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Local mountain biking enthusiasts will have three new trails to choose from this spring at Graham Hills Park in Mount Pleasant to test their riding and jumping skills. Westchester County, which owns the park, announced Wednesday that materials are being
Read moreThe Bedford Board of Education has pulled the plug on the proposed 30-acre solar farm it had been considering behind West Patent Elementary as well as a carport there and at Mount Kisco Elementary School. On Monday morning, the board
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A state Education Department (SED) determination has placed a Mount Kisco school that serves students with learning and social and emotional disabilities in financial peril because the school must pay districts that sent pupils to its classes. The Karafin School,
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Members of the New York State Senate moved forward Monday with an 11-bill package that is designed to better support and protect nursing home residents. Legislation approved by the Senate and supported by Sen. Peter Harckham (D-Lewisboro), is a continuation
Read moreThe Mount Pleasant Board of Education approved the release of $384,000 from unassigned fund balance to pay for the potential full-time return of students at Hawthorne and Columbus elementary schools. After surveys of students’ parents at both schools were recently
Read moreMount Kisco officials are on the verge of signing a 99-year lease with a developer to build a mixed-use development on two downtown municipal parking lots, a project they hope will invigorate the downtown. Mayor Gina Picinich said last week
Read moreBy Lindsay Emery Parents vented their frustrations to the Pleasantville Board of Education last week, dissatisfied that the district’s reopening of schools for in-person learning hasn’t progressed as well as several neighboring districts. Guidance documents from the state Department of
Read moreImprovements to the plans of a proposed Mount Kisco solar farm would cause minimal neighborhood and environmental impacts, representatives for the applicant told the village’s Planning Board last week. Sunrise Community Solar, which hopes to install a 2.5 million-kilowatt ground-mounted
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The New Castle Democratic Committee on Tuesday named Chappaqua Board of Education Vice President Holly McCall to lead its ticket as the party’s candidate for supervisor. McCall, who was elected to the school board in 2019, will be part of
Read moreThe Armonk developer who has been seeking a lower percentage of affordable units for a revamped condominium project has balked at a town-imposed deadline to complete construction that would enable him to receive the reduction. During the start of a
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