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The former Horace Greeley High School theater teacher who resigned following a complaint of inappropriate contact with students was arrested this morning for having engaged in sexual assault and multiple instances of improper sexual contact. Christopher Schraufnagel, 41, of Manhattan,
Read MoreFor the second time this month, a Pleasantville Cottage School student was arrested and charged with assaulting a fellow student, Mount Pleasant police said. Dastina Myers, 17, was arrested on Oct. 21 and charged with second-degree assault, a class D
Read MoreBy Neal Rentz and Arthur Cusano Loyal patrons of the All Westchester Saw Mill Multiplex Cinemas in Hawthorne will soon have to find another venue to see the latest movies. The Mount Pleasant Planning Board unanimously granted site plan approval
Read MoreA quarter century after Millwood Fire Department officials first explored building a new firehouse their dream became reality on Saturday morning. The department decommissioned its antiquated 91-year-old Fire Station No. 1 on Route 120 and moved into the just completed
Read MoreSolarize Westchester has selected the towns of Somers and New Castle to participate in a solar discount program that makes installing solar electric systems simpler and more affordable for residents and businesses. The Solarize Somers-New Castle program will launch with
Read MoreOf the thousands of families that come to the trauma center at Westchester Medical Center each year, only about half expected to be there. The other half arrive following a medical emergency, like Ben and Debbie Lieberman of Chappaqua, whose
Read MoreA candidate for New Castle Town Board accused Supervisor Robert Greenstein last week of trying to haul him before the town’s Board of Ethics in a politically motivated attempt to sully his reputation as Election Day approaches. Jeremy Saland, one of the town’s three prosecutors and running on the Democratic slate opposing the Republican-backed Team New Castle 2.0 ticket
Read MoreDemolition has begun at a former Pleasantville business complex that will soon become a luxury townhouse development. Mayor Peter Scherer made the announcement at last week’s village board meeting, saying he had received calls from residents curious about the now-bustling
Read MoreA proposal to bring Modell’s Sporting Goods to the site of the former Borders bookstore was thrown into doubt last week as most of the Mount Kisco Planning Board expressed opposition to the application. Four of the five board members
Read MoreIn 2011, Dan Foster headed to Lincoln Center to take in a new Off-Broadway play and was enthralled with what he saw. Foster, co-founder of Hudson Stage Company and a longtime actor and stage director, was at the original production
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