Pleasantville officials weighed their options last week to reduce the scope of the Memorial Plaza civic space project after learning the plan is now over budget at an estimated $2.7 million. Following a six-month schematic design process, landscape architect Jamie
Read MoreA 57-year-old Verplanck sex offender faces up to 46 years in prison after he was convicted Wednesday on eight felony counts related to violent sex crimes against a minor. Kenneth Brody was found guilty by a jury in Westchester County
Read MoreNew Castle officials were discouraged after recently learning that curbing and sidewalk work for the downtown infrastructure and streetscape project would be delayed until next spring. Steve Boswell, of Boswell Engineering, said last Wednesday that he anticipates storm drainage improvements
Read MoreState Sen. Terrence Murphy (R-Yorktown) was joined by local police and school officials Wednesday afternoon blasting Gov. Andrew Cuomo for signing an executive order that allows convicted sex offenders to vote at school polling places. Cuomo signed an executive order
Read MoreCroton-on-Hudson residents and members of the Village Board spoke out last week against an organization that condemns municipalities for wanting to impose a ban that would eliminate single-use plastic bags and encourage patrons to bring reusable shopping bags. Jay Peltz,
Read MoreState Sen. Terrence Murphy (R-Yorktown) recently presented officials from Pleasantville and Mount Pleasant with a $300,000 grant to pay for much-needed improvements for a heavily used thoroughfare shared by both municipalities. Following a disastrous winter that left Marble Avenue in
Read MoreWestchester college students and administrators joined Rep. Nita Lowey (D-Harrison) at Pace University last Thursday to discuss college affordability as Congress considers a bill that would cut $15 billion from federal student aid. During the hour-long discussion, Lowey listened to
Read MoreAnonymous fliers circulated throughout downtown Chappaqua last week criticizing the Chappaqua Central School District for allegedly trying to invalidate claims that former Horace Greeley High School drama teacher Christopher Schraufnagel sexually abused students. Nearly three years after Schraufnagel was arrested,
Read MoreFollowing years of controversy over affordable housing and rent stabilization in the Village of Ossining, a housing vacancy study revealed that Ossining officials should consider declaring a housing emergency. The study, conducted by Collective for Community, Culture and Environment, was
Read MoreAn Ossining man was taken into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody last Wednesday morning, but his wife claims the federal agents that came to their home on Pine Avenue took the wrong man. Marcia Pinos said her husband
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