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Students at Pace University were evacuated Wednesday night following a gas leak on the Pleasantville campus. According to Cara Cea, the assistant director for media relations at Pace, a corroded external gas pipe burst on Wednesday evening due to the
Read MoreNorth Castle officials are exploring the possibility of the town taking over operation of the Anita Louise Ehrman Pool in Armonk through a licensing agreement and to evaluate whether it should incur the responsibility on a long-term basis. The town’s
Read MoreThe New Castle Town Board will weigh recommendations submitted by two committees it appointed last year that were asked to devise plans to keep residents and their pets safe from coyotes. Last week, the Coyote Awareness and Safety Advisory Committee
Read MoreNorth Castle officials came to terms on a new contract last week with the town’s police union that will see officers contribute to their health insurance coverage for the first time in the municipality’s history. The agreement with the Police
Read MoreThe Pleasantville Village Board race will once again be uncontested. Mayor Peter Scherer, first elected in 2009, will be seeking his third term while Trustee Colleen Griffin-Wagner seeks a second three-year term in the March 18 election. Last month, Scherer
Read MoreWhen Maggie O’Connor was stuck in White Plains following last week’s Metro-North train crash, her immediate thoughts were about how she could help those affected by the tragedy. O’Connor, a therapist at Breakthrough Marriage and Family Therapy, typically takes the
Read MoreElected officials serving parts of the area serviced by Metro-North’s Harlem line are pressing the federal government for action to prevent a repeat of last week’s accident in Valhalla. New Castle Supervisor Robert Greenstein, whose community saw two of its
Read MoreCounty Legislator Peter Harckham (D-North Salem) announced Tuesday morning that he will not seek another term in November representing District 2 on the Board of Legislators. Harckham, who served as Democratic Majority Leader in 2010-11, made the announcement on his
Read MoreFor the second time in four months, Mount Pleasant School District residents will be asked to vote on a major capital projects bond. The board of education voted unanimously last Wednesday to approve a three-proposition bond that will go before
Read MoreFriends and family of Ellen Brody remembered her Friday as a perpetually optimistic and caring family person who greeted everyone with a warm smile and infectious humor. Hundreds packed the Chabad of the Rivertowns in Dobbs Ferry for a touching
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