News from The Examiner, covering Armonk-North Castle, Briarcliff, Chappaqua-New Castle, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY.
The longtime owner of the Hawthorne Cedar Knolls property is in contract with a Houston-based development company that would build as many as 570 units of various types of housing on the 129-acre parcel. Representatives for Hines, a global real estate
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The Mount Pleasant Town Board approved a zoning change and text amendment last week for Toll Brothers’ proposed 162-unit age-restricted townhouse plan on a portion of the Legionaries property in Thornwood. Toll Brothers, which hopes to build three-bedroom residences that
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Optum Health, in an internal company email obtained Tuesday by The Examiner, announced the departure of Dr. Scott Hayworth, effective on Friday, Dec. 29. No specific reason was given for Hayworth’s exit. Hayworth, who joined Optum Health in 2020 following
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Accusations of attempted election fraud continued to be leveled last week in North Castle as the Westchester County Board of Elections certified Democrat Joseph Rende the winner of the town’s supervisor’s race. Officially, Rende defeated Republican Councilwoman Barbara DiGiacinto by
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Outgoing New Castle Supervisor Lisa Katz was honored last week for her 10 years in elected office during a farewell reception week that drew words of praise from her Town Board colleagues and community members. Katz is leaving office at
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Pleasantville Mayor Peter Scherer will be seeking a sixth term and Village Trustee David Vinjamuri will run for a third term in the upcoming village election, while first-term board member Michael Peppard will leave office. The election for the mayor’s
Read MoreThe Mount Kisco Village Board is faced with a dilemma of whether to delay special permit approval for a new cell service carrier because the tower’s owner has failed to correct violations at the site. Dish Wireless is looking to
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North Castle police are investigating whether vandals are responsible for causing the town’s signature eagle sign to fall down earlier this week at the intersection of routes 22 and 128 in Armonk. Police said that an officer on patrol noticed
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Pleasantville will have an independent pharmacy return to the village, likely by the latter part of next year. Mayor Peter Scherer disclosed last week that a pharmacy that has gone by the name of White’s Apothecary or City Chemist depending
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Mount Pleasant School District voters easily approved a $35.9 million instructional bond Tuesday evening that will reconfigure space in each of the four school buildings and expand Hawthorne and Columbus elementary schools. There were no anxious moments among district officials
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