News from The Examiner, covering Armonk-North Castle, Briarcliff, Chappaqua-New Castle, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY.
A proposal before the Pleasantville Planning Commission to build two two-family homes has sparked a debate within the village about its two-family zoning, which permits the multifamily homes. One of the structures has been proposed for the corner of Bedford
Read MoreFormer New York Knicks star John Starks knows a little bit about overcoming the odds. Starks was passed over by every team in the NBA draft coming out of college but managed to fashion a successful 13-year career, including a
Read MoreThe Bedford Central School District is losing another member of its central administration at the end of the school year. On Apr. 5, the Peekskill City School District Board of Education appointed Cynthia Hawthorne as the district’s new assistant superintendent
Read MoreArtists starting with a blank canvas consider numerous muses and creative ideas – theme, color, mood and gestural style, even before the brush sweeps the surface. But consider planning a large public art mural requiring a detailed plan, requisite funding and
Read MoreRegina Velasco and Sara Asa are among many in their age group who are distressed at the potential consequences of climate change in the years and decades ahead. Instead of just talking about it or getting frustrated, the pair of
Read MoreThere will be highly competitive Board of Education elections next month in several local districts reversing a bit of a recent trend of uncontested races. The changing of the guard will continue in the Bedford Central School District as all
Read MoreNew Castle fire commissioners are contemplating a referendum late this year that would expand and modernize the King Street firehouse but are concerned that rising interest rates and inflationary pressures will increase the project’s costs. Commissioners listened to a presentation
Read MoreTwo serious accidents last month on highly traveled roads in Mount Pleasant has renewed a couple of outspoken residents’ focus on traffic volume and how development-related decisions by officials is impacting travel in town. A pair of head-on collisions on
Read MoreThe Mount Kisco Planning Board signaled last week it will call for the more extensive environmental review of a proposed solar array because of the potential cumulative impacts with a cell tower at the same site. All five board members
Read MoreThroughout winter and spring, it’s common to find thousands of students throughout the region working on science and technology projects at fairs and competitions. One school that might not be top of mind when it comes to seeing high-quality projects
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