News from The Examiner, covering Armonk-North Castle, Briarcliff, Chappaqua-New Castle, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY.
Several North Castle residents in the hamlet of Banksville pressed town officials last week to step up patrols or introduce other strategies to protect homeowners against a rash of car thefts on residential properties. The pleas by residents at last
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Restoration work will begin at the Westchester County-owned Merestead estate after County Executive George Latimer signed a $1.5 million bond act last Wednesday that had been unanimously approved by the Board of Legislators in late April. Last week’s signing will
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Area state representatives announced last week that New York’s Department of Transportation (DOT) has allocated up to $20 million in the current fiscal year for the next phase of the Route 9A modernization project. The money will cover preliminary engineering,
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Jean Farber has long admired many of the community-minded people who have been viewed as pillars of Mount Kisco over the decades. Figures such as former mayors Dick Flynn and Pat Reilly and local news media stalwarts Carll Tucker and
Read MoreParents whose children attend Chappaqua schools but are Mount Pleasant residents pushed back last week against a likely policy change that would give preference to New Castle children for future town camp and recreation program registration. The New Castle Town
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The applicant who was approved by the North Castle Planning Board to open a restaurant in downtown Armonk said the town has countered with an exorbitantly high demand in the Community Benefits Agreement (CBA). Stefan Martinovic, who received site plan
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The 15 members and three alternates that are part of Chappaqua’s Seven Bridges Middle School’s Science Olympiad team are an impressive group, with their grasp of a wide range of sciences coupled with work ethic and commitment. But don’t discount
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Advocates for two livestock guardian dogs at Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture who could be euthanized have launched a petition drive to urge Mount Pleasant authorities and the center to allow the canines to be rehomed. The two
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About a decade ago, Jessica Reinmann and Dawn Greenberg started a very local organization that was focused on addressing those in need despite launching it in one of Westchester’s more affluent communities. It didn’t take long for that organization, Chappaqua
Read MoreThe Pleasantville Village board approved a $19.7 million budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year last week that added about $200,000 in spending and exceeds the tax cap. “We have made a couple of modifications to the budget since it was
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