OSSINING, N.Y. -- The Footnote Café, run by Rich Foshay and Beylka Krupp of Wobble Café on Campwoods Road in Ossining, will be closing at the end of the month.They have managed the Footnote Café since its opening in 2007 at the Ossining Public Library. The library board said it working on plans to provide vending machines as a short term solution, while it evaluates future plans for the ...

OSSINING, N.Y. -- Twenty-five Ossining High School teens who are members of Youth 2 Youth have started a GoFundMe page in an effort to raise funds to help pay their way to attend a four-day Y2Y Leadership Conference.During the conference, held at Bryant College in Rhode Island, the teens will meet and hear leadership speakers, live on a college campus for four days and then come back to ...

OSSINING, N.Y. -- Join Y2Y teens for a burger, shake and fries this Thursday June 2 from 4 to 9 p.m. at Mooyah Burger as they try to raise money for tuition for the 4-day Youth To Youth Summer Leadership Conference in Rhode Island.Patrons who say they are at Mooyah for the Y2Y will help get the organization 25 percent of the profits.

OSSINING, N.Y. -- Anne M. Dorner Middle School will host "Pack Your Summer Suitcase" from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the cafetorium on May 24.The focus of the evening will be to provide parents with tools and tips to keep their middle school teens safe during the unstructured summer months between eighth and ninth-grade as they transition to high school.Guest speakers include Karen ...

OSSINING, N.Y. – After a nationwide search, the Ossining Public Library has named Karen LaRocca-Fels the new director of the library, effective Sept. 1. LaRocca-Fels received her bachelor’s degree from Sarah Lawrence College, and went on to fall in love with library work while working at the Monroe Free Library in Monroe, New York. She continued her education and received a master’s ...

OSSINING, N.Y. -- The Open Door Family Medical Center will once again offer the Future Health Care Leader (FHCL) program in Ossining for teenagers who will be entering ninth to 12th Grades this fall. The FHCL summer program is being done in collaboration with the Ossining school district. The program will run four weeks, from June 29 to July 23, Monday to Thursday from 9 a.m.-2:30 ...

OSSINING, N.Y. -- Keeping kids away from illicit substances is as difficult a job as ever. Several community organizations, including Ossining Communities That Care and Putnam's Drug Crisis In Our Backyard, came together to host Setting Our Kids On A Substance-Free Path: An Evening Of Prevention For Rivertown Parents at the Ossining Public Library Tuesday night. Dr. Rachel Schoolcraft ...

OSSINING, N.Y. – Several community organizations are joining forces to host a substance abuse prevention panel, which will be held Tuesday, May 12, at the Ossining Public Library. The free event is titled “Evening of Prevention for Rivertown Parents.” Representatives of Arms Acres, Croton Community Coalition, Drug Crisis in Our Backyard, Ossining Communities That Care and Phelps ...

OSSINING, N.Y. – Youth Mental Health First Aid training will be provided Saturday, May 2 and Saturday, May 9, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Ossining Public Library, 53 Croton Ave. Sponsored by Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES Project AWARE and delivered by certified instructors, the training will offer participants a five-step action plan that will provide adults with the knowledge to ...

OSSINING, N.Y. -- Youth Mental Health First Aid Training is coming to the Ossining Public Library on Fridays, April 17 and 25, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and Saturdays, May 2 and 9, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.  Youth mental health first aid training is an eight-hour education program that introduces participants to the unique risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems in adolescents, ...