News from The Examiner, covering Armonk-North Castle, Briarcliff, Chappaqua-New Castle, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY.
Pleasantville merchants are providing gifts, coupons and raffle items for blood donors who participate in an all-day blood drive sponsored by Pleasantville High School and Pleasantville Volunteer Ambulance Corps on Monday, May 5 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at
Read MoreBy Janine Bowen The United States is currently in the grips of its worst drug epidemic as deaths from opioid are comparable with the number of deaths the country experienced at the height of the AIDS crisis. To bring the
Read MoreA state appellate court has rejected an appeal from Oakwood Cemetery in its Article 78 against the Village of Mount Kisco over a plan to provide cremation services. The ruling, which was written in March by the Appellate Division of
Read MoreThe North Castle Planning Board and community members issued encouraging remarks last week for a proposed 24-unit multifamily residential structure at the site of the old lumberyard on Bedford Road in Armonk. Developer Michael Fareri and his representatives told the
Read MoreBy Janine Bowen Pleasantville Middle School literacy and extended learning coach Melissa Brown received the surprise of her career last week. Brown was named the Pleasantville School District’s 2014 Teacher of the Year in front of family and colleagues at
Read MoreA chapter in Mount Kisco government will come to a close in June, when James Palmer, who has served as village manager for the past six years and has worked for the municipality for nearly two decades, will leave to
Read MoreOne of the most recognizable symbols of North Castle is flying as high and as proudly as ever. The new Armonk eagle was unveiled at its perch at the intersection of routes 22 and 128 during a special ceremony Monday
Read MoreBy the end of the weekend, North Castle residents will have no excuse to still be holding onto many unwanted items cluttering their houses and garages. For that matter, the town should be sparkling clean as well. Saturday is the
Read MoreFour people were displaced but uninjured after a fire early Thursday morning at a three-family house in Pleasantville. Firefighters were called at 1:54 a.m. to an upstairs blaze at 15 Meadow Lane, said Pleasantville Fire Chief Manny Colmenares. The fire,
Read MoreBy Janine Bowen Pleasantville village officials are prepared to exceed the state tax cap when the board votes on the municipality’s $13.8 million 2014-15 budget Monday night. The spending plan would carry a tax levy increase of 1.9 percent, exceeding
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