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Increasing concern regarding how Mount Kisco has handled the village’s homeless population was raised last week after repeated claims of county police moving vagrants from downtown to Leonard Park, and some residents expressed safety fears. During his monthly update to the
Read MoreByram Hills School District officials are proposing a vote next spring to transfer $9 million from a reserve fund to the capital fund to pay for a multiyear improvement project. Money that would be transferred from the District-wide Renovations, Reconstruction
Read MoreThe North Castle Town Board unanimously agreed last week to contract with the engineering firm Kellard Sessions to prepare construction and bid documents to convert two fields at IBM Community Park from grass to artificial turf. Last Wednesday’s action came
Read MoreThe Pleasantville Planning Commission & Architectural Review Board made decisions on exterior aesthetics for two controversial projects, approving one application and denying the other for now. Exterior changes made to the apartment building at 52 Depew St. received approval as
Read MoreHorace Greeley High School experienced two anti-Semitic incidents in the last two weeks, district officials revealed last week. In her report to the community, Board of Education President Hilary Grasso said a swastika was found in a school bathroom last
Read MoreMount Pleasant’s Democratic ticket went on the offensive last weekend, charging that the current Town Board has allowed rampant overdevelopment that has worsened flooding and traffic and threatens the town’s natural resources. Supervisor candidate Frank Hrotko and running mates Joe
Read MoreWith the atrocities in Israel perpetrated by Hamas painfully fresh in people’s minds, an estimated 1,200 people turned out Sunday evening for a solemn vigil in downtown Chappaqua to stand in solidarity with Israel and the Jewish community. Organized by
Read MoreMount Pleasant Planning Board members were hesitant to schedule a public hearing for another piece of the North 80 project in Valhalla because of unanswered questions related to stormwater, traffic and potential for additional schoolchildren. Representatives for developer John Fareri
Read MoreFour different residential façades proposed for 444 Bedford Rd. were recently criticized by the Pleasantville Planning Commission for being incongruent with the former Chase Bank building on one side and a Victorian house on the other. Commission members raised their
Read MoreThe Chappaqua Library has begun planning a referendum for as soon as next spring to complete a variety of exterior improvements to the building as well as needed roof repairs. Library Board of Trustees President Jennifer Fahey said the library has
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