Month: August 2021

Lead Stories Sports

Tigers building for now, future

Over the last 18 months or so, the coronavirus pandemic has drastically altered the world in which we live, both in ways that are readily visible and in others that are unseen. For the Mamaroneck football program—which kicked off preseason last week—the challenges of these summer sessions are twofold: To […]

Education Lead Stories

WCC signs new agreement with Drew University

Westchester Community College has signed two new articulation agreements that enable WCC Davis Scholars and WCC Honors students to transfer seamlessly into Drew University’s baccalaureate and Drew Action Scholars: Community, Innovation, and Global Impact Program. Students who complete WCC’s Davis Scholars Program and graduate with a minimum GPA of 3.0 […]

Community Lead Stories

ArtsWestchester offers new grant program

ArtsWestchester is pleased to announce the Arts Alive Recovery NY Regrant, a new, onetime opportunity to assist artists and arts groups with re-engaging their audiences through live performances and in-person arts programming. Funding is available for Westchester and Rockland counties organizations and artists planning live public events including performances, exhibitions, […]

Lead Stories News

Hochul sworn in as governor

At a procedural ceremony at midnight on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, Kathy Hochul was sworn in as the 57th governor of the state of New York. Hochul, who had served as Andrew Cuomo’s lieuenant governor, takes over for Cuomo, who resigned from his position as governor on Aug. 23, following […]