News from The Examiner, covering Armonk-North Castle, Briarcliff, Chappaqua-New Castle, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY.
The process of exploring future uses for town-owned land in downtown Chappaqua commenced on Saturday as residents participated in an interactive walking tour to provide feedback to the New Castle Town Board and its consultants. More than 60 residents visited
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This year New Castle’s fifth Annual Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony was unlike any other that preceded it. On Apr. 29, more than 300 people filled the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center to honor the six million Jews killed by
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Pace University’s documentary film team – PaceDocs – is set to premiere “The Cooper: Crafting the Soul of the Cask” at 7 p.m. this Thursday, May 2 at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville. For the first time ever, PaceDocs will be
Read MoreA Mount Kisco man was sentenced to 18 years in state prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to fatally stabbing his housemate with a kitchen knife last year. Oscar Manolo Morales, 42, pleaded guilty on Mar. 28 to the felony
Read MoreThe North Castle Town Board agreed to install 18 electric vehicle (EV) charging units on four separate municipal properties, taking advantage of a Westchester County rebate program to increase its charging station capability. Last week, the board approved a proposal
Read MoreThe Bedford Central School District announced last week that two Eastchester assistant principals will be leading Mount Kisco and Bedford Village elementary schools in 2024-25. Eleana De Luna, who currently serves at The Waverly School in Eastchester, will take over
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North Castle officials signaled their support last week for the development of a dog park after scores of residents have leaned on town government over the years to open a facility for their pets. The Town Board authorized Superintendent of
Read MoreThe Bedford Board of Education approved a $155.8 million budget for 2024-25 last week after fully restoring the district’s five elementary school coordinators in a lengthy and difficult debate. After struggling to reach consensus for nearly three-and-a-half hours last Wednesday,
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Examiner Publisher Adam Stone won honors in six categories at last week’s New York Press Association (NYPA) Better Newspaper Contest, including first place for best Freedom of Information journalism project and third place in the Writer of the Year category.
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The exhilaration of seeing children running into the newly-rebuilt playground at Nannahagan Park on a sunny day made for a celebratory mood at the facility’s official opening last Saturday in Pleasantville. Parents, local officials and residents were part of a
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