Mount Pleasant officials have retained a local engineering firm to analyze how some of the flooding that has plagued areas of town after recent storms can be mitigated in the future. Last week the Town Board reviewed steps with John
Read MoreBy Michael Gold All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) can pollute streams, wetlands and the air, destroy vegetation, which helps hold down the soil so it can absorb rain, and drive off wildlife. They also fill the air with a considerable amount of
Read MoreFrustration over attempts to camouflage HVAC units on the roof of 70 Memorial Plaza in downtown Pleasantville was expressed by members of the Pleasantville Planning Commission & Architectural Review Board last week. Since last spring, the towering HVAC units on
Read MoreThere is a new push to name the gazebo at Armonk’s Wampus Brook Park in honor of the late North Castle councilwoman Becky Kittredge. Supervisor Michael Schiliro proposed the idea last week a couple of years after the most recent
Read MoreThe North Castle Town Board halted consideration for a requested zoning change last week that would have added parking at an Armonk office building after neighboring residents argued their quality of life and properties would suffer. Following more than an
Read MoreBy Adam Stone As I boarded an Amtrak train back home from Washington, D.C. last Thursday morning, leaving a city bracing for a potential (ultimately averted) government shutdown amid a debate checkered with misinformation, the capitol’s dysfunction and discord provided an
Read MoreThe ongoing dispute over the exterior appearance of 52 Depew St. in Pleasantville escalated last week as the village’s Planning Commission & Architectural Review Board public hearing grappled with how to solve the dilemma. For two years the board has
Read MoreWestchester County Executive George Latimer declared a state of emergency early Friday afternoon after persistent moderate to heavy rain swamped the region overnight and through this morning. Officials advised residents to stay off the roads, if possible, and to expect
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo— The Peekskill Common Council voted last week to settle a $1 million lawsuit with a 25-year-old man who was injured in an accident in 2016 in Rockland County caused by a former city police officer. With only
Read MoreLong time Mount Kisco Village Historian Harry McCartney has resigned from the post he held for 13 years. McCartney has also stepped down as the Mount Kisco Historic/Nature trail team lead. In a brief resignation letter, dated Sept. 10, to
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