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School nurse wins honor

The Hall Monitor | December 22nd 2009 by Amy Vernon

Dianne Thomas, school nurse for the Ossining Union Free School District, has been named “Employee of the Year” by the Ossining Rotary Club. “Dianne is an outstanding nurse and leads by example,” said Athletic Director James read more

Ossining names commended students

The Hall Monitor | December 22nd 2009 by Amy Vernon

Ossining High School Principal Joshua Mandel earlier this year announced that the following students have been named Commended Students in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program: Rachel Bass and Dara Illowsky. About 34,000 Commended Students t read more

Quimbaya in Ossining: Hot Chocolate on a Cold Day

Small Bites | December 22nd 2009 by Liz Johnson

Hi—guest blogger Katherine Curry here. On a recent chilly day in Ossining, I stopped into the little Main Street cafe Quimbaya. I’ve now decided that if I were Santa Claus, I’d tell everyone not to bother leaving me milk and coo read more

Holiday greetings from Ossining

The Hall Monitor | December 17th 2009 by Amy Vernon

Ossining students at Claremont and Roosevelt schools made holiday cards for troops serving overseas and collected items for a soldier in Afghanistan to share with his troop. “Reaching Out to Our Troops Overseas” was organized by PTA mem read more

Author to speak in Ossining

The Hall Monitor | December 15th 2009 by Amy Vernon

News from Ossining High School: Booker T. Mattison, the author of the novel Unsigned Hype, will speak to Ossining High School reading students, as well as members of Project Earthquake rites-of-passage program for black males, in the high school li read more

Los Abeulos in Ossining: Great Mexican, Friendly Service

Small Bites | December 15th 2009 by Liz Johnson

After Katherine Curry sent me a photo of her gorgeous-looking tacos at Los Abeulos a few months back, I knew I had to try it. Then I got an email from a former Texan, who said he’d been and adored it, too. That sealed the deal. (We Texans have read more

Front Porch Colonial

Northern Westchester Home | December 8th 2009

Year Built: 1824Square Feet: 2,148Bedrooms: 4Property: 2.5 acresLocation: Ossining, in the north-east corner of townBest features: This classic colonial has old world charm and original details like gorgeous pine floors. The home has been updated and read more

November Sales and Deals

Northern Westchester Home | December 1st 2009

The number of houses going to contract in November in the area this blog covers dropped a little from October but was a bit larger than a year ago—which is nothing to brag about. Three previously-featured Hot Properties found would-b read more

Blacklisted Hollywood

Northern Westchester Home | December 1st 2009

The documentary Trumbo tells the true story of Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, one of the Hollywood Ten who defied the House Un-American Activities Committee by citing the First Amendment. Wednesday, 7:00 pm. Ossining Public Library read more

Local Links

Small Bites | November 25th 2009 by Liz Johnson

Forgive the late Local Links posting this week. I do have some photos to share from the weekend, but I’m trying to finish up on our Small Bites Cookie Swap (we have a ton of great entries — Friday is the last day to enter!) and also our 1 read more

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