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The Pleasantville Board of Education was overwhelmingly receptive to the $46.3 million 2013-14 budget that school administrators presented last week. The presentation during the April 2 board meeting revealed that officials intend to present a budget to taxpayers that will
Read MoreA proposal by Pace University to consolidate its Pleasantville and Briarcliff campuses continues to advance as the Mount Pleasant Planning Board unanimously agreed last week to schedule a public hearing. The board, which discussed the first of the project’s multiple phases
Read MoreEvery city, town and village has history. Longtime Pleasantville resident Bert Ruiz has made sure that some of the most memorable moments and stories and the village’s most influential residents have been recorded forever. Ruiz recently completed a book on
Read MoreNew Castle residents will have at least two chances to comment on the proposed Chappaqua Crossing retail plan as the town board confirmed accepted the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Tuesday night. The board scheduled to begin the public hearing on
Read MoreRising pension costs and lower property values are the key factors behind a proposed 3.5 percent tax rate hike in Mount Kisco’s $20.4 million 2013-14 general fund budget, Village Manager James Palmer said this week. Palmer has proposed a $393,592
Read MoreThe role of Jews in the performing arts worldwide will be a key focus of the popular Westchester Jewish Film Festival, which opens this week at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville. The festival, which runs from April 3-25,
Read MoreSchool officials received better than expected news last week as local state representatives announced that education aid had been increased by nearly $1 billion for 2013-14 before completing work on the new fiscal year’s budget. The $936 million bump in
Read MoreThe New Castle Town Board could accept a revised environmental impact statement for review on the Chappaqua Crossing plan Tuesday night, paving the way for public hearings to be scheduled by later this month. Town officials have scheduled a vote to
Read MoreThere was a special military anniversary on March 25 and most Americans probably weren’t aware it was taking place. Last Monday marked 150 years since the first National Medal of Honor Day, a special anniversary that was commemorated at Mount
Read MoreA group seeking to preserve the building that served as George Washington’s headquarters during the Battle of White Plains wants to participate in negotiations between Westchester County and the Town of North Castle. Ed Woodyard, president of Friends of the
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