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News from The Examiner, covering Armonk-North Castle, Briarcliff, Chappaqua-New Castle, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY.
The Town of New Castle’s Holocaust and Human Rights Committee called out the Chappaqua School District last week for failing to acknowledge that a flyer hung at Horace Greeley High School was anti-Semitic. Committee Co-chair Alexandra (Ali) Rosenberg as well
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Last Friday about 300 Fox Lane High School juniors eagerly donned red and white t-shirts that read Community Volunteer Day 2023, prepared to donate their time and energy for the second annual Community Day, created to encourage volunteerism in young
Read morePlanning consultants for the Village of Pleasantville revised their 10-year projected impacts that downtown development would have on the community but once again concluded the village would be able to handle the increase in residential units. The updated study presented
Read moreThe North Castle Town Board will be faced with whether to rezone 32 acres in Armonk to accommodate a reconfigured residential project after a public hearing on the issue was convened last week. Applicant Maddd Madonna Armonk LLC is proposing
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Editor’s Note: Due to the forecast of heavy rain on Saturday afternoon, the organizers of the MultiCulture Fest announced late Thursday they have canceled the event. The Town of New Castle may appear to be a largely homogenous community from
Read moreArea school budgets were easily approved Tuesday night and voters in the Chappaqua and Bedford each elected two new Board of Education members who will take over for retiring incumbents this summer. In Chappaqua’s four-candidate race for two board seats,
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The Route 9A engineering study between Croton-on-Hudson and Mount Pleasant has commenced and there will soon be community workshops for state transportation officials to receive public feedback. The $3 million engineering study that was funded last April started in late
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If you have a chance to stroll by any of Anne Bell’s paintings or drawings, the visitor is very much encouraged to use their imagination. Bell’s love of nature and her ability to use plants and flowers as symbols for
Read moreThe Bedford Board of Education approved a new director of special education last week despite pleas from some special education parents and community members who questioned how an internal promotion will improve the program. Assistant Director of Special Education Toni
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New Castle residents voiced mixed reaction last week for a proposed mixed-use development at the former Rite Aid property at 50 N. Greeley Ave. that would feature a structure that is carbon neutral. At a public hearing last Tuesday to
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