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Last 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
Read MoreFormer President Bill Clinton swore in New Castle town officials Tuesday night advising the community on the importance of working together and to avoid assuming the worst of their elected officials. During the ceremonial event at the Chappaqua Performing Arts
Read MoreTo the applause of dozens of residents who packed Mount Pleasant Town Hall Wednesday night, officials announced that the controversial Hawthorne Cedar Knolls will be closing in six to nine months. The announcement was made by state Sen. Terrence Murphy
Read MoreDavid Gelber, creator and executive producer of “The Years of Living Dangerously,” the Emmy award winning series on Climate Change, and David Yarnold, president and CEO of the National Audubon Society, are the keynote speakers at this year’s annual Bedford 2020 Climate
Read MoreThe North Castle Town Board appeared disinterested last week in entertaining a request from Armonk developer Michael Fareri to relocate affordable units from his condominium project at the old lumberyard on Bedford Road. Fareri made another plea to the board
Read MoreIn the aftermath of the Jan. 22 incident in which a resident of the Hawthorne Cedar Knolls High School walked into a neighboring home and attempted to steal some items, Mount Pleasant Supervisor Carl Fulgenzi and state Sen. Terrence Murphy
Read MoreA GoFundMe fundraiser has been started following the suicide of a Pleasantville teen. Brian Halloran, a 19-year-old freshman at the University of South Carolina, apparently took his own life last Tuesday while at college. Despite the tragedy, the Halloran family
Read MoreA public hearing on Pleasantville’s proposed legislation to ban single-use plastic bags suddenly became contentious Monday night when the Key Food Marketplace owner threatened to short-circuit a planned expansion if the law was approved. Throughout the nearly three-hour hearing on
Read MoreA proposal for a community solar power project on a portion of the Oakwood Cemetery on Lexington Avenue received generally favorable comments during a joint Mount Kisco Village Board and Planning Board meeting last week. The project is proposed by
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