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The New Castle Town Board plans to restore more than 1,600 linear feet of granite curbing to the downtown streetscape project, one of the items town officials removed last spring after costs far exceeded estimates. Town Administrator Jill Shapiro informed
Read MorePleasantville Mayor Peter Scherer will be running for re-election in next month’s village elections, but one of two incumbent trustees made it known late last weekend she will step aside. Before the petition filing period was scheduled to closed Tuesday,
Read MoreThe Mount Pleasant Planning Board approved the 73-house Kensico Preserve project, ending an extensive and contentious review. Baker Residential will construct the homes on a 165-acre property on Columbus Avenue in Thornwood owned by the Legion of Christ. The Planning
Read MoreThe race is now set for the 37th state Senate special election after Westchester Republicans nominated former Rye councilwoman Julie Killian at Wednesday night’s mini convention. Killian, who lost her first bid for the seat in 2016 when defeated by
Read MoreThere are venues throughout Westchester to listen to live music on a regular basis, but comedy fans have usually been faced with the inconvenience and expense of trekking to a Manhattan club to be entertained. That has now changed. Thornwood
Read MoreThe Mount Kisco Village Board agreed last week to draft a zoning text change that would allow a ShopRite supermarket to be constructed in the Diamond Properties complex on North Bedford Road. Village trustees instructed Village Attorney Whitney Singleton and
Read More“Mets fantasy camp,” my childhood friend Jeff Ahn texted me out of the blue on a Saturday evening in early September. “What do you think?” The moment I received the text I knew I had a big decision to make.
Read MoreThe Westchester County Board of Legislators approved a law this week banning gun shows from being held on county-owned property. Following intense debate last year between county officials, lawmakers voted 12-5 along strict party lines. The Democrats, who unanimously supported
Read MoreLast Saturday was the 75th anniversary of the one of the greatest acts of valor performed during World War II. The problem is very few people know anything about it. Hawthorne American Legion Post 112 made sure that it won’t
Read MoreA 19-year-old Valhalla man was killed last Tuesday by an oncoming train on the Metro-North tracks near the Commerce Street crossing. Metro-North spokeswoman Nancy Gamerman said the victim, Aaron Dannenbring, was killed by a train traveling from Grand Central Station
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