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The proposed design for the new Pleasantville pool has been reviewed by the Westchester County Department of Health, which responded with comments and questions and requested minor revisions. Engineer pool designer Steve Rimkunas updated the Village Board on the project at
Read moreA White Plains doctor was sentenced Thursday in Manhattan Federal Court to four years in prison for prescribing addictive narcotics for patients with no medical purpose. Marc Laruelle, 65, a licensed doctor specializing in psychiatry, was also ordered by Federal
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The bodies of a man and woman were found Monday in a dilapidated Yorktown home where 150 cats were discovered living in filthy conditions. Yorktown Police were asked by a family member to do a welfare check Jan. 30 at
Read moreMount Kisco village trustees discussed the possibility of allowing accessory dwelling units (ADU) in detached structures, a departure from the originally proposed draft of the legislation. During the Village Board’s discussion last week, Deputy Mayor Lisa Abzun raised the prospect
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The CEO of the organization that operates the Pleasantville Cottage School last week denied there are any attempts by the residential treatment center to begin accepting youths who are in need of psychiatric care. Ronald Richter, the head of the
Read moreThe U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York last week issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting a Patterson nursery and garden supply business, and its president, from threatening its employees and obstructing a U.S. Department of Labor
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The Brewster School Board unanimously approved a resolution last week calling for a community vote in March for residents to consider more than $83 million in capital projects. School officials maintained the two separate propositions voters will be presented with
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The Pleasantville Village Board voted unanimously last week to enact a six-month moratorium on new building in Pleasantville’s Central Business A1 district retroactive to Nov. 16. Last Monday, the board held a public hearing prior to the vote. About 15 people converged
Read moreThe developer of a yet-to-built 20-unit condominium complex in Armonk will have until mid-2025 to get most of the project finished for the affordable housing requirement to be reduced from 20 to 10 percent. Last week, the North Castle Town
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Health experts raised concerns last week over the discharge of radioactive wastewater that may be dumped into the Hudson River as part of the decommissioning of the Indian Point nuclear power plants in Buchanan. During a Jan. 26 online forum,
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