Nick Beilenson, a civil rights activist and book publisher who was the founder of Westchester Residential Opportunities (WRO), which promoted equal, affordable and accessible housing in the county, died from complications from COVID-19 on Feb. 22. He was 85. Born
Read MoreThe president of the Peekskill Business Improvement District (BID) Board of Directors was appointed last week to fill a vacancy on the city’s Common Council. Brian Fassett, who just completed his fourth year as BID board president, was named to
Read MoreFor more than 40 years, Mike and Mary Lynn McRee loved being in the Oriental carpet business. Last Thursday, they walked out of their Bedford Hills store, Caravan Connection, for the last time, headed for semi-retirement, as Mike McCree described
Read MoreThroughout February, the White Plains Business Improvement District (BID) continues its Winter Outlook series with a month dedicated to fitness opportunities in downtown White Plains. The downtown establishments will offer specials highlighting their signature programs, while adhering to New York
Read MoreMany parents bring home books for their children to read when they’re young. Years ago, Melvyn Tanzman sought very specific ones for his kids. Tanzman, who is white, adopted two Black children, but he wanted to be certain they learned
Read MoreGreenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner revealed Monday that town officials were recently informed that BJ’s Wholesale Club will be filling the former Kmart space in the Crossroads Shopping Center on Route 119. BJ’s will be the first store in a
Read MoreFour months ago, the members of the American Legion Gilbert Rauh Post 1574 had prepared to say goodbye to their longtime building on Garrigan Avenue in Thornwood. The remnants of Hurricane Ida that swept through the region on Sept. 1
Read MoreBy Jim Roberts Cleanup of a contaminated site and new units of below-market-rate senior housing are the offers on the table to Ossining from a Westchester-based developer focused on constructing affordable housing throughout the county. MacQuesten Development LLC, based in
Read MoreDon Hall, the longtime owner of the Putnam County Press and the Putnam Times, died Sunday, Jan. 30. Hall was 91 and died in Putnam Hospital after battling illness for many months accompanied by frequent stays at the hospital. The
Read MoreNew Castle will schedule a public hearing on extending the town’s affordable housing requirement into two commercial zones, an issue that elicited some strong words last week between Councilman Jeremy Saland and the board majority. Officials are contemplating legislation that
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