The Town of New Castle is the latest municipality to consider invoking a moratorium against the development of battery energy storage systems (BESS) and large-scale solar projects. Officials voted Tuesday evening to set a public hearing on a moratorium for
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More than 350 high school students came to Northern Westchester Hospital (NWH) last Saturday in what could be a positive life-changing experience for them. Those students from around Westchester and the Bronx attended the hospital’s sixth annual Medical Career Expo
Read MoreThe Town of Mount Pleasant is likely to exceed the 2 percent tax cap as soaring health care premiums and retirement costs coupled with lingering effects of inflation and supply chain issues present budgeting challenges. Town Board members last week
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A week after two-term Westchester County Executive George Latimer easily won the seat for the 16th Congressional District, Deputy County Executive Ken Jenkins announced his candidacy to be his successor. Jenkins, who has served as deputy for the past seven
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North Castle officials are exploring the possibility of relocating Town Hall operations from its Bedford Road facility and moving into the Boies Schiller Flexner building, an office of one of the nation’s most prestigious law firms. Supervisor Joseph Rende said
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Mount Kisco celebrated its second significant grand opening within a week on Saturday as the new Barnes & Noble opened its doors in the space that was formerly home to Rite Aid and Walgreen’s. The much-anticipated opening of the bookstore
Read MoreThe Bedford animal rescue founder arrested in July on five counts of animal cruelty was charged with two additional offenses this week. Penny Berk, owner of Northwind Kennels and founder of Rescue Right, was arrested by SPCA Westchester, the organization
Read MoreThe Village of Mount Kisco plans to honor a man whose lasting impact on the lives of young men still resonate with those who had the privilege to be under his tutelage. An ad-hoc committee reached out to village officials
Read MoreThis season’s drought conditions have not only triggered concerns of wildfires throughout the region but in Mount Kisco it generated discussion last week about reinforcing voluntary water conservation steps in the village. Byram Lake Reservoir is Mount Kisco’s primary water
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Leadership of the Mount Pleasant Democratic Committee harshly criticized town officials last week for publicizing the citizenship status of one of two suspects who were apprehended for their alleged involvement in a Nov. 1 house burglary. The committee issued a
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