Joyce Newman, Environmental Reporter

New Rochelle’s Beechmont Lake Project Launches

In New Rochelle, the long-awaited Beechmont Lake Improvement Project is starting up.

Sheldrake Environmental Center’s popular Guided Mindfulness recently won a “Best of Westchester” award.

Rye Playland is now offering special discount “town days” for locals.

Get your history and your veggies in the same place.

The Daisies sold more than 1,400 boxes of cookies, about $1,100 worth, and gave a portion to Sheldrake.

Sheldrake Environmental Center will host a half-day Women’s Wellness Retreat on Saturday, May 18.

Playland is scheduled to open on Saturday, May 11. Special events include “May Days” and Mother’s Day events online here.

Is there such a thing as bird-friendly coffee? Choosing which coffee to drink can impact many migratory bird species.

This year’s Earth Day theme is protecting our species.

The local Monarch butterfly population has dramatically declined due to pesticides, herbicides and loss of native habitat.