News from The Examiner, covering Armonk-North Castle, Briarcliff, Chappaqua-New Castle, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY.
A state grant has helped to make the tasks for Chappaqua Volunteer Ambulance Corps (CVAC) volunteers just a little less back-breaking. The grant, which came through last year, has helped equip CVAC’s two ambulances with the motorized Stryker stretcher, which
Read MoreSenate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers) has urged the commissioners of the two state agencies that help determine residential treatment center placements to move youths with significant mental illness from Pleasantville’s JCCA campus. Stewart-Cousins’ wrote a July 13 letter to
Read MoreBy Ryan Raicht The Pleasantville Village Board is likely to permit the downtown business district moratorium to expire later this month but it’s unclear what zoning code revisions could be considered to help officials effectively deal with development issues. Mayor
Read MoreEvery July you will find June Hatch and her family preparing for the local chapter of Swim Across America’s Open Water Swim in the Long Island Sound. More than 30 years ago, Hatch’s mother died from cancer, which is how
Read MoreMount Pleasant is the latest town to feel the effects of the heavy rains that have plagued the region recently. On Tuesday afternoon, Supervisor Carl Fulgenzi declared a state of emergency after downpours inundated areas of the town. The emergency
Read MoreIt took less than three days last week for a well-loved member of the Armonk community to receive an outpouring of support to help him pick up the pieces of his business and start again. Rafael Arias, 46, who has
Read MoreThe Mount Kisco Planning Board appears likely to take a vote on the controversial cell tower proposal next month after receiving a draft resolution last week that outlines 59 detailed conditions the applicant must follow. After three years of tense
Read MoreThe North Castle Town Board delayed accepting the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for a proposed 175-unit residential complex until it is satisfied with the language in the document regarding several key issues. No action was taken by the board
Read MoreSome Republicans and Conservatives lashed out last week at a New York appellate court decision that ruled the state’s congressional maps to once again be redrawn by the Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC). In a split 3-2 decision that was released
Read MoreNew Castle officials convinced the state Department of Transportation (DOT) last week to pay for a town police officer to direct traffic at a critical intersection until the Route 120 culvert replacement project is finished. Following a review last Tuesday
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