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Citing excessive noise and carbon emissions, New Castle officials are considering legislation to ban gas-powered leaf blowers in town by 2021 and prohibit the use of all blowers from mid-May through September starting next year. Rand Manasse, a town resident
Read MoreCounty officials and law enforcement authorities outlined security precautions and enlisted the public’s help Thursday after a series of suspected explosive devices were aimed at political targets this week, including two in Westchester. In an afternoon briefing in White Plains,
Read MoreThe first feature-length film of any filmmaker’s career is often a daunting, all-consuming process. For R. Harvey Bravman, there was something even more important at stake. Bravman is the producer and director of “Soul Witness, The Brookline Holocaust Witness Project,”
Read MoreNew Castle police are searching for a woman who entered an occupied home apparently holding a firearm Wednesday afternoon and stole an undisclosed amount of property. Lt. James Carroll said the perpetrator, a pale white female believed to be in
Read MoreThe Pleasantville School District is partnering with Pleasantville STRONG and the Break the Hold Foundation to ensure students receive the proper training to manage their emotional and mental well-being. As youths attempt to navigate the emotional turmoil of growing up,
Read MoreAn explosive device was found in the mailbox of billionaire philanthropist and Westchester resident George Soros on Monday. Soros, a villain to right-wing groups and often the subject of virulent anti-Semitism, has a home in Katonah. Expert technicians detonated the
Read MoreThe Westchester County Fair Campaign Practices Committee Sunday night released four findings against state Sen. Terrence Murphy for issuing misleading or unsubstantiated campaign statements, including one that charged Democratic challenger Peter Harckham with having simultaneously worked two state jobs. Harckham
Read MoreSeveral Mount Kisco residents expressed skepticism about allowing mixed-use development on village-owned property in the downtown area and called for greater emphasis on environmental issues during the opening of last week’s public hearing on the Comprehensive Plan update. The Village Board
Read MoreA spiraling number of coyote sightings in Pleasantville forced village officials last week to devise suitable course of action to deal with coyote encounters in the community. The Pleasantville Village Board discussed several scenarios to help the public, including when
Read MoreWhen Staff Sgt. Jaymes Poling returned from combat in Afghanistan for the last time in December 2013, he wasn’t overly concerned about his transition back to civilian life. But that changed one night while at his father’s house in Cleveland.
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