New Castle is in the process of planning Chappaqua’s future, through a major rezoning effort that will allow buildings up to five stories tall in the hamlet, forever changing life in the community. This is being done despite the
Read MoreThe massive Ivy Pool-Sabrina Charney Hull 997-unit redevelopment plan in Chappaqua is now opposed by almost 900 signatories on the Chazin petition. The Chappaqua Board of Education opposes this ill-conceived plan that would dramatically change the character of the town, endanger
Read MoreRe: The Yorktown Chamber of Commerce’s Oct. 13-19 letter about chronic vacancies and the town’s proposed law to require the owners of vacant buildings to report to the town. We all agree on the same end: The need to find
Read MoreChris and I were both elected councilman in 2007, Chris in Bedford, and we were both elected supervisor in 2013. Thus, more than anyone, he knows exactly the type of support from New York State that is essential to local
Read MoreBy Joan Gaylord After losing by 688 votes to Republican state Sen. Sue Serino in 2018, Democrat Karen Smythe returns to the political fray in this year’s 41st Senate District race. Smythe said it was her frustration with how government
Read MoreAs a former New Castle Town Board member and current Millwood fire commissioner, I worked with Pete Harckham when he was a county legislator and state senator. I have known Pete for a long time and found him to be
Read MoreBuffets Slowly Reopening By Morris Gut With the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, restaurants and food markets with open buffet stations were forced to close out of an abundance of caution. This caused great upheaval, especially at Indian and Asian
Read MoreDear New Castle Town Board, We are Asian immigrant families and their friends in New Castle and/or the Chappaqua School District. This letter is nonpartisan. We are a community with some shared core concerns, and respectfully demand that these concerns
Read MoreSometimes life is about being at the right place at the right time. In some respects, that could sum up the political ascent this year of Mondaire Jones, the Democrats’ choice to succeed Nita Lowey, who is retiring at the
Read MoreFor the past two-and-a-half years, state Sen. Shelley Mayer has represented arguably one of the most diverse districts anywhere in the state. The 37th Senate District extends from parts of Yonkers in the southern end, through the Sound Shore communities
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