News from The Examiner, covering Armonk-North Castle, Briarcliff, Chappaqua-New Castle, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY.
The Bedford Central Schools is one of several districts in the area that will see the retirement of one or more incumbents from the Board of Education and the certainty of new people from the community stepping forward to serve.
Read MoreThe decision by the two senior members of the Chappaqua Board of Education, President Jane Shepardson and Vice President Warren Messner, to leave the board at the end of their terms next month, has created an opportunity for new two
Read MoreMount Kisco officials will use members of its Department of Public Works (DPW) staff to monitor the village’s walking and hiking trails despite pleas from a group of dedicated volunteers to hire a part-time ranger. After spending parts of two
Read MoreThe final act for the Pleasantville Music Festival’s Main Stage lineup has been announced: The Allman Betts Band. Led by Devon Allman, son of the late Gregg Allman, and Duane Betts, son of the Allman Brothers founding guitarist Dickey Betts),
Read MoreBy Michael Gold A lineup of speakers unanimously expressed vehement opposition to the proposed cluster development of 31 homes near Pocantico Lake at a contentious public hearing last Thursday evening, attacking the developer’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). Similar to
Read MoreIt was October 2013, and the opioid overdose epidemic was raging. Ardsley’s Harris Marquesano, 19, had a job interview the next day. Popular, kind and athletic, Marquesano had been diagnosed years earlier with an anxiety disorder, and later with ADHD.
Read MoreThe development team for the proposed residential project at Armonk’s former Mariani Gardens site has again revised its plans, but town officials remain leery that the design may still be too large or dense. Representatives for applicant 45 Bedford Road LLC appeared
Read MoreRepresentatives of an Armonk golf course continued pushing back against the North Castle Town Board last week, maintaining it will not pay fees associated with having a third-party holder for the required conservation easement. The Summit Club, which is looking
Read MoreThe Fiscal Year 2024 budget was passed on Tuesday but it was completed without the governor’s Housing Compact. One of the most controversial items during this year’s state budget season was removed by Gov. Kathy Hochul about two weeks ago.
Read MoreA bid submitted last summer for property that was a Native American ceremonial ground may be in limbo due to litigation but that hasn’t stopped a grassroots group in its hope to preserve the property. Friends of Buttonhook, a nonprofit
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