News from The Examiner, covering Armonk-North Castle, Briarcliff, Chappaqua-New Castle, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY.
With 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
Read MoreMount Pleasant officials have retained a local engineering firm to analyze how some of the flooding that has plagued areas of town after recent storms can be mitigated in the future. Last week the Town Board reviewed steps with John
Read MoreThe inflation rate may be down from the stratospheric levels of last year and many people have learned how to live and protect themselves from COVID-19 since 2020. What hasn’t improved since then is the demand placed on many of
Read MoreFrustration over attempts to camouflage HVAC units on the roof of 70 Memorial Plaza in downtown Pleasantville was expressed by members of the Pleasantville Planning Commission & Architectural Review Board last week. Since last spring, the towering HVAC units on
Read MoreThere is a new push to name the gazebo at Armonk’s Wampus Brook Park in honor of the late North Castle councilwoman Becky Kittredge. Supervisor Michael Schiliro proposed the idea last week a couple of years after the most recent
Read MoreThe North Castle Town Board halted consideration for a requested zoning change last week that would have added parking at an Armonk office building after neighboring residents argued their quality of life and properties would suffer. Following more than an
Read MoreHarold Pinter is one of Trent Dawson’s favorite playwrights, so it’s not surprising that as the artistic director of Katonah Classic Stage, he would bring three of the Tony Award winner’s plays to local audiences. Over the next four weeks
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