Local school districts submitted September reopening plans to the state Education Department last week with an emphasis on hybrid models, while at least two districts will be able to accommodate five-day in-person schedules for their youngest students. The most common scenario
Read MoreFor more than 20 years, recreation advocates and officials in New Castle had discussed the possibility of building a municipal basketball court somewhere in town. Last Thursday, more than two frustrating decades later, the task was finally completed as the
Read MoreA search committee was formed last week to help find a new director for the Chappaqua Public Library, but not before a dispute erupted over whether the entire library board should have participated in its selection. Board President Pam Wright
Read MoreThe New Castle Town Board unanimously approved a local law Tuesday evening that requires the public to wear a face mask during the ongoing pandemic to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Believed to be the first local measure of
Read MoreThe Town of New Castle is prepared to make the wearing of face masks mandatory, which may make it the first municipality in the state to approve such a law. On July 14, the board will hold a public hearing
Read MoreWilliam Wright never dreamed of joining the military while growing up nor was there much of a family legacy of going into the service. His grandfathers served their country but that was by compulsion, not choice, he said. Yet later
Read MoreNew Castle officials are vowing to crack down on residents who violate social distancing protocols following at least 19 cases of COVID-19 that were traced to the recent Horace Greeley High School graduation. Town Supervisor Ivy Pool said Wednesday the
Read MoreCiting “philosophical differences” with some members of the Board of Trustees, Chappaqua Library Director Pamela Thornton has announced that she will retire from her post on Aug. 4, two years earlier than she had planned. Thornton, 63, has been director
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The cluster of positive COVID-19 cases linked to the recent Horace Greeley High School graduation rose to 19 on Tuesday afternoon. County Executive George Latimer and county Health Commissioner Dr. Sherlita Amler made a joint announcement Monday in front of
Read MoreFor each of the past six years, Jenna and Rebecca Blum have spent one June morning at the Chappaqua Farmers Market selling their freshly-squeezed lemonade to raise money for Alex’s Lemonade Stand to fight childhood cancer. They won’t happen this
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