News from The Examiner, covering Armonk-North Castle, Briarcliff, Chappaqua-New Castle, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY.
New Castle Town Administrator Jill Shapiro will be retiring from her post in late March after filling that role for more than a decade and 35 years of continuous service to the town. Shapiro, who made the announcement just after
Read MoreMount Kisco will apply for a federal grant as soon as next month that officials hope will provide funding to employ various strategies to improve safety for pedestrians, drivers and bicyclists in the village. Last Saturday, the village’s transportation consultant
Read MoreBy this spring, families will have another choice for their child care needs in the area. Allen Yesilevich and his wife, Rebecca Scharf, are opening Kiddie Academy in Briarcliff Manor, which will mainly serve children from six weeks old through
Read MoreThis year marks 150 years since the incorporation of Mount Kisco as a village. The year-long sesquicentennial celebrations start this month with “Faith Communities,” an exhibition of photographs of historic houses of worship, past and present faith communities and interfaith projects at the
Read MoreBy Anna Carpinelli More than 40 residents and emergency service members gathered in Graham Hills Park in Mount Pleasant Monday evening to memorialize Thomas Dorr Sr., the late Pleasantville volunteer firefighter who was murdered 29 years ago. The annual candlelight
Read MoreMount Kisco officials are searching for ways they can partner with county government and various organizations to reach the village’s homeless population after a man was found dead in the woods three days before Christmas. Authorities are still awaiting toxicology
Read MoreThe expansion of Chappaqua’s King Street firehouse is still a year away from being completed after delays in obtaining approvals lasted longer than expected. At the last 2024 meeting of the New Castle Fire District No. 1 Board of Commissioners,
Read MoreCongressman Mike Lawler (R-Pearl River) said late last week that he will support House Speaker Mike Johnson to retain his role and called out Republican hardliners who have called for Johnson’s ouster as leader. Speaking late last week on WABC
Read MoreA recent state comptroller’s report for the Village of Mount Kisco criticized officials for failing to provide timely annual audits, publicly report the municipality’s finances and filing financial reports with the state. However, in a response to the comptroller’s office,
Read MoreFor Mariia Konoreva and her husband, Josiah Krembs, coming home with their newborn daughter, Dorothea, on Dec. 19 was the best Christmas gift the couple could have asked for. But how it happened was not what they had envisioned. At
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