A controversy pitting Greenburgh Supervisor Paul Feiner against his Town Board colleagues erupted over a sharp disagreement regarding spending on summer interns. Feiner sought to increase the budget line for the town’s high school and college interns from $15,000 to
Read MoreAs outgoing Putnam County Executive, MaryEllen Odell is looking back proudly on her years of public service as the first woman in the county’s history to be elected to the top governmental post. Legal term limits have required Odell to
Read MoreRising costs to construct a new Pleasantville pool have spiked the anticipated price tag to nearly $5 million. Earlier this year original estimates for a new pool at the current site on Lake Street were about $3.5 million, but as
Read MoreFor the second time in recent weeks, the Mount Pleasant Building Department last week shut down a vape shop in town that had opened illegally less than two days earlier. Supervisor Carl Fulgenzi said that within the past month a
Read MoreA proposal to redevelop the former MBIA property in Armonk has been significantly altered with plans now calling for 125 fee simple townhouses and 50 age-restricted apartments. Airport Campus, the applicant for the project at 113 King St., and its
Read MorePutnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell secured an agreement from the City of Danbury last week to provide the sewage treatment necessary for the development of the Route 6 corridor. Odell said access to sewage has long been an obstacle to
Read MoreThe Greenburgh Town Board last week approved two new local laws restricting the sale and marketing of weapons and tobacco products near schools and parks. “We don’t want to the shops to target our youth,” said Greenburgh Supervisor Paul Feiner.
Read MoreYorktown officials announced last week they will invest $1.7 million in streetscape upgrades along Downing Drive in a key business corridor of Yorktown Heights. The streetscape improvements include new sidewalks, curbs and street paving along a street that leads to
Read MorePutnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell has decided to use a portion of the funds the county received from the federal American Rescue Package to create a Crisis Stabilization Center. Odell said the center, given a $2.5 million startup, would bring
Read MoreTemporarily halting development for Pleasantville’s downtown business district will be considered next month after repeated pleas from some residents that the pace of development is overwhelming the village. If approved, a six-month moratorium would be retroactive to Nov. 16, the
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