News from The Examiner, covering Armonk-North Castle, Briarcliff, Chappaqua-New Castle, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY.
Trustee David Vinjamuri easily won re-election and Yemi Healy will be the new member of the Pleasantville Village Board after defeating Francesca Hagadus-McHale Tuesday night. Peter Scherer ran unopposed to capture his sixth term as mayor. Vinjamuri was the top
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Mount Kisco Democratic Chairman Tom Luzio will join seven-term village Trustee Karen Schleimer as the party’s endorsed nominees for the two Village Board seats that are up for election this fall. Luzio, who emerged on the local political scene last
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By Abby Luby Pleasantville Mayor Peter Scherer is virtually assured of winning his sixth term on Tuesday, as he runs uncontested in Tuesday’s village elections. Scherer, who has served as mayor since 2009 and as a village trustee before that,
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The New Castle Town Board maintained last week that it plans to take down the Israeli flag from in front of Town Hall next month despite pleas from several residents to reconsider the decision. Last Tuesday, board members followed up
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Two veterinary facilities appeared before the Mount Kisco Village Board last week requesting zoning text changes to allow their operations to move into zones that currently prohibit that use. VCA Animal Hospitals is seeking to move into a vacant space
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Two-time Emmy Award-winning comedian Judy Gold has performed shows in a wide variety of venues. This Saturday evening, she returns to a setting that is as familiar as it can be challenging. Gold will be performing a benefit show in
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For the fifth year, Fox Lane High School teacher Lindsay Lappin-Burke is leading a small but passionate group of students through the school’s Fashion Design Program, giving some of them a greater sense of purpose and direction in their academic
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Three candidates are running for two seats on the Pleasantville Village Board in the Mar. 19 election. Incumbent Trustee David Vinjamuri has served on the board for two terms and is running to keep his seat against two longtime residents,
Read MoreChappaqua school officials offered a proposed 2024-25 budget that exceeds the tax cap by more than $2.5 million while funding three additional school resource officers and three more teachers to limit elementary-level class size. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Christine Ackerman
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Visiting a country embroiled in a horrific war means entering a zone of several realities that generate a trove of personal, hard-to-forget stories. For a full week in early February, 18 members of Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester in
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