News from The Examiner, covering Armonk-North Castle, Briarcliff, Chappaqua-New Castle, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY.
By Jordan Goodman Hudson Valley musicians bring diverse musical genres to audiences, ranging from varied styles of rock and alternative music while catering to different demographics. This year’s Pleasantville Music Festival lineup is no different. As has been customary, the
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Just because Dr. Gizelka David-West decided to go to medical school didn’t mean she had to give up her love of music or ending her days on stage in front of an audience. David-West was from an artistic family and
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Having the founder of a band describe their songs as “happy sounding pop music about sad sounding things” might be something that many musicians would be shy to admit. Not David Wimbish. Wimbish is the frontman for the North Carolina-based
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A Mount Pleasant immigration attorney has accused the town and some neighbors of preventing her from meeting clients at her recently-deceased father’s home office because she serves an overwhelmingly Black clientele. Frances Sorrentino made the explosive allegation after the town
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A long-stalled residential project in Armonk was deemed to have made sufficient progress by the North Castle Town Board, which permits the affordable unit requirement to be reduced from 20 to 10 percent. By a slim 3-2 majority, the board
Read MoreThe New Castle Town Board continued to receive pushback from residents of the town’s West End last week in reaction to tighter restrictions for more than 100 properties within a special watershed protection district. Several homeowners affected by the proposed
Read MoreRepresentatives for The Summit Club and North Castle officials agreed on several conditions last week for a special use permit to allow the golf course to operate and with public membership while 73 luxury residences are constructed. The parties appeared
Read MoreLocal officials in multiple municipalities are discussing the possibility of a moratorium or legislation to regulate battery energy storage systems (BESS) after proposals to install the facilities have stirred outcry. Last week, the Town of North Castle and the Village
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Some of the top young table tennis players in the world made their way to Westchester last week in one of the sport’s premiere events for youth competitors. The Westchester Table Tennis Center in Pleasantville for the first time hosted
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A familiar face in local government has a new job with Westchester County. On Monday, Deputy County Executive Ken Jenkins announced that former Mount Kisco mayor Gina Picinich has been appointed deputy commissioner of human resources. Picinch, who completed six
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