News from The Examiner, covering Armonk-North Castle, Briarcliff, Chappaqua-New Castle, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY.
By Anna Young The Pleasantville Village Board approved an update of the municipality’s Master Plan last week that officials hope will refine the village’s downtown and expand opportunities for assisted living. Representatives from the Manhattan-based BFJ Planning worked closely with
Read MorePolice continue to investigate the vandalization of more than a dozen Byram Hills School District buses last Thursday causing officials to delay the opening of school for one hour. The North Castle Police Department was contacted at 6:25 a.m. on
Read MoreSix months after the first of two meetings were held to devise strategies to reinvigorate downtown Mount Kisco, Mayor Michael Cindrich said he has been working with private stakeholders to entice new business to the village. Cindrich said last week
Read MoreWestchester County Executive Rob Astorino last week derided Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s key initiatives in the traveling State of the State addresses as “fake news” for being unrealistic or lacking detail while touting his accomplishments in office. Astorino, speaking last Thursday
Read MoreA group of Millwood and West End residents last week overwhelmingly panned the proposal to change the name of the Town of New Castle to Chappaqua. All but one of the Millwood-West End Advisory Board members who spoke during an
Read MoreBy Anna Young The Pleasantville Board of Education announced Friday that middle school Principal Vivian Ossowski will be retiring at the end of June completing a 33-year career with the district. Ossowski arrived as a special education teacher at Pleasantville
Read MoreBy Anna Young Frigid, bone-chilling temperatures didn’t stop Pleasantville firefighters from gathering once again at Graham Hills Park Monday night to remember their former comrade Thomas Dorr. Friends, co-workers and first responders from numerous municipalities including the Bedford Hills Police
Read MoreFather Hugh Burns wanted to find a way to engage the community with timely and relevant topics and have people talk to one another even if they don’t agree politically or ideologically. What had been an idea of his since
Read MoreBy Anna Young The Pleasantville Village Board will say goodbye to three-term Trustee Mindy Berard at the end of March, but her replacement could be a former village trustee. Jeremiah Lynch, a 26-year Pleasantville resident and longtime tax accountant, announced
Read MoreBy Neal Rentz and Anna Young On a strict 9-8 party line vote, the Westchester County Board of Legislators Monday night approved banning gun shows at county-owned facilities, but it is unlikely to withstand an anticipated veto. The legislation came
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