Riches to rags to a six-figure movie contract with Tom Hanks as his personal impersonator! Interviews! The New York Times! AOL`s Home Page! Reviews! The Wall Street Journal! The Honolulu Advertiser!

And even Bronxville’s Womrath`s Book Store. On the afternoon of Sunday, Sept.

The sunny weather and the spirit of Dr. Jeanne Petrek conspired on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007, to ensure the success of the Third Annual Jeanne Petrek M.D. Breast Cancer Walk. The walk, sponsored jointly by the Bronxville Junior League and Working Women of Bronxville, drew 150 area residents and br

Mary and Richard Thaler ’s garden evokes simplicity, sophistication and relaxation. This is just what Mary had hoped for when she commissioned landscape architect, Renee Byers, to prepare a landscape plan for her property. “I wanted something natural and simple” said Mary.

It would be difficult to guess the number of children Johnette Schuller inspired with the gift of music during her thirty-one years at the Reformed Church of Bronxville. But with an average annual participation of more than 200 children and adults in the music program that she and her husband Rod

It was a Bronxville bonanza at the Pet Adoption Fair and Dog Show held at the Sunrise Assisted Living Community in Yonkers on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007, sponsored by the Bronxville-based Pet Shelter Alliance. This village`s own Winnie-the-Pooh Roesser, a retriever mix, brought home the gold for mo

The real estate market for the month of September was very busy in the Bronxville area and does not appear to be mirroring the national market trends. Many homes closed that were put into contract over the summer. In addition, there were new listings that came on the market, as well as many accep

Two new restaurants, one recently opened and another scheduled to make its debut later this month, will be adding an internal dimension to the retail recycling of Bronxville`s business district now under way. With new stores offering women`s and men`s fashions, athletic gear and interior design i

It is an intrepid adult who ventures out to lunch on a week day in the environs of Pondfield Road, Park Place and Kraft Avenue in Bronxville between the hours of 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.-- the hours when the kids definitely do lunch!

The middle school invasion—a joint operatio

Bronxville is currently in the process of a commercial makeover—part intra-village musical chairs, part local innovation and expansion, and part infusion of upscale chains from beyond its borders.
Moving in from Manhattan and points north, east, south and west is the many-branched, u

Football Program Restructured To Include Varsity A, Varsity B and Modified For over 20 years, the Bronxville football program has consisted of two teams: a modified team for 7th, 8th and 9th graders and a varsity team for 10th-12th graders. For small schools, where low enrollment made it

For more than 30 years I have been commuting from Bronxville to New York City on Metro North and playing cards on the train. In order to pass the time, instead of reading the newspaper or, God forbid, engaging in conversation, a group of us reprobates play ‘goolie’ which is a form of

September 30, 2007: The day was made to order: blue skies, warm breezes, sparkling sunshine. The views were nothing short of spectacular: Manhattan framed by the George Washington Bridge; the Palisades’ forest on the cusp of fall, with a bit of foliage already bursting with brillian

If there can be a light side to larceny, recent thefts from the Bronxville Library indicate a certain level of sophistication—even special knowledge of the arcane—on the part of the perpetrators. Who would think that people who engage in misdemeanors and felonies for a living would ta

It was probably the first-time ever that a 12-year-old got to offer the response of one of the country`s two major political parties to a radio address by a sitting president of the United States. But it happened on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007, and it was particularly big news for Bronxville be

Congratulations to the Chamber of Commerce for a very successful Sidewalk Sale on Saturday. The weather cooperated beautifully and the energy in our Village was palpable. Just last week, Westchester Magazine named Bronxville as the number one downtown in the County because of the eclectic mix of

The former Morgan Manhattan warehouse in the back alley of 100 Pondfield Road stands, still empty, like a ghost without a spirit, waiting for a buyer with $2 million to spare, while its owner, real estate wheeler-dealer Steven Green is recuperating at the Rehabilitation Center of Mount Sinai Hosp

Congratulations to the Chamber of Commerce for a very successful Sidewalk Sale on Saturday. The weather cooperated beautifully and the energy in our Village was palpable. Just last week, Westchester Magazine named Bronxville as the number one downtown in the County because of the eclectic mix of

Riches to rags to a six-figure movie contract with Tom Hanks as his personal impersonator! Interviews! The New York Times! AOL`s Home Page! Reviews! The Wall Street Journal! The Honolulu Advertiser!

And even Bronxville’s Womrath`s Book Store. On the afternoon of Sunday, Sept.

Everyone remembers their homecoming and the traditions that accompanied it, and the Bronxville students enjoyed plenty of homecoming traditions last week. For both athletes and spectators, homecoming week was packed with activities that generated school spirit.

Homecoming festivit

The kids are back at school; The Bronxville School is a little ahead of where it was when it re-opened after the April 15 flood, thanks to a summer of refining reconstruction logistics; and the school board and administration are back

BREAKING NEWS: Another deadline has come and gone for the closing between the Village of Bronxville and WCI Communities on the Wellington Square condominium development planned for Kensington Road.

Following a missed August 31 deadline, the Village Board, at its Sept. 10 meeting,

The Bronxville Republican Committee, at a Sept. 19 meeting, unanimously elected Rene Atayan as its new chairperson. Atayan succeeds retiring chair Marcia Lee, a former mayor, who headed the local GOP from 1999 until last week`s passing of the baton.

However, Atayan is taking up her

The real estate market for the month of September was very busy in the Bronxville area and does not appear to be mirroring the national market trends. Many homes closed that were put into contract over the summer. In addition, there were new listings that came on the market, as well as many accep

The key word here is joy: the person, Joy Kilbourn, and all the joy she has brought to Bronxville residents who, for the last 40 years, have found just the right gifts for engagements, weddings, birthdays and holidays that brought pleasure to their loved ones, their friends—even themselves&

A non-partisan system for choosing candidates for elective offices in Bronxville—mayor, trustees and the two village justices—is being proposed in a letter soon to be sent to village residents. The letter also invites residents to attend a “community forum” to discuss the

Winning is becoming a habit at Bronxville High School. The Bronco “turf” teams, football, field hockey and boys’ and girls’ soccer, have had incredible winning seasons this year. In fact, with one week left in the regular season, those teams have collectively amassed a win

Ghosts, goblins and witches, and many other Halloween creatures will be on parade on Monday, October 29, to begin celebrating the spirited holiday!  Young trick-or-treaters should meet for the annual village Halloween Parade at the flagpole in front of the ....more  

Close to $65,000 was raised for Jansen Hospice and Palliative Care at its annual Better Than Cooking Dinner at the Bronxville Field Club on October 24, 2007.

 More than 230 diners enjoyed food prepared by a tummy-teasing line-up of chefs

A community forum on a proposal by a bi-partisan exploratory committee to institute a non-partisan nomination process for the election of Bronxville`s mayor, trustees and village justices will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 5, 2007 in the Yeager Room of the Bronxville Libr

 The most frequently asked questions of Village officials pertain to traffic, speeding and safety issues.  The following answers were developed in consultation with a traffic engineer and a review of best practices recommended by the Uniformed Manual for Traffic Control Devices and our

Bronxville founder William Lawrence began his hilltop development in the 1890’s with the concept of creating a community for successful artists. Architect William Bates designed homes featuring double-height studios with north-facing windows and soon Lawrence Park was populated with ma

Al Hemberger of The Loft Recording Studios and his dog, "Rousseau," named after the painter.  Rousseau is a Scottish deer hound, sometimes called a "lurcher," which is a mixture of any sight hound.

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