Writing by Gia Miller Photography by Justin Negard It’s a story we all know. A group of high school kids form a rock band. They play at school events and local concerts. They’re typically the “cool kids” or the rebels, and they haven’t given any thought to what will happen after high school. But we’d like to tell a story ...

Writing by Elisa Jacobs  Photography by Justin Negard Meet Arabella Rose Karamouzis. She’s a four-year-old Bedford resident who loves to give hugs, play tea time (she served us strawberry tea) and wants to be a princess when she grows up. https://connecttomag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/arabella-1147x1536.jpg This article was published in the January/February 2024 print edition of Connect to Northern Westchester ...

Writing by Elisa Jacobs  Photography by Justin Negard Meet Vanderbilt Klein. He's a pirate-loving Lego-building 4-year-old boy who goes to The Rewilding School. He loves to talk about his favorite superpower, color, food and animal, as well as what he would do with $100. https://connecttomag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Vanderbilt.jpg This article was published in the November/December 2023 print edition of Katonah Connect ...

Writing  by Gia Miller Photography by Justin Negard At 6:00 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning in 2015, Josephine Hollander, then a fifth grader living in Los Angeles, began sorting through trash bags filled with clothing. As the morning went on, the piles of bags grew to about the size of small houses, but Hollander, along with her friend Keira and Keira’s ...

Writing by Ava Fleisher Photography by Justin Negard This article was published in the July/August 2023 print edition of Katonah Connect ...

Writing  by Gia Miller Photography by Justin Negard When she was 10 years old, Amity Doyle, now an eighth grader at The Harvey School, entered her first film contest. She and her friend Miriam Bertin created a series of sketches and titled their short film “Amity and Miriam, A Quarantine Special.” “It wasn’t really about anything, and it was really ...

Writing by Ceres Shifrin  Photography by Oona Owen This article was published in the July/August 2023 print edition of Katonah Connect ...

Writing  by Rich Monetti Photography by Justin Negard As a kid, Abbey Grzymala knew exactly what to do if she didn’t like the meal her mother cooked. “I’d make my own food,” she says. And through the years, the Goldens Bridge resident continued to expand her personal menu – adding fresh herbs and spices, experimenting with different proteins and eventually, ...

by Gia Miller Photography by Elena Wolfe When then eighth grader Grace O’Hanlon joined North Salem High School’s new Warr;ors Mental Health and Wellness Club (the “;” is meant to signify the pause that people take when struggling with mental health and they choose to continue their life), she did so thanks to her mom’s encouragement. “I struggled a lot ...