Elected officials in the region called on New York State last week to make needed road improvements on Route 52 in the Town of Kent and release an overdue report on highway pavement and bridges. Assemblyman Kevin Byrne, Kent Supervisor
Read MoreFor two years residents living near the Saw Mill Parkway in Pleasantville and Mount Pleasant have endured day-long ear-splitting noise from pile drivers and generators and the nighttime glare of floodlights. The jarring disturbances were from construction by the state
Read MoreWestchester County Executive George Latimer last week presented a $662.5 million capital budget for 2023 that stresses protection of the environment, investment in infrastructure and additional commitments to affordable housing. Unveiled last Thursday at the County Office Building in White
Read MoreTempers flared at last week’s Yorktown Town Board meeting over a multi-million-dollar contract up for grabs to pick up the town’s garbage over the next several years. The town’s current five-year contract with AAA Carting of Cortlandt expires at the
Read MoreCarmel Supervisor Michael Cazzari recently proposed his first tentative town budget with a plan that calls for a 6.67% tax decrease in 2023. Under the proposed tax rate, a homeowner with a property assessed at $430,000 would pay $1,900, which
Read MoreA longtime North Castle election inspector has filed a complaint with the state Division of Human Rights alleging the Westchester County Board of Elections (BOE) engaged in discriminatory behavior for failing to assign her without explanation. Geri Mariano, who began
Read MoreRecent property sales and proposals to build new homes and a variety of living spaces in Pleasantville have agitated some residents concerned that runaway development is taking over the village. Escalating negative sentiment against new development heard at meetings and
Read MoreThe Westchester County Board of Legislators unanimously voted last week to pass a resolution supporting the Clean Water, Clean Air, Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022. The proposition, which will be on the Nov. 8 election ballot, seeks to
Read MoreMillion Air, a fixed-base operator at Westchester County Airport that is suing the county for breach of contract has claimed it has won the latest round in a legal battle playing out in federal court. Last week, the U.S. District
Read MoreLuxury home builder Toll Brothers is in contract to purchase the Legion of Christ property on Columbus Avenue in Thornwood and expects to submit a zoning change request to build 160 townhouses at the site. Representatives for the company pitched
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