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The New York City Department of Environmental Conservation announced Monday that it has reached an agreement with the Whippoorwill Club to place a conservation easement on 104 acres that will help protect the Kensico Reservoir watershed. The permanent easement, which
Read MoreMembers of two New Castle boards told representatives for the developer of the proposed Chappaqua affordable housing project last week that they preferred a design for a shorter building rather than a recently revised plan. At a joint June 4
Read MoreNearly six months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy, a panel of educators, students and community members discussed and sometimes debated strategies Saturday afternoon to make schools safer. The roughly 70-minute discussion held at the Westlake Middle School/High School
Read MoreA volunteer fire service that has probably seen more tragedy during the past six months than any other was honored as guests during the Pleasantville Fire Department parade last Friday evening. A contingent of about a dozen members from the
Read MoreYou may be familiar with John Schneider from his many years portraying Bo Duke on the popular television series “The Dukes of Hazard” or from his 100 appearances on “Smallville.” Or maybe you know him as a country music singer
Read MoreNorth Castle Councilman Michael Schiliro will oppose town Supervisor Howard Arden in the fall after the Democratic Committee announced last week its slate for the November elections. Joining Schiliro, 49, now in his sixth year on the town board, are
Read MoreA revised plan for a 129-unit senior housing proposal that causes far less disturbance on an environmentally sensitive hillside received compliments last week from the Mount Kisco Planning Board. The project, The Hearth at Mount Kisco, is proposed for a
Read MoreBy Megan Wong Apprehension, uncertainty and anger ran high among concerned New Castle residents at Wednesday night’s forum to discuss the escalating threat of coyotes in the area. A standing-room-only crowd gathered at the New Castle Community Center in Chappaqua on
Read MoreRepresentatives from an African-American law enforcement group and an attorney charged Thursday that the shooting of Pace University student Danroy Henry was racially motivated and that law enforcement authorities are covering up police brutality. Bonita Zelman, the lawyer for seven
Read MoreThe New Castle Republican Committee announced Thursday morning a “non partisan” slate to challenge the Democrats in November. Robert Greenstein, who made an unsuccessful independent run for town board in 2011 and has been an outspoken critic of the Chappaqua Crossing retail
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