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Chappaqua Farmers Market organizers have reached out to New Castle officials about potentially partnering with the town on the operation of the popular Saturday morning market to receive assistance for the growing administrative tasks. Priscilla Sorensen, farmers market board of
Read MoreRepresentatives from several local agencies, women’s rights advocates and victims’ services organizations challenged the public to put an end to domestic violence during a forum in White Plains last Friday. Following several high-profile incidents recently involving NFL players, the panelists
Read MoreNew Castle’s Mandate Relief Committee chairwoman asked the Chappaqua Board of Education for help last week to present unified arguments to lawmakers in hopes of alleviating the crushing expenses imposed by government. Chappaqua resident Judy McGrath, who was appointed to
Read MorePleasantville School District officials are trying to get the community more involved in talking about and tackling the issue of substance abuse among village teens. At Tuesday evening’s board of education meeting, Superintendent Mary Fox-Alter highlighted the programs the district
Read MoreConsistently ranked among the top fine art and design shows in the New York metropolitan area by Sunshine Artist Magazine and in the top 10 percent nationwide by Art Fair SourceBook, the 53rd annual Armonk Outdoor Art Show will continue
Read MoreThe Town of New Castle will begin its telephone survey this week to help officials decide how to update its Master Plan. Beginning on Thursday, residents may be contacted by phone to respond to a questionnaire related to certain development
Read MoreThe North Castle Town Board last week approved rezoning a nearly half-acre parcel adjacent to the old lumberyard in Armonk that moves forward revised plans for market-rate condominiums and affordable housing units at the site. Developer Michael Fareri was granted
Read MoreMount Pleasant School District residents will decide whether to support a $55,855,000 capital projects bond this fall that would focus on improvements at the middle school and high school campus. Trustees reached consensus last Wednesday night to schedule a referendum
Read MoreSophie Mendelson had never come close to working on a surface like the one she painted most of the summer. Mendelson, a Chappaqua native who graduated in the spring from Skidmore College with an art degree, was putting the finishing
Read MoreAs news of drug use mounts in communities across the nation, a group of Pleasantville residents are taking steps to guard against drugs becoming a major problem for the village. On Sept.6, John Mueller hosted a pig roast at his
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