Year: 2022

For Robert Ettlinger’s eighth-grade biology students at Albert Leonard Middle School, a boat ride down the Norwalk River and a visit to the Maritime Aquarium provided hands-on exploration and lessons. While on the boat, students took samples from the river and examined them under a microscope – seeing, up close, plankton and infant barnacles. Students … Continue reading “Marine Biology Lessons and a Boat Ride for Albert Leonard Students”

Armonk, NY, May 23, 2022 – LeChase Construction Services, LLC is planning projects at two western Connecticut locations of the Nuvance Health system, renovating behavioral health offices in Norwalk and refitting space for new machinery in the food service department of Danbury Hospital. The behavioral health unit project will rehab the entire second floor of … Continue reading “LeChase to Begin Health Care Renovations in Norwalk and Danbury, Conn.”

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (May 18, 2022) – Voters Tuesday approved the City School District of New Rochelle’s $298.8 million budget for 2022-2023. The budget, with a focus on unfinished learning and wellness, supports our students’ academic, social, and emotional learning needs while balancing fiscal responsibility for our community. The vote was 2,448 to 900, according … Continue reading “Voters Approve $298.8 Million Budget and Hurricane Ida Repairs Bond Issue, and Elect Cooper and Peters to the Board of Education”

Global Honors for 9 Genius Olympiad Finalists New Rochelle High School’s esteemed Science Research Program has done it again – and this time, the recognition is global! The latest round of awards go to students selected as finalists in the Genius Olympiad, which welcomes submissions from all over the world: Izzy Balachandran Anthony D’Amato Ella … Continue reading “Science Stars Score Again – in International Competition!”

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (May 11, 2022) – The Annual School Election and Budget Vote of the City School District of New Rochelle and the Annual Library Election and Budget Vote of the New Rochelle Public Library will be held Tuesday, May 17, 2022, between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. Voters will: •Elect two New Rochelle … Continue reading “Information for Voters: New Rochelle School Budget Vote and Board of Education Election May 17”

Plastic pollution? Trash? At Trinity Elementary School, those global problems are an opportunity for fourth-graders to come up with creative solutions. One of them? The recent Third Annual Trashion Fashion Challenge, in which wearable fashion creations were engineered and showcased as a learning opportunity. Through videos, articles, and discussion, the fourth-graders have been studying plastic … Continue reading “Visionaries at Trinity Make Fashion Splash – with Trash!”

ORANGE COUNTY, N.Y. (May 3, 2022) – On Mother’s Day, there’s nothing like an Orange County, N.Y., brunch to celebrate the special mom in your life with gourmet, farm-fresh foods, gorgeous settings and spectacular scenery. “Your mother deserves the best on her big day, and it doesn’t get better than brunch in Orange County, N.Y.!” said … Continue reading “Orange County, N.Y., has the Ideal Spot for Mother’s Day Brunch”

Gwen Cinquemani knows she beat the odds. Now the 17-year-old New Rochelle High School junior wants others who might be dealing with a life-threatening illness, as she did, to know they can have a second chance. She is speaking up so folks understand how they can help. In August 2018, Cinquemani was diagnosed with a … Continue reading “High School Junior Gives Back After Getting Life-Saving Gift”

ORANGE COUNTY, N.Y. (April 29, 2022) – With spring in full bloom, Orange County, N.Y. is the ideal spot to take to the green. Golf courses around the county offer opportunities to hit the links in settings from wooded seclusion to country club elegance, with designs by noted architect A.W. Tillinghast, links legend Jack Nicklaus and … Continue reading “Orange County, N.Y. Offers Enough Golf Courses To Meet Any Golfer’s Desires to a Tee”

MONTGOMERY, N.Y. (April 28, 2022) – Walden Savings Bank this week celebrated 150 years of providing personalized financial solutions with two significant events that honored its history and its legacy of community-first services, and introduced the next era of digital banking for its valued customers. On Monday, April 25, an impressive crowd made up of … Continue reading “Walden Savings Bank Commemorates its 150th Anniversary by Honoring its Legacy of Community Service and Growth, and Investing in the Future”

MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. (April 26, 2022) – President Container Group’s “PCG Cares” initiative has provided thousands of corrugated containers to three Ukrainian relief organizations, as well as medical supplies to a fourth group. More than 4.3 million residents of Ukraine have fled their country due to the Russian invasion, making the exodus the largest European refugee … Continue reading “President Container Group Supporting Ukrainian Relief Organizations, Donating Corrugated Containers Through its “PCG Cares” Initiative”

New Rochelle High School senior Christina Hughes has been awarded a full-ride scholarship to the college of her choice – based on a “strong caddie record, excellent academics and outstanding character.” Hughes, who caddied for four years at Quaker Ridge Golf Club, was chosen to receive the prestigious Westchester Evans Scholarship, valued at an estimated … Continue reading “Christina Hughes Earns Full College Scholarship”

ORANGE COUNTY, N.Y. (April 20, 2022) – With LEGOLAND® New York Resort now open, Orange County, N.Y. holds a brighter spot on the map for family fun. But the Northeast’s first theme park in four decades is only one of a host of destinations in the county where families can find fun, adventure and history. “When … Continue reading “Orange County, N.Y. Becomes the Destination for Family Fun, Fascination and Adventure”

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (April 12, 2022) – Twenty young scientists in the New Rochelle High School Science Research Program have taken home 24 awards – including two grand prizes – and more than $3,300 in cash and prizes at the prestigious Westchester Science and Engineering Fair. They were celebrated by the New Rochelle Board of … Continue reading “New Rochelle High School Science Research Students Scoop Up 24 Awards In Elite Competition”

Francis Cruz was attracted to the role of interim assistant principal at Columbus Elementary School because of its reputation as a community school. “There’s something very charming and beautiful about standing on the sidewalk in the front of the school building and greeting all the parents walking their kids to school and dropping them off, … Continue reading “Cruz Joins “One Big Family” at Columbus Elementary”

Armonk, NY, March 29, 2022 – LeChase has received a prestigious 2022 Construction Risk Partners Build America Merit Award for construction of LEGOLAND® New York Resort. The company served as construction manager for the 150-acre destination – the Northeast’s first new theme park in decades. The Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America annually presents the … Continue reading “LEGOLAND® New York Resort, Built by LeChase, Honored Among Nation’s ‘Most Impressive’ Projects”

We’ve all heard about the physical effects of COVID-19, which can include loss of smell and taste, trouble breathing, coughing and fever. But what about the mental effects? For her study, New Rochelle High School senior Jessica Shapiro considered how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the mental health of pediatric cancer patients and their parents. Shapiro’s … Continue reading “Senior Studies Pandemic Effects On The Mental Health Of Pediatric Cancer Patients And Parents”