Quincy Phillips, a freshman at SUNY Purchase College, is pursuing his bachelor’s degree debt-free thanks to a full-tuition four-year scholarship he received from “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and Walmart. Now in the second semester of his freshman year, Phillips said he loves the environment of SUNY Purchase, and the passion […]
Month: January 2018
Hommocks robotics team advances to semi-finals
On Sunday, Jan. 21, the winning field skills at the First Lego League, FLL, competition were coding, communication and cooperation. There, the STEM Alliance’s HMX Roaring Robots team scored big, earning a spot in the Hudson Valley FLL Robotics semi-finals in February. After months of preparation, the Hommocks Middle School […]
New Ro takes 2nd at Counties
The area’s top high school wrestlers descended on Yonkers Middle High School on Jan. 20 to compete in the annual Westchester County Championships, and while Fox Lane may have taken top team honors, a number of local teams—and athletes—also shined on the county’s biggest stage. As teams look ahead to […]
Dems look to revive gun, immigration bills
Under a new Democratic regime, legislators will reincarnate two vetoed bills, including a piece of controversial gun legislation, that were nixed under former County Executive Rob Astorino, a Republican. The legislative agenda on Jan. 22 will feature the reintroduction of a bill to ban gun shows on county owned property […]
Interfaith committee sparks discussion on violence against women
The Rye Women’s Interfaith Committee, a community of women from different religious faiths, will tackle the topics of human trafficking and domestic violence against women in their annual conference this month. The presentation, titled “Women Under Threat—Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking,” will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 21, at […]