News from The Examiner, covering Armonk-North Castle, Briarcliff, Chappaqua-New Castle, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY.
It’s hard to believe outstanding music and art could have been created out of the ashes of the Holocaust, by people who would be murdered in the death camps. Arguably, Austrian composer Viktor Ullmann’s most prolific period was his final
Read MoreAmidst widening backlash, Optum Tri-State’s new CEO sent a letter to patients on Monday outlining steps on how the company plans to improve service at the local healthcare giant, including adding available physicians and clinicians. From social media posts, in-person patient rants,
Read MoreNew Castle Democrats last week endorsed Councilwoman Victoria Tipp for supervisor, part of the party’s four-candidate slate this year after she teamed up with current Supervisor Lisa Katz to win on an independent line in 2021. Tipp, a registered Democrat,
Read MoreBy Michael Gold North Castle will hold a public forum on PFOA/PFOS chemicals in town well water on Mar. 1 at Whippoorwill Theater in Armonk after concern has swelled in recent months about the safety of the town drinking water. The
Read MorePleasantville police will most likely be wearing body cams by 2024 after the Village Board authorized Chief Erik Grutzner last week to accept a $20,000 state grant. The grant, from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, will
Read MorePlans to subdivide the former Girl Scouts property on Great Oak Lane and build four new houses were presented last week to the Pleasantville Planning Commission meeting. The preliminary proposal was detailed by Michael Guillaro, vice president of acquisition and
Read MoreToll Brothers has withdrawn its request for relief from refurbishing and adaptively reusing a nearly 170-year-old farmhouse on the Chappaqua Crossing campus, putting to rest fears that the structure would be radically changed or removed. Town Attorney Edward Phillips told
Read MoreThe Chappaqua Board of Education will be losing its two most experienced members at the close of the current school year. Last week President Jane Shepardson and Vice President Warren Messner announced that they will not seek re-election this spring.
Read MoreMount Kisco officials are preparing to embark on a study to determine how they can make the village safer for pedestrians following a hit-and-run accident that saw a 53-year-old man sustain serious injuries two weeks ago. Last week, several residents
Read MoreHeart disease is the number one killer of men and women in the United States, like many Western countries today. It’s a point that’s driven home every year, it seems, in February, which has been established as American Hearth Month.
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