The city of Rye is closer to launching a new user-friendly website to replace its current platform after narrowing its vendor pool down to five finalists. According to City Clerk Carolyn D’Andrea, a member of the project team responsible for managing the website redesign, 19 vendors responded to a request […]
Month: July 2017
Program helps first-generation students attend college
County Executive Robert P. Astorino congratulated 25 student graduates from the Latino U College Access program. Latino U College Access works to help first-generation Hispanic students navigate the complex process of applying for state and federal financial aid for college, through helping students and their families overcome language and financial […]
Helping Hands to hold annual backpack event
Helping Hands for the Homeless & Hungry is holding its 29th annual Mission Backpack, which will work to provide fully stocked student backpacks for the 2017-2018 school year. This year, Helping Hands, a nonprofit organization that helps residents in Westchester County with food, clothing and supplies donations, has a goal […]
Peace Corps volunteer discusses teaching in South Africa
As her junior year of college came to a close, Charlotte Ference decided that after school, she wanted to do something to help give back to those in need, prompting her to join the Peace Corps. She explained that she first heard about the Peace Corps when she was 12 […]
Medicaid and mental illness
To the Editor, As one who suffers from chronic illness and receives Medicaid, I have little faith in those who make the laws and are out of touch with the problems of their citizens. I am both an employee and patient at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Harrison. (Yes, I have […]