News from The Examiner, covering Armonk-North Castle, Briarcliff, Chappaqua-New Castle, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY.
Hundreds 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 MoreThe process of updating North Castle’s Comprehensive Plan is scheduled to move forward next week when the town’s Steering Committee hosts a public hearing on the draft plan. A hearing has been set for Tuesday, Oct. 24 at Hergenhan Recreation
Read MoreNew Castle officials will draw up the paperwork to borrow as much as $18.2 million to pay for the Chappaqua infrastructure and streetscape project and a series of additional improvements throughout town. Last week, the Town Board submitted the list
Read MoreWhen Victor Ramon decided to join Boy Scouts in sixth grade, he had some catching up to do. Many of his fellow Scouts in Mount Kisco Troop 1 had started out at a much younger age. But six years later,
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