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By Lizzie Gellman About 150,000 Americans are diagnosed with colon cancer each year and 50,000 will lose their battle against the nation’s second leading cancer killer. This public health issue has not yet gained the recognition it should, but there
Read MoreBy Lizzie Gellman Responding to increasing concern about the mosquito-borne Zika virus, County Executive Rob Astorino revealed Thursday morning the county’s plan to control the virus and protect residents from contracting the disease. Astorino said the strategy involves “education, surveillance
Read MoreBy Kathryn Nicolai For the second consecutive year, downtown Chappaqua will be abuzz with activity every third Saturday of the month. Starting this weekend and continuing through October, the third Saturday will see four separate events taking place downtown simultaneously:
Read MoreLeaders of the Bedford Central School District will have a lot of questions to answer at their next board of education meeting after the district’s $124.6 million budget that exceeded the tax cap fell just short. The budget had support
Read MoreChappaqua Board of Education incumbents Warren Messner and Jeffrey Mester won re-election Tuesday night and voters overwhelmingly approved the district’s $118.2 million budget for 2016-17 that carries no tax levy increase. Messner, the current board president, won a second three-year
Read MoreMore than 50 members of the Pleasantville teachers union marched through the village’s downtown last Wednesday afternoon to stress to the community that they have been working under an expired contract since last year. The Teachers Association of Pleasantville (TAP)
Read MoreTwo state legislators renewed their call last Friday for the state Senate to require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to study grade crossings throughout New York in hopes of avoiding future tragedies. State Sen. David Carlucci (D-Clarkstown) and Assemblyman Thomas
Read MoreValhalla resident John Whearty, a former Mount Pleasant School District superintendent of schools and an educator in the district for 34 years, died on May 12. He was 82. Whearty began his career in Mount Pleasant in 1962 when was
Read MoreThe Chappaqua Board of Education will see a contested election on Tuesday for the first time since 2013. Challenger Rhonda Kaufman, a 22-year district resident, is on the ballot facing current board president Warren Messner, who is completing his first
Read MoreIn 2014, Michele Berliner and Christy Saltstein faced the challenge of having to educate the community in and around North Castle about the Stayin’ Alive 5K Fun Run through Windmill Farm. That year’s race did well in attracting 185 runners
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