It is with deep regret that we report the sudden passing of our fellow Town colleague and Ossining native Cheryl Timmons who has been our Assessment Clerk since 1988. Her passing leaves a huge hole in our hearts and in the Town Assessment Office as Cheryl devoted her life to making sure that Ossining residents, especially our seniors, received the highest level of service that one could possibly give. Her smile and infectious laugh will be dearly missed by all who knew her. 

Wake service will be on Monday 2/27/23 from  5 PM to 8 PM at Clinton Funeral Home, 21 Parrot ST, Cold Springs, NY 10516.

 The Funeral Service will take place on Tuesday 2/28/23 at 10 AM at Our Lady of Loretto, 24 Fair ST, Cold Springs, NY 10516.

In lieu of sending flowers, the family requests donations to the Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) in Beacon, NY. Cheryl was well known for her love of animals and had a special place in her heart for ARF. More information about the foundation can be found here: https://www.arfbeacon.org/ 

**The Tax Receiver's and Assessor’s Office will open at 1 PM on Tuesday 2/28/23 as staff will be at the funeral service for Cheryl.**   

Updates from the Supervisor’s Office

Please keep an eye on the weather early next week as winter weather may finally be arriving in our region.

Early this week, Town staff and Council Members attended the Annual Association of Towns Meeting in NYC. We were able to learn about many policy updates and grant opportunities for towns in New York State as well as opportunities to collaborate with other municipalities about issues common to all of us. It was also a great opportunity to meet up with our fellow municipal colleagues, many of which we have not seen since the COVID pandemic started.

    

Please note that it is Petition Season for candidates to get on the ballot for the 2023 Election Season. District leaders will be circulating throughout the community collecting signatures.  

Here are some but not all of the many events going on and around the Town of Ossining:

  • Join the Supervisor and Habitat Stewards / Ryder Park for National Invasive Species Awareness week with vine cutting, detangling and more on February 25th 9-11AM at Ryder Park.  

  • Join Teatown on Saturday February 25th and Sunday February 26th  for their Maple Tree Sugaring Days and experience the sights and smells of sap bubbling into golden syrup and get to learn how to identify and tap a maple tree. 

  • Sing Sing Youth Lacrosse is now open for Spring Registration. The close off date is Wednesday March 15,2023. Spring Practice Schedule

Spring Practice Begins the Week of 3/13* 

Boys 1/2; 3/4; and 5/6: Wed. & Fri. 6:00-7:30 at OHS

Girls: Tue. & Thur. 6:00-7:30 at OHS

K: Tue. & Thur. 6:00-7:00 at OHS

*Location Subject to Change if there is a varsity or JV game. https://sing-sing-youth-lacrosse-club.leaguemanagement.us...

Black History Month Events

  • Ossining Village Historian Joyce Sharrock Cole will interview writer and journalist A’Lelia Bundles, author of On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker – a New York Times Notable Book about her entrepreneurial great-great-grandmother – that is the inspiration for Self Made, the fictional four-part Netflix series starring Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer that premiered in March 2020. The event will take place both virtually and in person at the Ossining Public Library on February 25 at 2 PM. 

  • Gladys Lowe will be hosting an African Dance Workshop on Sunday, February 26, 2023 11AM-12PM at Bethany Arts Center! Free for all participants! This African Dance Workshop will focus on dance movement, self-expression and identity which offers participants an opportunity to understand specific dance movements and their connection to traditional and daily life practices such as birth, marriage, harvest, transition, rain, fertility etc. In this program, traditional dance rhythms will be explored to create emotional and physical connection through storytelling and rhythmic drumbeats.

  • Join the Bethany Arts Community as they celebrate African History Month through Line Dance on February 25 at 11 AM. Steve “Fun Bunch” Dillard with special guest choreographers Tonya Young of TMCY Experience (NJ) and Gee Jamie of Step 4 Step Dancers (NJ), invite you to a Line Dance Workshop, focusing on drum-based songs.

  • Starting January 28th through March 3rd, at Bethany Arts Community there will a Black History month exhibit curated by Ossining Village Historian Joyce Sharrock Cole. The exhibit is free to the public. Curated tours can be scheduled and have a fee of $25 per person.

That’s all from me as your Town Supervisor! For upcoming events and more, click here to go to the blog.Be sure to check out our new 2023 waste and recycling calendar for changes to your pickup schedule - or, better yet, download the Recycle Right app if you have not already done so. It’s the easiest way to stay current with waste and recycling schedules. Click here to download forAndroid and here for iOS.

Thank you and enjoy your weekend.

-          Liz

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  •  Neighbors Link will be offering technology classes free of charge on Thursdays from 10 – 11:30 AM for more information contact Christine Garcia at (914)940-4850 or
  • Please take a moment to consider donating to Ossining Padres Hispanos at 109 Croton Avenue they are in need of some of the items listed below any questions please contact Ms. Ana Caty Guzman at (845)216-2053
    • Blankets, Comforters, Pillows 
    • Beds,Mattress
    • pots,pans ,silverware
    • Teenage boys/girls hoodies and sweatpants 
    • New socks, underwear 
    • Warm jackets