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    • School Budgets Approved in Local Districts

      School Budgets Approved in Local Districts

      School budgets in all local school districts were approved by voters by wide margins Tuesday night. Meanwhile, in the contested Board of Education races, Michael Simpkins, Jillian Clausen and Marie Pereira prevailed in Peekskill; Iris Cross-Bugliosi and Joshua Diamond won in Croton; Bill Kress and Lisa Murray won easily in Ossining; and Ifay Chang, Donna [...]

    • Yorktown resident Jill O’Flaherty is the site clinic supervisor for Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in Somers.

      Burke Rehab Opens Outpatient Facility in Somers

      For nearly 100 years, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital has been helping patients recover from disabling illnesses and injuries at its White Plains campus. Now, residents in northern Westchester in need of services won’t have to travel as far for care since Burke recently opened an outpatient location on Route 100 in Somers. Steve Tisser, senior administrator [...]

    • Mount Pleasant Councilman Thomas Sialiano failed to gain the Republican nomination last week

      Mt. Pleasant Republicans Shake Up Town Board Slate

      A shakeup to the all-Republican Mount Pleasant Town Board appears likely, even if the Democrats fail to run a slate of candidates this year. The Mount Pleasant Republican Committee last week opted against nominating longtime Councilman Thomas Sialiano for re-election, instead endorsing planning board member Denis McCarthy of Hawthorne and Valhalla resident Laurie Rogers-Smalley. Another [...]

    • Rendering of new FSW facility.

      Family Services of Westchester Raises $1 Million to Meet Challenge Grant

      One year ago Family Services of Westchester (FSW) kicked off a capital campaign in an effort to raise $1 million to meet the Lanza Family Foundation Challenge Grant to create an intergenerational facility in White Plains. FSW is pleased to announce that the non-profit raised the $1 million ahead of schedule and is now in [...]

    • Bianco Enters Race for Yorktown Supervisor

      Bianco Enters Race for Yorktown Supervisor

      Yorktown Councilman Nick Bianco is not happy with the direction of the town under Supervisor Michael Grace and he has decided to do something about it. The 41-year resident and 16-year Town Board member interviewed with the Democratic Committee Monday night in hopes of gaining its endorsement and a November showdown with Grace, who is [...]

    • Putnam Sheriff’s Office Investigating Armed Robbery

      Putnam Sheriff’s Office Investigating Armed Robbery

      A gas station in Southeast was reportedly robbed last week, and sheriff’s investigators are investigating the crime, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office stated in a press release. The department, along with state troopers, responded to reports of an armed robbery at the BP on Route 22 at around 4:30 a.m. on May 21, the sheriff’s [...]

    • Business Profile: Swirls Frozen Yogurt, Mahopac

      Business Profile: Swirls Frozen Yogurt, Mahopac

      By Dean Tomasula Despite only having been open for just shy of one month, already Michelle DiPaolo, owner of Swirls Frozen Yogurt in Mahopac, can identify the shop’s best-selling yogurt flavor: Cake Batter. She says the yogurt flavors are changed every week – except the very popular ones – just to keep things fresh. “Everyone [...]

    • Nick Antonaccio

      Grapevine

      This week I present Report #2 in my periodic series I refer to as “What ever happened to ______?” The subject matter of my weekly columns typically has a natural and logical beginning and conclusion. However, there have been occasions in which the storyline has been in a state of flux. Whether reporting on an [...]

    • Ricky Mancini, owner/operator of Mirinet Communications in the Somers Commons Shopping Center.

      Business Profile: Mirinet Communications, Somers

      The Mancini family is well known in Somers for their success in the real estate field. One member of the family, Ricky Mancini, is trying to make a name for himself, but in a different business. Mancini has owned and operated Mirinet Communications in the Somers Commons Shopping Center since July 2010. “We offer the [...]

    • Business Profile: Gamechanger

      Business Profile: Gamechanger

      Need to find a quality tutor for your son or daughter to help them with their math or science homework? Perhaps they need to brush up on certain skills for a big test or need a good baseball coach to straighten out their swing at the plate. For those families who want to see their [...]

    • Stepinac High School Names Steve Herman as New Varsity Basketball Head Coach

      Stepinac High School Names Steve Herman as New Varsity Basketball Head Coach

      Archbishop Stepinac High School announced Friday that Steve Herman has been named the new varsity head basketball coach. Herman, who most recently had been the Head JV Basketball Coach and Varsity Assistant at Fordham Prep will take over at the start of the 2013-2014 season. He succeeds Tim Philp who recently stepped down after ten [...]

    • Home Guru: Old Houses and Antiques are Rebounding, But Not Old Kitchens

      Home Guru: Old Houses and Antiques are Rebounding, But Not Old Kitchens

      When my historic house was on the market almost two years ago, there were buyer prospects who fell in love with it. But in each case, the feedback from their agents was similar: Clients love it but don’t want to spend the time or money to update the kitchen. What? Here I am, writing as [...]

    • Members of the Pleasantville community, including many high school students, get ready to cut the ribbon on the school's new edible garden last week.

      Three of a Kind: P’ville HS Opens District’s Newest Edible Garden

      Over the years, Pleasantville’s schools have demonstrated that it’s possible to entice students to eat healthfully and enjoy the food at the same time. Last week that job became easier. The school district cut the ribbon on an edible garden at the Pleasantville High School athletic field on May 17. It is the third garden [...]

    • THE GYM of Armonk Launches tG² Yoga

      THE GYM of Armonk Launches tG² Yoga

       THE GYM of Armonk recently launched a serious new yoga program, featuring a comprehensive schedule of six different classes to accommodate all levels of experience. The ultimate compliment to strength, cardio and conditioning work, tG² Yoga – “yoga to the highest power” – at THE GYM will bring an additional element of flexibility and mental [...]

    • President Bill Clinton was presented with an honorary degree at Westchester Community College on Saturday.

      WCC Presents President Clinton With Honorary Degree at Fundraiser

      It’s fitting that Westchester Community College presented former President Bill Clinton with an honorary degree on Saturday afternoon. Clinton was the first U.S. president to deliver a commencement address at a community college. At a fundraiser before close to 600 guests at WCC’s physical education building on its Valhalla campus, Clinton told the crowd that [...]

    • PHOTOS: Arts Bash and Open Studios

      PHOTOS: Arts Bash and Open Studios

      Arts Bash  and Open Studios 2013 was attended by several hundred people Friday, May 17 at ArtsWestchester, 31 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains. The food was great – over 35 establishments served appetizers, main course tidbits and desserts, plus wine and beer  - the conversation  was lively and the art – Fabulous! A theme of the [...]

    • The Paramount Center for the Arts

      New Operators of Paramount Hudson Valley in Peekskill Welcomed

      City officials, leaders and residents officially welcomed the new operators of the renamed Paramount HudsonValley theater Wednesday afternoon during a lease signing/ribbon cutting ceremony outside the historic marquee. “It’s wonderful to see how excited everyone is,” Mayor Mary Foster said. “This is a big day for Peekskill and WestchesterCounty.” Peekskill and Red House Entertainment reached [...]

    • Rendering of new Lyon Place garage.

      Demolition to Begin Next Week on Lyon Place Garage

      The work to begin tearing down the parking structure at Lyon Place, White Plains, will begin next week. Demolition is expected to last 10 weeks. Construction of a new state of the art parking structure will immediately follow. The new garage is expected to be operational by early 2014 and will provide 619 parking spaces, [...]

    • Andrea Rendo announced on Friday that she will be challenging County Legislator and Democratic Majority Leader Peter Harckham in the fall.

      Lewisboro GOP Chairwoman to Challenge Harckham in November

      Andrea Rendo may be running for office for the first time but she’s hardly a political newcomer. Rendo, the Town of Lewisboro Republican Committee chairwoman, announced on Friday she will oppose three-term Democratic incumbent Peter Harckham in November in the race for the District 2 seat on the Westchester County Board of Legislators. A criminal [...]

    • Games, crafts and rides are among the many fun activities at the annual Pleasantville Day, which takes place on Saturday.

      Village Ready to Celebrate at Annual Pleasantville Day

      Pleasantville community leaders have been regularly reminding residents for more than a month about the upcoming day that celebrates the village. Now Pleasantville Day has finally arrived here. Saturday, May 18, is the annual celebration which brings much of the village together. Festivities begin at 10 a.m. and continue until late afternoon, with most of the action [...]

    • Sheriff Don Smith

      York Drops Out of Sheriff Race, DeStefano Enters

      A heated Putnam County Sheriff’s race was shaken up this week, as Christopher York, an assistant district attorney in the Putnam County DA’s office, dropped out while Andrew DeStefano, a retired NYPD captain, announced his candidacy. Now vying for the Republican line are Sheriff Don Smith, first elected in 2001, DeStefano and former MTA Police [...]

    • Grapevine

      Grapevine

      At a recent tasting event I hosted, the subject of wine ratings, wine reviews and wine descriptions arose. One of the guests was unsure whether to rely on the ratings and comments of so-called wine experts. This is a subject that I’ve been ruminating over for a number of months myself. Is evaluating wine a [...]

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