The Bedford School District’s Finance Committee has recommended reducing the district’s planned $70 million district-wide facilities bond for this spring by $10 million to $15 million to provide school officials greater flexibility over the next decade. Three board members who
Read MoreBy Jim Roberts Cleanup of a contaminated site and new units of below-market-rate senior housing are the offers on the table to Ossining from a Westchester-based developer focused on constructing affordable housing throughout the county. MacQuesten Development LLC, based in
Read MoreFormer Westchester County Legislator and current Acting County Emergency Services Commissioner Richard Wishnie has been named as the department’s permanent commissioner – removing the ‘acting’ title after more than a year of service in that role. Wishnie had held the
Read MoreNorth Castle officials are prepared to fight a local state senator’s bill to allow for as-of-right accessory dwelling units statewide by galvanizing other municipalities to raise opposition to their state representatives and Gov. Kathy Hochul. Last week, the Town Board
Read MoreThe first major benchmark for the Village of Pleasantville’s Manville Road Corridor Improvement Project has finally been reached. At last week’s Village Board meeting, Rich Williams from Insite Engineering, the company that is overseeing engineering for the work, told officials
Read MoreDon Hall, the longtime owner of the Putnam County Press and the Putnam Times, died Sunday, Jan. 30. Hall was 91 and died in Putnam Hospital after battling illness for many months accompanied by frequent stays at the hospital. The
Read MoreNew Castle will schedule a public hearing on extending the town’s affordable housing requirement into two commercial zones, an issue that elicited some strong words last week between Councilman Jeremy Saland and the board majority. Officials are contemplating legislation that
Read MoreAn 8,400-square foot home within Whippoorwill Country Club is one of the more exclusive neighborhoods in Westchester County and may be the last place you would expect a police raid. But on Jan. 25, North Castle police, along with personnel
Read MoreA six-month, multi-police agency investigation led to the seizure of more than 100 illegal weapons and the arrest of 11 individuals in Westchester and Putnam counties last week. Search warrants were executed Jan. 25 at eight locations in both counties
Read MoreA physical education teacher at Primrose Elementary School is no longer employed in the Somers School District following his recent arrest for grand larceny. Michael Yoder, 33, of Mahopac, who also coached boys’ basketball and girls’ volleyball in the district,
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