All Entries Tagged With: "Briarcliff"
Pace, Mt. Pleasant Begin Master Plan DEIS Review
A major renovation plan proposed for Pace University was discussed without public opposition during the May 3 Mount Pleasant Planning Board meeting. The plan to consolidate Pace’s Briarcliff and Pleasantville campuses is outlined in the project’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Under the plan, Pace would sell its 35-acre Briarcliff site, which opened in 1977, and [...]
The Club at Briarcliff Manor’s Integrative Medicine Lecture Series for Seniors Continues with Presentation
The Club at Briarcliff Manor, the region’s premier senior living community under development in Briarcliff Manor, is presenting the third lecture in its Integrative Medicine Series with a presentation titled “Don’t Let Stress Shorten Your Life: How Stress Reduction Helps to Heal Body, Mind and Spirit.” The featured speaker is Minerva Santos, M.D., Medical [...]
Pace Submits Master Plan DEIS; Hearing Scheduled
The plan to consolidate Pace University’s Briarcliff and Pleasantville campuses is moving forward as the college submitted the completed Draft Environmental Impact Statement to the Mount Pleasant Planning Board last week. A public hearing has been scheduled for Thursday, May 3 on the DEIS. Under the plan, which was first announced in the fall of [...]
Think Fit for Kids to Raise Money for Brain Tumor Foundation
With businesses and communities feeling so much financial pressure today, it can be awfully difficult to launch a new fundraiser and have it turn out to be a successful venture. But the organizers of last year’s inaugural Think Fit for Kids at Club Fit Briarcliff overcame those hurdles to raise more than $150,000. This Sunday [...]
Business of the Week Good Food, Briarcliff Manor
For years John Chambal was accustomed to working in high-volume restaurant kitchens. Now singlehandedly he runs Good Food, Briarcliff Manor’s only créperie, where you’ll find this self-taught chef whipping up an eclectic menu of Asian, Greek, Indian and American food. For six years, Chambal searched for a suitable location before finally opening Good Food seven [...]
Lonely Hearts No More: Longtime SPCA Inhabitants Hopeful of Adoption
By Sherrie Dulworth After spending most of her life watching others find a good match, Avery might have thought she was destined to remain lonely, always on the sidelines. Then, last year, her luck turned. Susan Bond, 55, visited the SPCA of Westchester in Briarcliff Manor thinking she and her husband might adopt another beagle [...]
HUD Pulls CDBG Funds from Westchester
Housing and Urban Development has pulled more than $4 million of federal funding from approved community development block grant (CDBG) projects in Westchester after it rejected the county’s Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice. The analysis, submitted by the county on July 11, was supposed to identify problems and determine solutions that would assist [...]
Radio Voice Lopate Speaks at The Club in Briarcliff Manor
Leonard Lopate, the famed public radio show host of “The Leonard Lopate Show” on WNYC, has spent the past 26 years using his show to learn about interesting subjects and talk with people who otherwise would not answer his call. A humble man, who would much rather ask questions than talk about himself, Lopate preferred [...]
Konig Throws Hat into Ring; Seeks to Replace Legislator Burton
Republican Susan Konig has declared her intentions to run for Westchester County Legislator in the 9th District. Konig will be running against Democratic Ossining Town Supervisor Catherine Borgia, who announced her candidacy last week. Konig unsuccessfully ran in 2009, losing to Legislator Bill Burton by 12 votes. Burton, the incumbent Democrat, announced recently he would [...]
Cast Members Sought for “The Sound of Music” in Briarcliff
The Summercliff Players are getting ready to hear the sound of music. The theater company will be performing “The Sound of Music” in July. An interest meeting will be held on Monday, April 26 at 7 p.m. at the Briarcliff Manor Youth Center on Van Lu Van Road, with auditions held on Sunday, May 22 [...]
Burton Not Seeking Reelection
Westchester County Legislator Bill Burton announced he would not seek reelection to the seat he has held since 2005. Burton represents Briarcliff, Cortlandt, Croton and Ossining. An Ossining resident, Burton was the town supervisor from 1991 to 1997. Burton currently serves in the legislature as chairman of the Housing and Planning and Operations committee, along [...]
Community Supported Agriculture
Now is the time of year most farms that run CSAs are signing up shareholders. This will be my first year participating. As an avid farmers’ market shopper and supporter, I have always bought my locally grown produce there, and plan to continue getting my goat cheese, chicken, and baked goods from my favorite market [...]
Thompson & Bender Celebrates 25 Years
The Briarcliff-based Thompson & Bender has turned a quarter century old. And last night the public relations/marketing/advertising firm celebrated the landmark in style. At a reception for more than 300 invited guests, the event was held at 42 The Restaurant in downtown White Plains. Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino was one of many VIPs who [...]
