News from The Examiner, covering Armonk-North Castle, Briarcliff, Chappaqua-New Castle, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY.
Three-term County Legislator Peter Harckham (D-Katonah) announced this week he is running for re-election in District 2 this fall. Harckham, 53, the Board of Legislators’ Democratic majority leader for the past three-and-a-half years, addressed family, friends and supporters on Tuesday
Read MoreWith outrage from community members, the Pleasantville Board of Education accepted the seemingly unwilling resignation of high school principal Dawn Bartz at Tuesday night’s Board of Education meeting. More than 200 parents, teachers, students and other community members came out
Read MoreMounting frustration caused by four recent closures of the Saw Mill River Parkway following heavy rainfall and the lack of action by the county and state has angered officials in the most heavily impacted municipality. The Village of Pleasantville renewed
Read MoreRetired North Castle Sewer and Water Superintendent Anthony Futia announced last week he plans to challenge Democratic Councilman Michael Schiliro for the party’s nomination for supervisor. Futia, 77, a lifelong North White Plains resident, said he has decided to force
Read MoreThe thought of encountering a bed bug anywhere is enough to make one’s skin crawl but few would expect to encounter the parasitic insect at a local library book fair. On June 10, two bed bugs were discovered on the
Read MoreFor 16 months Armonk residents had to endure the inconvenience of living without a supermarket in their hamlet. That wait ended on Friday with the opening of DeCicco Family Markets, a new specialty supermarket at the partially completed Armonk
Read MoreMount Kisco property owners’ tax bills may have been lost in the mail but that won’t excuse anyone from paying their taxes on time. The deadline will remain July 1 even though the post office distribution center in White Plains
Read MoreThe Mount Pleasant Town Board last week praised a revised Medical Science Village proposed for Valhalla that eliminates the residential component and scales back the intensity of retail for the 80-acre site. Developer John Fareri unveiled his latest plan before
Read MoreA former North Castle Republican Committee chairwoman has once again sparked controversy after agreeing to host a fundraiser this Thursday at her home for embattled Assemblyman Steve Katz (R-Yorktown). Rosemarie Bellantoni, a politically active Republican who served as town committee
Read MoreWestchester County police arrested a 53-year-old Valhalla man early Tuesday morning after it was discovered that a large cache of commercial-grade fireworks was being stored in his house’s basement forcing evacuation of the street. Authorities arrested Stephen Surace of 4
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