All Entries Tagged With: "Armonk"
Your Bicycle Can Make a Difference This Saturday
Spring clean-up is a good time to think about supporting Pedals for Progress, a non-profit organization that gives hope to people and communities in developing countries by putting our used and discarded bikes to work there. A donation of any used bike is a simple way to directly help these developing world economies, one bike [...]
CVS Reps Peppered By North Castle Planning Board Queries
There were no fireworks but there were plenty of questions about a proposal to bring a CVS Pharmacy to the Armonk Shopping Center during the April 9 North Castle Planning Board meeting. Eden Enterprises LLC, which owns the center, must obtain site plan approval from the planning board and a special permit from the town [...]
No. Castle’s DiDonato-Roth to Bid for GOP State Senate Nod
Pledging to restore fiscal sanity and ignite business growth, first-term North Castle Councilwoman Diane DiDonato-Roth officially announced Sunday her bid to run for the 37th Senate District this fall. DiDonato-Roth, 53, a Republican, was surrounded by family, friends and supporters at the Sons of Italy lodge in Yonkers. She said her entry into the race would [...]
Buyer Found for Armonk’s Ehrman Pool; Set to Open for Season
A private buyer has been found for the financially strapped Anita Louise Ehrman Pool in Armonk but questions arose last week about whether North Castle officials could have been more transparent. Terms of the sale to the North Castle Pool and Tennis Club LLC, which will own and operate the aquatic facility and 11.6-acre parcel, [...]
Access Physical Therapy And Wellness, Armonk
When Neil Chernick was ready to graduate high school and began searching for a career that would appeal to him, he thought about medicine. But he also wanted to combine his enjoyment of health, fitness and sports into his work. He entered the five-year masters program at Ithaca College for physical therapy where the undergraduate [...]
LV2BFIT Fitness Boutique Combines Women’s Two Passions
By Andrew Vitelli While Bedford resident Patty Palmieri comes from a background in retail, having worked at Lord & Taylor and Bergdorf Goodman, it was her side job teaching exercise classes at The GYM in Armonk that led to her current venture in fashion. While many of her students were showing up in whatever old [...]
Armonk A&P to Close By Feb. 1
It appears that the Armonk A&P is in its final days. The Examiner learned Friday that the supermarket, which has operated in the Armonk Shopping Center for more than 40 years, will be shuttered for good by Feb. 1. While no official closing date has been confirmed by the supermarket’s parent corporation, the Great Atlantic [...]
Hickory & Tweed: Throwback Store Linking the Generations
In the tight-knit community of Armonk, Hickory & Tweed is a welcome retreat, a kind of journey back to an era when going to the local store was where shoppers chatted with the shop owner in an environment that was neither rushed nor impersonal. Thankfully, that feeling still exists in this special store that has [...]
Arden Defeats Weaver in North Castle Supervisor’s Race
Challenger Howard Arden resoundingly defeated North Castle Supervisor William Weaver Tuesday night, ending the incumbent’s administration after one term. With 63 percent of the votes counted, Arden was leading 1,562 to 983. Weaver conceded shortly before 10:30 p.m. In the town board race, Democratic incumbent Michael Schiliro and Republican Stephen D’Angelo outlasted Republican newcomer Matt Rice [...]
Weaver, Schiliro, Carthy the Choices for No. Castle
Political races the year before a presidential election are often ignored by average voters. But when polls open next Tuesday, there should be no reason for North Castle residents to be apathetic. During the past two years issues large and small have sparked controversy. Seemingly no town business can be conducted without a fight.
Nonna’s Steady Hand Needed on Board of Legislators
Bipartisanship has become one of the more popular buzzwords in politics. Most officeholders claim cooperation but in an era where the political discourse has become increasingly strident, it can be elusive. What is equally important is for representatives to vote their conscience while keeping the best interests of their constituents in mind.
Byram Hills Names New Superintendent
The Byram Hills Board of Education announced Tuesday night the appointment of Deputy Superintendent Dr. William Donohue to replace Dr. Jackie Taylor next year. Donohue is a 20-year veteran of the district, first joining as director of guidance in 1990, then becoming high school principal in 1997. He was appointed assistant superintendent–later identified as deputy superintendent–in 2008. [...]
Business Group Looks to Make a Difference
There are plenty of business and networking groups for professionals and service providers to choose from but the Northern Westchester Business Network has a different set of priorities than most organizations of its kind. Its 23 members, consisting of business owners from White Plains to Bedford, just don’t want their attendees and guests to hand [...]
North Castle Planning Board Approves Armonk Square
Armonk won’t be left without a supermarket after all. The North Castle Planning Board unanimously granted final approval to the revised Armonk Square project Wednesday night, the centerpiece of which will be a 20,000-square-foot DeCicco Family Market. In addition to the food store, the mixed use facility totaling about 53,000 square feet, will feature retail [...]
Armonk Outdoor Art Show Celebrates 50 Years
Close to 200 artists from around the United States and abroad will descend on Armonk this weekend for the 50th annual Armonk Outdoor Art Show at Community Field. Fine artists and fine craft artists include entrants from eight different mediums. Patrons will be able to buy oils/acrylics, watercolors, mixed media, printmaking/drawing/pastels, sculpture, wearable art, fine [...]
Arden Holds on Over Weaver in No. Castle; Recount Expected
Challenger Howard Arden has held on for a 13-vote victory over North Castle Supervisor William Weaver in Tuesday’s North Castle Republican primary after the Westchester Board of Elections completed the machine count of the votes. District 10, which includes the area around Whippoorwill East in Armonk, had not been included in Tuesday’s totals after it [...]
Utilities Making Slow Progress to Restore Power
Residents and merchants in areas hardest hit by last weekend’s storm were still trying to recover as thousands remained without power on Wednesday afternoon. By 4:30 p.m., more than 14,000 Con Edison customers in Westchester were without electricity, including about 2,700 in North Castle, 1,870 in New Castle, about 1,750 in Yorktown and just over [...]
Westchester Opens Emergency Shelters
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino announced this afternoon that a list of 15 emergency shelters have either opened or are scheduled to open by Saturday evening to house residents who are affected by Hurricane Irene. By 3 p.m. the Hergenhan Recreation Center at 40 Maple Ave. in Armonk had already been in operation. The Boys & Girls Club [...]
Former No. Castle GOP Chair Indicted on 19 Counts
Former North Castle Republican Chairwoman Loronda Murphy was indicted on 19 counts stemming from her role in an alleged mortgage fraud scheme that fleeced her victims out of at least $250,000, District Attorney Janet DiFiore announced on Thursday. Murphy, 47, was charged with 10 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, five counts of [...]
Business of the Week: Beehive
Correction: In the Business of the Week feature on Beehive in the July 5 issue of The Examiner there were several mistakes made. We incorrectly identified one of the original owners of Beehive in Mount Vernon as Peter Tiglias, when his name is Louis Tiglias and Peter Modroukas’ daughter is named Valerie, not Tami. Also, the Mount Vernon [...]
Westchester Business Leaders Come Together
Some of Westchester’s brightest and boldest have come together with ideas to make Westchester a more business-friendly place. The Westchester Coalition for Business Development, a task force established by the Business Council of Westchester, issued a series of steps to build the county’s economic development on Wednesday at CW Brown in Armonk. The coalition also [...]
Armonk Rocked By Loss of A&P; CVS Signs Lease
A petition drive has begun in Armonk as members of the downtown business community and concerned residents are rallying to save the A&P Supermarket on Main Street and prevent a CVS Pharmacy from moving into the property. The grassroots effort was launched within a few days of last week’s sudden announcement by North Castle Supervisor [...]
Brynwood Golf & Country Club Wins Award, Names GM
After completing a major improvement project and selling out its membership in 2010, Brynwood Golf & Country Club in Armonk earned the Troon Golf “Rock Star” Award during the company’s annual leadership conference held last month in Scottsdale, Arizona. Troon Golf’s “Rock Star” award is given annually to a select number of top-performing properties that [...]
