News from The Examiner, covering Armonk-North Castle, Briarcliff, Chappaqua-New Castle, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY.
A developer has drawn up plans for a hotel and more than 160 residential units on 32 acres in Armonk that IBM sold last year. Representatives for local developer Frank Madonna, one-half of the entity MADD Madonna Armonk, LLC that
Read MoreSeveral Westchester County residents, union members and county employees joined members of the Westchester Board of Legislators this week in support of an earned sick day bill. With about 36 percent of workers in Westchester lacking paid sick days, the
Read MoreThe 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
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