and an evening dinner reception.

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Arts and Entertainment

Carnival Time

Despite changeable skies on Saturday May 12, all five elementary schools held their carnivals with a combination of indoor and outdoor activities. Each school had individually themed events with stuffed foxes in evidence at Fox Meadow, a train ride a...