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The owner of the former lumberyard property in Armonk is mulling another change in plans for the site. Developer Michael Fareri is considering an alternate proposal to convert the already approved 36-unit condominium proposal with six affordable units to a
Read MoreA developer is seeking to tear down the structure that formerly housed Eduardo’s Restaurant on Mount Kisco’s South Moger Avenue to construct a more than 8,000-square-foot, two-story commercial building. Project architect Ira Grandberg, who helped the Florida-based Win Development introduce
Read MoreDetails of the planned Saw Mill River Parkway renovations in Pleasantville later this year and the headaches it is anticipated to cause area motorists were outlined this week by village officials. The state Department of Transportation (DOT) project calls for
Read MoreBy James Best The Village of Mount Kisco announced last week it has received two federal grants totaling $230,000 for pedestrian and safety improvements and to buy a bus to transport senior citizens. Mayor Michael Cindrich said a $200,000 grant
Read MoreA proposed intermunicipal agreement (IMA) to provide Ossining with New Castle water is in limbo after suspicions were raised the move would bring a pediatric nursing home the water it needs for a controversial expansion project. New Castle officials heard
Read MoreEducation issues was the major concern last Friday at a public hearing held by Westchester-based state Assembly members on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2016 executive budget at the Greenburgh Public Library. Assemblymen David Buchwald (D-White Plains), Thomas Abinanti (D-Pleasantville), Gary Pretlow
Read MoreThe Mount Pleasant Town Board voted to extend its residential zoning moratorium until summer but may end some of the restrictions after this Tuesday’s public hearing. The board voted unanimously on Jan. 26 to extend the original six-month prohibition until
Read MoreSt. John’s Episcopal Church in Pleasantville is looking to make much-needed renovations to its historic century-old building on Sunnyside Avenue, a structure with plenty of history. Church leadership has worked with consultants over the past three years to devise a renovation
Read MoreMount Pleasant officials remembered the six victims of the worst Metro-North train accident in the railroad’s history Wednesday night with a candlelight vigil at Town Hall in Valhalla, a short distance from where the tragedy occurred. The brief but solemn
Read MoreBy James Best Pace University President Stephen Friedman informed faculty and students last week of his decision against requesting reappointment beyond the 2016-17 school year. Friedman, who arrived at the university in 2004, wrote in a Jan. 26 letter to
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