News from The Examiner, covering Armonk-North Castle, Briarcliff, Chappaqua-New Castle, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY.
By Abby Luby Pleasantville Mayor Peter Scherer is virtually assured of winning his sixth term on Tuesday, as he runs uncontested in Tuesday’s village elections. Scherer, who has served as mayor since 2009 and as a village trustee before that,
Read MoreThe New Castle Town Board maintained last week that it plans to take down the Israeli flag from in front of Town Hall next month despite pleas from several residents to reconsider the decision. Last Tuesday, board members followed up
Read MoreTwo veterinary facilities appeared before the Mount Kisco Village Board last week requesting zoning text changes to allow their operations to move into zones that currently prohibit that use. VCA Animal Hospitals is seeking to move into a vacant space
Read MoreTwo-time Emmy Award-winning comedian Judy Gold has performed shows in a wide variety of venues. This Saturday evening, she returns to a setting that is as familiar as it can be challenging. Gold will be performing a benefit show in
Read MoreFor the fifth year, Fox Lane High School teacher Lindsay Lappin-Burke is leading a small but passionate group of students through the school’s Fashion Design Program, giving some of them a greater sense of purpose and direction in their academic
Read MoreThree candidates are running for two seats on the Pleasantville Village Board in the Mar. 19 election. Incumbent Trustee David Vinjamuri has served on the board for two terms and is running to keep his seat against two longtime residents,
Read MoreChappaqua school officials offered a proposed 2024-25 budget that exceeds the tax cap by more than $2.5 million while funding three additional school resource officers and three more teachers to limit elementary-level class size. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Christine Ackerman
Read MoreVisiting a country embroiled in a horrific war means entering a zone of several realities that generate a trove of personal, hard-to-forget stories. For a full week in early February, 18 members of Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester in
Read MoreFormer assemblyman Thomas Abinanti is preparing to challenge incumbent MaryJane Shimsky (D-Dobbs Ferry) in hopes of recapturing his old 92nd Assembly District seat in a Democrat primary this June. A grassroots effort in Greenburgh led by Town Supervisor Paul Feiner
Read MoreOne of the four suspects arrested in the Long Island body parts last week has ties to Westchester County. Alexis Nieves, 33, was arrested last week along with the three other suspects in connection with human remains that were found
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