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About 35 Mount Kisco residents and merchants brainstormed on ideas to help reshape the village’s downtown area during a Comprehensive Plan workshop last Saturday. Frank Fish, president of BFJ Planning, the firm hired by the village to lead the update,
Read MoreA potential buyer has emerged for downtown Chappaqua’s Senter Street firehouse who could transform the nearly century-old building into a restaurant. Last month, local residents Steffi and Phil Green reached out to the New Castle Fire District No. 1 Board
Read MoreThe Chappaqua Board of Education appointed a Mahopac educator to serve as the district’s new assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction last week. Dr. Adam Pease was appointed during the board’s Mar. 14 meeting following a six-week interview process that
Read MoreOne of Pleasantville’s most valued and reliable servants says her final goodbye to Village Hall Friday. After serving the public for nearly 32 years, Village Administrator Patricia Dwyer will deservingly spend her first day of retirement celebrating St. Patrick’s Day,
Read MoreHundreds of students poured out of Pleasantville High School Wednesday morning as part of the nationwide school walkout demanding stronger gun legislation while memorializing the victims in last month’s high school massacre in Parkland, Fla. At the stroke of 10
Read MoreNew Castle officials pledged last week to work together on a variety of strategies to catch the attention of policymakers, including state Sen. Terrence Murphy (R-Yorktown), to strengthen New York’s gun regulations. The Town Board vigorously debated how to convince
Read MorePleasantville officials presented their initial designs and goals last week as they continue to work on redesigning a portion of the Memorial Plaza civic space. The Mar. 5 meeting at Village Hall took input from residents and other village stakeholders
Read MoreNearly 200 adults and children packed The Little Theater at Fox Lane Middle School Sunday afternoon to screen an HBO documentary about a Chappaqua boy who sparks an intimate conversation with his great-grandfather about his time in Auschwitz. “The Number
Read MoreBy Aaron Notis Jon Bon Jovi is a man of his word. When his close friend and former entertainment attorney, Jerry Edelstein, needed a kidney nine years ago, the Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation came to the rescue, securing a life-saving
Read MoreCounty Executive George Latimer has called for the resignations of Con Edison’s and New York State Electric & Gas’s (NYSEG) presidents accusing the utilities of having “fumbled the recovery effort” after last Friday’s storm. As many residents entered the sixth
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