News from The Examiner, covering Armonk-North Castle, Briarcliff, Chappaqua-New Castle, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY.
The opposing slates in this year’s New Castle election have accused each other of unethical action for the mass transmission of unsolicited campaign-related messages. Scores of town residents have been troubled by the influx of e-mail blasts from Team New
Read MoreThe North Castle Town Board approved buying the Anita Louise Ehrman (ALE) Recreation Center swimming pool complex for $728,000 last week from the nonprofit organization that rebuilt the facility more than a decade ago. Citing strong membership numbers since the
Read MoreSunday afternoon’s 150th anniversary celebration by the New Castle Historical Society of Fair Ridge Cemetery has been postponed until Sunday, Nov. 5 due to the forecast of heavy rain. The program, “Come and Meet Your (Former) Neighbors: Now Permanently Residing
Read MoreHundreds of runners and walkers will be taking to the streets of Pleasantville this Saturday for Tina’s 5K Run/Walk. The seventh annual event, which was conceived in 2011 by Pleasantville resident Michael Bloom, now a college freshman, raises money for
Read MoreA 47-year-old Ossining woman who stole more than $250,000 from the Pleasantville company she had worked for was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months to four and a half years in state prison, the Westchester County District attorney’s office announced. Erika
Read MoreMount Kisco officials explained to residents last week why the village has proposed a $10.25 million referendum that would pay for renovations at the volunteer fire department’s three firehouses. The proposition, which will be on the ballot on Nov. 7,
Read MoreThe state Office of Mental Health (OMH) has rejected an application from a California-based residential treatment center to open a facility for teenagers in Armonk. In an Oct. 11 decision, OMH Commissioner Ann Marie Sullivan cited Paradigm Treatment Centers’ failure
Read MoreEscalating tensions between opponents of the Sunshine Children’s Home and Rehabilitation Center’s proposed expansion and New Castle Supervisor Robert Greenstein have erupted with allegations that the supervisor is trying to portray them as anti-Semitic. Emotions have been running high after
Read MoreBy Jon Craig A panel of psychiatrists, parents and representatives from nonprofit organizations offered personal and professional insights into treating potentially deadly addictions to prescription painkillers and heroin during last week’s fourth annual HealthTech conference in Tarrytown. Panelists agreed that
Read MoreWestchester County police have launched an investigation into two swastikas on an exterior wall of Bet Torah synagogue in Mount Kisco last weekend. Synagogue staff discovered the two 2-foot-by-2-foot swastikas on Sunday morning on the wall of the synagogue’s nursery
Read More