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A slight reduction in town taxes is expected for New Castle residents next year as the Town Board is expected to adopted its $50.2 million spending plan this on Tuesday evening. Officials are ready to adopt the 2025 budget with
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The Rockefeller Institute of Government outlined a series of recommendations last week to analyze and update New York’s Foundation Aid to provide more equitable funding for school districts. The organization released its report on Dec. 3, making suggestions for state
Read MoreAn unexpected sharp reduction in Mount Pleasant’s health insurance premium for 2025 has reduced the town’s spending by nearly $300,000 enabling officials to present a budget for next year that is under the tax cap. Mount Pleasant Comptroller Noreen McGinty
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Former secretary of state and defeated 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton painted a bleak picture facing many immigrants during the next four years, predicting indiscriminate raids and detention even for arrivals with proper documentation. Clinton, who was the featured
Read MoreThe applicant for a proposed five-megawatt battery energy storage system (BESS) in Valhalla argued for a hardship waiver to Mount Pleasant’s moratorium for the facilities as town officials made clear why they enacted the pause. Attorney Robert Gaudioso said at
Read MoreBy Martin Wilbur The North Castle Town Board is on track to approve a $42.6 million budget for 2025 with no tax increase, bolstered by an overflowing fund balance that will be used to help balance the budget. Board members
Read MoreChappaqua school officials are considering a partnership with Northwell Health and other districts throughout Westchester to increase resources and support for students experiencing mental health issues. The program, which would launch for the start of next school year if enough
Read MoreMount Pleasant residents grilled the Town Board last week over the likelihood of exceeding the tax cap while granting themselves raises and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars fighting a voting rights lawsuit. For about an hour-and-a-half last Tuesday evening,
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By the middle of 2025, Mount Kisco will be the home for the newest location of one of the most popular burger chains operating today. Shake Shack is scheduled to move into the roughly 4,000-square-foot vacant space at 176 N.
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Pleasantville officials are leaning toward raising pool fees by about 35 percent for village residents for the upcoming summer to help defray some of the costs to build the new facility. The issue of the likely increase in pool membership fees
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