Our Special Report Shows How Area People in Need ‘Fall Off a Cliff’ After High School This is the second installment in a continuing series about issues impacting local people with disabilities, and the need for improvement. By Adam Stone
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New Rochelle’s Ann Chiappetta, like most blind people, maneuvers around all manner of challenges on a daily basis that most folks likely never consider. For instance, in our digital age, just imagine what it’s like to navigate a website that
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Four Fox Lane High School students were involved in a serious head-on collision with a Yorktown school bus on Lake Road in New Castle. Three of the students sustained “life-threatening” injuries, according to police. All four male students, two of
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There’s a lot at stake next Tuesday for the leaders of New Castle Fire District No. 1. The Board of Fire Commissioners is turning to the district’s voters, asking that they authorize borrowing of up to $15.2 million to expand
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Last Friday afternoon at Gedney Park in Chappaqua more than 200 people honored Casey Taub, a young soccer player who lost his life to brain cancer at 17 years old. The crowd gathered under bright sunshine and unseasonably warm temperatures
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Banners honoring veterans have become a popular feature in communities throughout the area. Now the Town of New Castle will pay tribute to their residents who have served their country. The town has initiated a military tribute banner program recognizing
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Westchester County police took three teenage suspects into custody last Wednesday night on the Taconic State Parkway after the vehicle they were traveling in had been reported stolen in Yonkers a short time earlier. Patrol officers stopped a 2009 Acura
Read MoreThe Chappaqua Board of Education approved last Wednesday sending a nearly $138.3 million budget to the voters later this spring but several parents called on district officials to invest in additional school resource officers (SRO). Last week’s meeting, where the
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Motorists and residents who use a portion of Route 120 not far from downtown Chappaqua are likely to find it more difficult to navigate around town for a portion of the summer. The state Department of Transportation (DOT) has scheduled
Read MoreIn a strong move supporting freedom of expression, the New Castle Town Board last week unanimously adopted a resolution opposing book bans at a work session where specific language was discussed at length. “We put education at the center of
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