News from The Examiner, covering Armonk-North Castle, Briarcliff, Chappaqua-New Castle, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY.
Bureaucratic red tape has put a hold on work to permanently close the Memorial Plaza slip lane in Pleasantville. The closure was scheduled for last week and is part of the Manville Road Corridor Improvement Project that will widen
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Everyone loves a good, old-fashioned country fair. The Armonk Lions Club’s annual Fol-de-Rol has been held for a weekend every June for nearly a half-century, and certainly brings its share of good times to the community for four days. “It’s
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The Chappaqua Board of Education Monday night adopted a reduced budget for the 2024-25 school year to present to voters in two weeks. School administrators cut $1.1 million from the first proposed budget of $141.8 million that was rejected by
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By Anna Carpinelli To the tune of “Yankee Doodle” played by the Westchester-based Dixie Dandies, Ed Woodyard, president of the North Castle Historical Society, commenced a ceremony Sunday for the rededication of North Castle’s Eagle Sign. “Welcome to the rededication
Read MoreThe Pleasantville Rotary Club is getting ready for a big celebration next week. It is hosting a gala to mark a century of helping others locally and around the world. The event is on Thursday, June 6 from 5:30 to
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This Friday night, sisters Jenna and Rebecca Blum will be hard at work squeezing lemons, prepping for one of the most important days of the year for them. They will wake up bright and early on Saturday, prepared to open
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Artists have always been inspired by rivers, whether it was painters Thomas Cole and Susie Barstow of the Hudson River School or Auguste Renoir’s depictions of the Seine. There is something about natural waterways that sparks creativity. It’s not surprising that
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Westchester & Putnam will strike up some fun and Bowl for Kids’ Sake on Tuesday, June 4, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Bowlero Lanes, located at 47 Tarrytown Rd. in White Plains. Teams of bowlers will
Read MoreAn Armonk man was charged Tuesday with attempted murder after attacking a North Castle police officer at his home with a knife earlier this month. Joseph Spennato, 38, of 14 Hallock Place, was arraigned May 28 by Westchester County Police
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For some listeners, the banjo and jazz might not be thought of in the same sentence when associating instruments to certain genres of music. But for acclaimed four-string jazz banjoist Cynthia Sayer, who has enjoyed a long and fulfilling music
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