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The New Castle Historical Society is hosting a special 1860s Family Fun Day program at the Horace Greeley House Museum in Chappaqua. An afternoon of history, crafts and games, featuring a member of the 125th New York Volunteer Infantry to
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Read moreThis article has been updated from its original version to reflect new developments in the story. Tax implication projections from New Castle’s consultants last week concluded that maximum build-out under the Form Based Code would provide a positive financial outcome
Read moreThe New Castle Town Board postponed a vote on accepting the draft Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement (FGEIS) as complete last week after the Chappaqua School District argued that impacts on the schools failed to be addressed. On Wednesday, Adam
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This Saturday’s Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival may be scaled-down compared to previous years but there is still plenty for young readers and their families to get excited about this weekend. While organizers have reduced the number of authors and illustrators
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Form-Based Code critics repeatedly told New Castle officials last week that the town’s consultants’ responses in the draft Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement (FGEIS) failed to address many of the public’s key questions and comments. Opponents of the effort continually
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Opponents of New Castle’s proposed Form-Based Code for downtown Chappaqua continued to express skepticism over assumptions and responses from the town’s consultants last week, this time mainly concerning traffic and developers’ return-on-investment projections. Two more sections of the consultants’ responses
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Like millions of other high school seniors through the generations, Rebecca Bachenheimer was looking forward to life as a college student. She made it through the balance of her junior year at the outset of the pandemic and was excited
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The smoldering controversy over the Form-Based Code in Chappaqua erupted again last week after two residents called for Councilwoman Lauren Levin to recuse herself because they believe she would benefit from a proposed revision. Last Monday’s New Castle Town Board
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A Yonkers man who paid a Chappaqua School District employee more than $5,000 in bribes and kickbacks faces five to 15 years in state prison after being found guilty of two felony counts last week. Ricardo Jimenez, 57, was convicted
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