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News from The Examiner, covering Armonk-North Castle, Briarcliff, Chappaqua-New Castle, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY.
North Castle is welcoming a familiar face back to town next week. The Town Board approved the appointment Wednesday night of Matt Trainor to return as the municipality’s Superintendent of Parks and Recreation a little more than two years after
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Organizers are moving forward with plans to hold this year’s Mount Kisco SeptemberFest with the understanding that the trajectory of infections and guidance from public health officials will dictate whether the event can be held. Portions of the three-day celebration,
Read moreSoul Brewing Company in Pleasantville, known as a “grain to glass brewery and tasting room,” first opened last year on Mar. 14, only to close two days later because of New York State’s pandemic lockdown of public spaces. Owner Allen Wallace
Read moreThe engineering firm retained to design a 1.5-mile pedestrian and bike path connecting Chappaqua Crossing and downtown Chappaqua presented a route to New Castle town officials last week that avoids most private properties and school district land. The proposed ChapLine
Read moreThe past year has been difficult for so many, but hundreds of arts, theater, music and dance organizations have in many instances been stretched to the limits in hopes of surviving. Westchester Ballet Company (WBC) is no different. The acclaimed
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Nothing was going to stop Pasquale Palumbo from appearing on his favorite game show Jeopardy! Since being contacted in late 2019 by the show’s producers following a successful online test and audition in Manhattan, the Hawthorne resident had been given
Read moreMount Kisco DPW General Foreman Joe Luppino was placed on a paid leave of absence Monday two days after he was arrested by Westchester County police on a misdemeanor charge. Police reported that Luppino, 49, of West Street turned himself
Read morePleasantville residents would see a tax rate increase of less than 1 percent for the upcoming fiscal year in the village’s proposed $22.4 million budget for 2021-22. Village Administrator Eric Morrissey reviewed the spending plan before the Village Board last
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Mount Kisco will consider the regulation of leaf blowers and other landscaping equipment after a plan proposed last week would limit months and hours of operation and eventually phase out a certain type of engine. In a presentation by Village
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A new pickup and traffic plan will go into effect for parents retrieving Bedford Road School students in Pleasantville at the end of the school day when full-time, in-person attendance resumes on Apr. 7. Because the village and school district
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