News from The Examiner, covering Armonk-North Castle, Briarcliff, Chappaqua-New Castle, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY.
The Legion of Christ property in Thornwood could be back on the tax rolls by next year if a proposal unveiled last week receives approval. EF International Academy has submitted an application to the Town of Mount Pleasant to open
Read MoreLike many doctors and other health care practitioners, Dr. Ezriel Kornel donated his time to assist the injured at Ground Zero following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. While Kornel, a neurosurgeon, has vivid memories of the day, he also
Read MoreThe state Assembly has awarded more than $14 million for transportation repair projects that will go primarily to replace a Saw Mill River Parkway bridge in Mount Kisco and to install a pedestrian signal at an Armonk intersection. Assemblyman David
Read MoreThe Mount Pleasant School District is in the preliminary stages of formulating a capital projects bond for Westlake High School and Westlake Middle School. While some capital projects have been completed at the district’s elementary schools in recent years, that
Read MoreThe Mount Kisco Chamber of Commerce is hosting its annual Sidewalk Sales Days next weekend–Saturday, Sept. 21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 22 from 12 to 4 p.m. Over the years it has become a fun
Read MoreAfter years of debate, North Castle officials last week rezoned about 15 acres of commercial property in Banksville to protect nearby residents from being disturbed by businesses with high intensity uses. The town board unanimously agreed on Sept. 11 to
Read MoreBy Janine Bowen Students and faculty at Pace University gathered under the September sun on Monday afternoon to share in the fun and celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Pleasantville campus. The two-hour event was the first of what will
Read MoreThe Mount Kisco Planning Board has no plans to review a potential Payment in Lieu of Taxes arrangement between the village and the developer of a proposed senior housing project. Board Chairman Joseph Cosentino said during the Sept. 10 public
Read MoreAmid threats of a lawsuit and charges of developer profiteering, the New Castle Town Board approved the town’s first affordable housing project in nearly 20 years in a split vote Tuesday night. The all-Democratic board decided by a 3-2 margin
Read MoreBy Molly Stazzone Friends of Westchester County Parks and FUJIFILM Holdings America Corp. introduced the nation’s first free county park mobile application on Thursday at Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla. The app, called Pocket Ranger, was funded by a FUJIFILM grant
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