A newly proposed tree ordinance has stripped away permit fees and mandatory tree replants for Pleasantville residents wanting to take down trees on their property. The revised ordinance has removed controversial aspects from an earlier draft presented in Nov. 2024
Read MoreIt’s been three months since Yorktown Supervisor Ed Lachterman ordered the suspension of water fluoridation in the town, but the debate among residents and town officials continues. More than half of the Dec. 17 Town Board meeting was spent discussing
Read MoreA group of elected officials and advocates for clean water programs want Gov. Kathy Hochul to increase the annual expenditure to upgrade the state’s aging water treatment and wastewater treatment infrastructure next year to $600 million. State Sen. Peter Harckham
Read MoreThe Town of Greenburgh and the Greenburgh Nature Center have signed a new long-term agreement that will ensure the non-profit organization will continue to operate through at least Dec. 2050. Since 1975, Nunataks Ltd. Has been overseeing the Nature Center
Read MoreDiscussion limiting the use of gas-powered lawn equipment in North Castle met some resistance last week after a presentation on the potential ban on the machinery in town. Town Sustainability Committee member John Ettenson and Chair Neil Singer spoke at
Read MoreA $300,000 settlement has been reached between the Putnam Valley Volunteer Fire Department, the contractor and a recycling facility in connection with unauthorized dumping of fill at the construction site of the new firehouse. Over the next six years, John
Read MoreBy Martin Wilbur Advocates for the environment and working-class New Yorkers held rallies last Thursday across the state to pressure Gov. Kathy Hochul to include money in next year’s budget that would cap energy prices for residents. A local rally
Read MoreThe applicant for a proposed five-megawatt battery energy storage system (BESS) in Valhalla argued for a hardship waiver to Mount Pleasant’s moratorium for the facilities as town officials made clear why they enacted the pause. Attorney Robert Gaudioso said at
Read MoreA development company that has built previous large-scale projects in Mount Pleasant last week discussed with town officials the possibility of installing a battery energy storage system (BESS) at the site of an existing nursery. Acquest Development, based in upstate
Read MoreWith celebratory fanfare, local officials, environmental organizations and community members watched as a large excavator pummeled the old concrete Sprout Brook Dam last week at Sprout Brook Park in Cortlandt. The dam’s removal last Wednesday will restore the flow of
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