During his 80 years, most of it spent in Mount Kisco, Jim Gmelin touched the lives of countless people with his unbridled passion for the environment. On Saturday, many of his friends and the people he worked with to make
Read MoreIt’s hasn’t gotten to the point where it’s unbearable, but officials in portions of Connecticut and New York have alerted local residents to take precautions because of a black bear that has made himself a frequent visitor. The animal, Bear
Read MoreThe Town of Mount Pleasant is considering regulations on the use of gas-powered leaf blowers, which would make it the latest municipality in the area to take up a form of the measure. The issue, which was introduced to the
Read MoreAn Armonk golf club that has proposed building luxury condominium units on its grounds but has been unable to locate adequate water for the project will be submitting a plan to use water from its own property. Attorney Mark Weingarten said The
Read MorePleasantville officials are ready to wade back into the contentious issue of leaf blower use and considering legislation to regulate its use in the village. Village Trustee Nicole Asquith, who has taken a leadership role on the issue, presented findings
Read MoreNow that the weather is warmer and more people are outside, walking safely in and around the Village of Pleasantville is foremost in many residents’ minds. Last week the village’s Pedestrian Committee held a public forum to update the Village
Read MoreFollowing years of division over a proposal aiming to regulate leaf blower use within the Town of Greenburgh, officials are scrapping the plan and starting over to appease the community and reach a compromise. The Greenburgh Town Board will now
Read MoreA crack in a storage tank at the Brian J. Slavin Aquatic Center at Shrub Oak Memorial Town Park in Yorktown that allowed 1,400 gallons of liquid chlorine to leak out was contained on site and cleaned up without incident
Read MoreMount Pleasant Planning Board members and neighboring residents of Gate of Heaven Cemetery indicated last week that they are apprehensive about a proposed 4.375-megawatt solar farm on an unused 32-acre portion of the cemetery’s grounds. The ground-mounted solar array pitched
Read MoreWestchester and Suffolk counties are partnering on a shared services plan that will lead to the electrification of their entire vehicle fleets by 2030 in order to cut carbon emissions to zero. County Executive George Latimer was joined by Suffolk
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