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Representatives of Summit/Greenfield joined New Castle and county officials Tuesday for a ceremonial groundbreaking at Chappaqua Crossing, the start of the next phase for the longest reviewed application in town history. The groundbreaking for the project’s $50 million retail component
Read MoreA revised plan that would demolish the existing building at the Legionaries property on Route 128 was floated last week before the New Castle Town Board by the New Jersey developer who owns the parcel. Stephen Oder, of Soder Real
Read MoreNorth Castle officials agreed last week to give Armonk developer Michael Fareri the green light to move six affordable housing units from his condominium project at the old lumberyard to a downtown property on Maple Avenue. The decision, made at
Read MoreA developer looking to build an assisted living facility on Pleasantville’s Bedford Road is hoping the second time is the charm after another plan was rejected by the village board in 2014. Bedford Road Partners and Sunrise Senior Living, a
Read MoreRats returned to Westlake Middle School this week. Mount Pleasant School District Superintendent of Schools Dr. Susan Guiney said two wood rats were found at the school on Tuesday. The first was discovered in the morning in a hallway and
Read MoreThe Pleasantville School District will be the first school system in New York State to have a rapid-response 911 system, courtesy of the Pleasantville Police Benevolent Association (PBA). Donation of the system was announced at the Feb. 9 Board of
Read MoreAssemblyman Thomas Abinanti (D-Pleasantville) is calling for passage of his bill that would require the state Department of Transportation (DOT) to conduct a study of grade-level railroad crossings across New York. The measure would give the job of examining the
Read MoreThe race to replace Janet DiFiore as Westchester County’s district attorney kicked off last week with two candidates announcing bids for the Republican endorsement. Last Wednesday, former Nassau County prosecutor Mitch Benson, 56, of New Rochelle announced his intention to
Read MoreThe Town of Mount Pleasant is being sued by New York City for hiring a recent graduate of the city’s police academy without proper reimbursement for the cost of his training. Mount Pleasant Supervisor Carl Fulgenzi said he learned of the suit on
Read Moreago Ed Ballen accompanied his daughter, Rachel, to volunteer at the Hameau des Juenes orphanage in Rwanda’s rural Eastern District. For someone who had long been attracted to working on social justice issues, it didn’t take long for Ballen to
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