News from The Examiner, covering Armonk-North Castle, Briarcliff, Chappaqua-New Castle, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY.
Mount Kisco officials are grappling with whether a battery energy storage facility (BESS) proposed for the Diamond Properties complex at 333 N. Bedford Rd. should be developed given vague wording in the village’s zoning code. New Leaf Energy of Lowell,
Read MoreIn the days leading up to the Armonk Lions’ 48th annual Fol-de-Rol last weekend, some of the organizers frequently checked the weather reports, keeping their fingers crossed that it wouldn’t rain on their event. But any worrying vanished by Friday
Read MoreBy Anna Carpinelli Legendary singer/songwriter Joan Osborne will be the star attraction at the inaugural Sleepy Hollow Music Festival, scheduled for Saturday, June 8 at Kingsland Point Park. Osborne, an eight-time Grammy nominee and multiplatinum selling recording artist, will perform
Read MoreFor the last five years, the annual Into the Light Walk in Pleasantville has seen hundreds of people start walking together in the darkness at 4:30 a.m. and continue past daybreak. The walk symbolizes the transition from the darkness
Read MoreBy Anna Carpinelli It has been estimated that there are approximately 21,000 electric vehicles on the roads in Westchester County, according to the New York State Research and Development Authority’s new digital tool, EValuateNY. Chappaqua is leading the way,
Read MoreBureaucratic 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
Read MoreEveryone 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
Read MoreThe 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
Read MoreBy 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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