The issue of shifting Pleasantville’s village elections to November was debated last week after a longtime resident revealed that she has been working to submit a petition to force a referendum for the general election. Resident Francesca Hagadus said she
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Volunteer firefighters confronted the New Castle Board of Fire Commissioners last week, airing their frustrations and demanding to know the status of the district’s delayed $15.2 million firehouse expansion and modernization project. About 25 members of the Chappaqua Fire Department filled
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Savory and crusty empanadas filled with meat and vegetables, mouthwatering crunchy quinoa crisps, deep-fried akara fritters. These are just some of the historical and culturally diverse breads that will be made and served at the upcoming Global Grains: Celebrating Bread from
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A prominent Pleasantville resident and business owner was seriously injured at the dangerous Saw Mill River Parkway-Grant Street intersection recently, once again prompting angry community members to call for safety improvements at the location. Freya Martens, the co-owner of Soul
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Westchester County Executive George Latimer defeated incumbent Rep. Jamaal Bowman in the 16th Congressional District primary Tuesday night and will be heavily favored to head to Washington next year. With 88 percent of the vote tallied, Latimer had 44,371 votes
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Carrying hand-made signs, posters and banners, reproductive rights supporters rallied Sunday to protect reproductive rights for women throughout New York State. About 70 people braved high heat and humidity near Mount Kisco Village Hall for a chance to hear local
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The hotly contested Democratic primary in the 16th Congressional District has received national attention, pitting two-term incumbent Jamaal Bowman against Westchester County Executive George Latimer. It has become a contentious and racially edgy election for voters in the northern Bronx
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Residents and officials rallied Monday at the Cortlandt Waterfront in Verplanck to voice their opposition to a planned expansion of a gas pipeline that runs next to the Indian Point power plants. Known as Project Maple, the proposal is expected
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Despair, hopelessness, frustration, fear, worry, anger, guilt. These were the words usede to describe the emotions shared at Bedford 2030’s event “Mental Wellness in the Face of Climate Change: How We Are Affected and What We Can Do About It” on June
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For the last five years, the annual Into the Light Walk in Pleasantville has seen hundreds of people start walking together in the darkness at 4:30 a.m. and continue past daybreak. The walk symbolizes the transition from the darkness
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