Next Tuesday’s school district referendum authorizing $15 million to be used for school district upgrades received considerable negative feedback at the Dec. 3 annual joint meeting of the Pleasantville Board of Education and Village Board. Critics of the project cited a lack
Read MoreA large contingent of state and local elected officials and union leaders gathered in Montrose last week to call for increased funding for road safety improvements in next year’s state budget. During a Dec. 5 press conference at the International
Read MoreA settlement could be on the horizon in the three-and-a-half-year litigation between Westchester County and a fixed-based operator at the county airport after a Stipulation of Settlement was filed last week. An attorney for Million Air said the Dec. 2
Read MoreDuring a celebration of Human Rights Day, Anna Kaplan and Joyce Masry-Schaul provided plenty of inspiration for the audience at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center. The two women arrived in the United States as teenagers from Iran and Iraq, respectively,
Read MoreNew York State Education Department Commissioner Betty Rosa has denied a petition calling for Carmel School Trustee Jim Wise to be removed for remarks he made at a July board meeting that some view as being inherently antisemitic. In a
Read MoreA slight reduction in town taxes is expected for New Castle residents next year as the Town Board is expected to adopted its $50.2 million spending plan this on Tuesday evening. Officials are ready to adopt the 2025 budget with
Read MoreThe Rockefeller Institute of Government outlined a series of recommendations last week to analyze and update New York’s Foundation Aid to provide more equitable funding for school districts. The organization released its report on Dec. 3, making suggestions for state
Read MoreTwo siblings are facing federal charges for allegedly cyberstalking and conspiring to extort victims for money by threatening to release sexually explicit videos and images. A complaint from Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York,
Read MoreAn unexpected sharp reduction in Mount Pleasant’s health insurance premium for 2025 has reduced the town’s spending by nearly $300,000 enabling officials to present a budget for next year that is under the tax cap. Mount Pleasant Comptroller Noreen McGinty
Read MoreFormer secretary of state and defeated 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton painted a bleak picture facing many immigrants during the next four years, predicting indiscriminate raids and detention even for arrivals with proper documentation. Clinton, who was the featured
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