Liz Anderson
Liz Anderson is a local news editor at The Journal News, supervising coverage of southern Westchester County, including the Sound Shore area. She previously was a beat reporter at the paper, covering Westchester County government and politics. In prior jobs, the New England native covered the Rhode Island and New Hampshire statehouses and the New Hampshire presidential primary, among other topics.
E-mail Liz Anderson at ecanders@lohud.com
Entries written by Liz Anderson
- April
- 29
This announcement recently landed in our in-box:
The Bedford Audubon Society has announced that it will award its Marty McGuire Scholarship to Rye Country Day School sophomore Scott Wieman at ceremony at Katonah Village Hall on May 14th. Scott was chosen from a list of highly qualified candidates from all over Northern Westchester and Eastern Putnam [...]
Posted by Liz Anderson on April 29th, 2008 | Post a Comment »
- April
- 29
Fifteen low-income students from 10 high schools today were each awarded scholarships of up to $10,000 over 4 years through the county’s Jandon Scholars program.
The money comes from the Jandon Foundation, a private foundation created by Jane and Donald Cecil of Harrison. The program has handed out 125 college scholarships since 1999; by the end [...]
Posted by Liz Anderson on April 29th, 2008 | Post a Comment »
- April
- 28
Non-profit housing agency Westhab Inc. is holding an event this week to mark National Volunteer Recognition Week, and will give Manhattanville College students its “Presidential Service Award” for their work with homeless children.
The event is Wednesday evening at the college’s Reid Castle.
A full list of honorees after the jump:
Posted by Liz Anderson on April 28th, 2008 | Post a Comment »
- April
- 27
Students from seven Westchester schools will compete Tuesday in the Hudson Valley Regional Envirothon.
What’s an envirothon, you ask? Well, county officials tell us, “The event is organized around five areas: soils, aquatics, forestry, wildlife and a current environmental issue. The winning team from each participating county is eligible to go on to the NYS Envirothon [...]
Posted by Liz Anderson on April 27th, 2008 | Post a Comment »
- April
- 26
Last week Monroe College cut the ribbon on Ustin Hall, a 32,000 square-foot building that is the new Bronx campus home to the King Graduate School of Business and the Monroe School of Business. The School of Business will be operating a Center for Entreprenurial Excellence there; the new building will also house the [...]
Posted by Liz Anderson on April 26th, 2008 | Post a Comment »
- April
- 25
A student from the French-American School of New York recently placed ninth in a worldwide “French Kangaroo Math” contest.
Matthias Wickenburg took the honor out of 8,000 eleventh graders around the world. More than 3.5 million francophone students in Grades 3 to 12 participated in the worldwide competition in March. The test consists of 24 math [...]
Posted by Liz Anderson on April 25th, 2008 | Post a Comment »
- April
- 25
Purchase College reports that Jon Esser, Associate Dean of the Purchase College School of the Arts, has received a $16,000 grant from the Dana Foundation’s ArtsBridge America program, via Lawrence University. The grant will fund four School of the Arts students to be ArtsBridge Scholars, teaching the arts to children in underserved schools through residencies.
Here’s [...]
Posted by Liz Anderson on April 25th, 2008 | Post a Comment »
- April
- 24
The editorial board here has updated, and in some cases amended, the list of dates and times for interviews with candidates seeking the paper’s op/ed endorsement. Here’s the full list:
Interview schedule
Westchester
Ardsley: 3 p.m., Monday, May 5
Blind Brook: 3 p.m., Thursday, May 1
Briarcliff Manor: noon, Wednesday, May 7
Chappaqua: 10 a.m., Tuesday, April 29
Eastchester: 4 p.m., Tuesday, [...]
Posted by Liz Anderson on April 24th, 2008 | Post a Comment »
- April
- 23
Running for school board or know someone who is? Alert them to the following note from our Editorial Board:
Candidates in contested school board races in the May 20 election are invited to discuss the issues and their campaigns in endorsement interviews with The Journal News Editorial Board. As in the past, these discussions will [...]
Posted by Liz Anderson on April 23rd, 2008 | Post a Comment »
- April
- 21
Paul J. Donahue, founder and director of Child Development Associates in Scarsdale, will speak at the Wooster school in Danbury, Conn., on May 15 about “the influence of computers, video games, and other forms of technology on our children.” His talk is the second lecture in the school’s “Focus on Ethical Education†speaker series, aimed [...]
Posted by Liz Anderson on April 21st, 2008 | Post a Comment »
- April
- 20
Pop artist Charles Fazzino recently donated his time and efforts to work with the 2008 Ursuline School AP Art Class to create a large, three-dimensional painting celebrating the school and its heritage. The resulting work, “Ring Day at Ursuline†has been permanently installed at the school.
Fazzino, who has a studio in New Rochelle, has motivations [...]
Posted by Liz Anderson on April 20th, 2008 | Post a Comment »
- April
- 19
Purchase College’s Joe Williams Scholars will perform at a jazz concert Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Choral Hall of the Music Building with special guests vocalist Cyrille-Aimee Daudel and drummer Dan McGuiness.
The five Jazz Studies students are on scholarship at Purchase College through a program established by the late jazz vocalist Joe Williams. The [...]
Posted by Liz Anderson on April 19th, 2008 | Post a Comment »
- April
- 18
Amy Kirkham, a senior at Mamaroneck High School, is one of about 560 semifinalists in the 2008 Presidential Scholars Program, the school has announced. The group was winnowed from more than 3,000 candidates on the basis of their superior achievements, leadership qualities, character and community and school involvement. Finalists will be announced in May.
Posted by Liz Anderson on April 18th, 2008 | Post a Comment »
- April
- 18
Leslie Cohen, assistant vice president for human resources at Empire State College at the State University of New York is embarking on a solo bike ride across New York state to raise money for scholarships at the college. He plans to ride more than 1,000 miles in one month, from April 18 to May 19, [...]
Posted by Liz Anderson on April 18th, 2008 | Post a Comment »
- April
- 18
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says he is subpoenaing BOCES districts statewide because they may have been complicit in listing part-time lawyers as full-time employees to get additional state tax dollars.
Cuomo is targeting the BOCES districts that operate regional services for a number of public school districts. Cuomo says the [...]
Posted by Liz Anderson on April 18th, 2008 | Post a Comment »