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Shortly after the start of the COVID-19 lockdown, a compilation of circumstances helped spawn the idea for local novelist Lynda Cohen Loigman’s new book. Loigman’s college-age daughter had been sent home from school, and her son was also taking his
Read MoreMount Kisco is once again faced with reducing the scope of work for renovating two of the village’s firehouses after the cost of the project has exceeded the budget by about a combined $700,000. Village officials revealed last week that
Read MorePleasantville parents with elementary school-age children are finding themselves in a bind since the Panther Club after-school childcare program has been unable to enroll an overflow number of registrants. For years parents have relied on the club, an affordable program
Read MoreNative Americans joined a group of New Castle residents who have vowed to preserve 20 forested acres that the Chappaqua School District owns, urging the Board of Education Wednesday evening to protect the land from development. Friends of Buttonhook, a
Read MoreMembers of the New Castle Conservation Board expressed concern last week that a proposed new section of the Town Code designed to address neglected property maintenance could ensnare homeowners who want to maintain longer grass and other foliage. Town officials
Read MoreFrequent visitors to Pleasantville can easily recognize there have been significant development changes in the downtown in recent years. The new building at 70 Memorial Plaza is steadily moving toward the finish line, following two previously completed projects on Washington
Read MoreIt may have taken longer than planned, but the Town of Mount Pleasant finally has its 9/11 monument. During the annual ceremony outside Town Hall on Sunday, officials unveiled a Cambrian black granite piece with two five-foot by 14-inch blocks
Read MoreResidents living under the vast web of jet flight paths near the Westchester County Airport voiced their growing frustrations, including complaints and accusations, at a Sept. 6 public forum held at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center. The county’s in-person meetings
Read MoreThis is a snippet of a “Sneak Peek” piece published first in our Examiner+ email newsletter, previewing next week’s print newspaper coverage. By Ed Perratore Mount Kisco has had no bookshop since Borders closed its last stores in 2011. But a new
Read MoreAn increasingly popular community energy program that had to be paused at the end of June because of surging costs will resume on Nov. 1. Sustainable Westchester will restart the Westchester Power Community Energy Program after the terms for a
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