Thornwood resident Tommy Stratis already owned Casa Rina restaurant in his hometown when he decided to try his hand at owning a second eatery about 13 years ago. Stratis is the owner of the Goldfish Oyster Bar & Restaurant
Read MoreThe documentary filmmakers whose works are being presented during the Jacob Burns Film Center’s upcoming “Greenhouse 2016: Emerging Documentary Voices from the Middle East and North Africa” series are paying a heavy price. Creators of the eight documentaries that will
Read MoreCeltic Aer has more than one meaning, the owner of the Celtic Aer Gift Shop in Mohegan Lake said last week. “Celtic Aer translates to Celtic Air (like Aer Lingus, the major Irish airline), but the ‘AER’ also doubled as my initials,” Peekskill resident
Read MoreMount Pleasant Superintendent of Schools Dr. Susan Guiney last week proposed a $58.9 million 2016-17 budget carrying a 4.7 percent tax rate increase that continues to make needed infrastructure improvements throughout the district Despite the sizeable tax rate increase,
Read MoreThe Crossroads at Baldwin Place commercial/residential development moved forward on March 3 as the Somers Town Board voted unanimously to refer a required zoning text change to the Planning Board for its recommendation. Ken Kearney, founder and president of the
Read MoreThe Yorktown Funeral Home opened in Shrub Oak five years ago, but the funeral home business has been a long tradition for the Guarino family. Mount Pleasant resident Anthony Guarino and his daughter, Tracy, who resides in Yorktown, are continuing
Read MoreAgainst the backdrop of an ongoing criminal investigation of possible embezzlement, the Carmel Town Board voted 4-1 on Feb. 24 to approve a one-year contract with the embattled Mahopac Volunteer Fire Department that includes a variety of measures intended to
Read MoreRats returned to Westlake Middle School this week. Mount Pleasant School District Superintendent of Schools Dr. Susan Guiney said two wood rats were found at the school on Tuesday. The first was discovered in the morning in a hallway and
Read MoreThe Southeast Town Board voted on Feb. 18 to appeal a Carmel judge’s decision to dismiss legal action taken against former Putnam County Clerk Dennis Sant and his wife, Kathleen. The appeal with be filed with the state Supreme
Read MoreCortlandt resident Kurt Pelaccio originally had no intention of becoming a chimney sweep. “It wasn’t my master plan,” Pelaccio quipped during an interview last week. Though it was not his original plan, chimney sweeping turned out to be his career.
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