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Federal investigators were unable to definitively conclude why an SUV driver moved into the path of an oncoming train Metro-North train at the Commerce Street grade crossing in Valhalla more than two years ago. On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety
Read MoreThe expected opening of a downtown vape shop prompted the Pleasantville Board of Education to hold a special meeting Monday morning to highlight negative effects the business could have on the village and local children. Since it was announced that
Read MoreResidents looking to move into the affordable and workforce housing units at Chappaqua Crossing have until early September to register and be eligible for the scheduled lottery. The 63 Chappaqua Crossing apartments that will be open to the public in
Read MoreOlympic figure skater Gracie Gold spent last week at Westchester Skating Academy in Elmsford offering local young skaters advice on technique, skill and what it takes to compete. For the second year in a row, the Olympian graced the rink
Read MoreIt won’t be your typical early morning swim for dozens of hardy souls this Sunday who will converge at the Chappaqua Swim & Tennis Club shortly after daybreak. This weekend is the club’s annual participation in Swim Across America, a
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) last week accepted Westchester’s analysis that concluded the county did not practice exclusionary zoning, clearing the last major obstacle for compliance of the 2009 affordable housing settlement. On Tuesday, County Executive
Read MoreWestchester Community College (WCC) students and their families can look forward to no tuition increase for the upcoming academic year, the fifth consecutive year the college and the county will keep the cost steady. County Executive Rob Astorino and WCC
Read MoreThe Horace Greeley High School assistant principal who filed a racial discrimination lawsuit last year against the Chappaqua School District is appealing a decision by a hearing officer that suspends him for two years without pay. Michael Taylor, who has
Read MoreNew Castle officials held a ceremonial groundbreaking Thursday morning for the $11.6 million Chappaqua infrastructure and streetscape project that promises to reinvigorate the heart of the business hamlet. Preliminary work and staging began within the past week and is expected
Read MoreIn anticipation of updating its Comprehensive Plan for the first time in nearly 50 years, the Mount Pleasant Town Board talked last week with representatives of a firm that could assist the town in the process. The board met with
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