As voters throughout New York State will decide their school district’s 2015-16 budget next week, most school officials have found ways to maintain programs despite the tax cap and lack of mandate relief. However, there are some grassroots groups and
Read MoreChappaqua Crossing developer Summit/Greenfield has proposed moving up to 32 affordable housing units into the top two floors of the property’s iconic cupola building, now a largely vacant office building. Under a revised plan discussed at Tuesday night’s New Castle
Read MoreA state Supreme Court justice on Wednesday rejected Conifer Realty’s injunction request against the Town of New Castle to prevent enforcement of the special permit’s 18-month deadline to complete construction of the Chappaqua affordable housing project. Representatives of Conifer, which
Read MoreStricter enforcement of traffic laws and levying heftier fines for drivers who ignore railroad crossing warnings was recommended by a group of local, state and federal representatives Tuesday at Chappaqua’s problematic Roaring Brook Road crossing. Sarah Feinberg, acting administrator of
Read MorePrior to abandoning her shop, leaving patrons without their merchandise and owing thousands of dollars, it appears that the owner of Elegance II Consignment Shop was looking to sell her business. Real estate websites loopnet.com and cityfeet.com last week listed
Read MoreIt looks like there will finally be a new restaurant at the Chappaqua train station by early summer. The New Castle Town Board last Tuesday approved a 10-year lease for Chappaqua residents Erin and Peter Chase to operate a food
Read MoreArea residents ripped off by a local consignment shop owner are looking to recover their money and merchandise after the proprietor suddenly vanished in recent weeks. Elegance II Consignment Shop, a popular fixture for years on South Greeley Avenue in
Read MoreNew Castle officials continued to grapple last week with what to include in a coyote management policy that would be a satisfactory solution when residents have a close encounter with the animal. Members of the Coyote Management Task Force, one
Read MoreErynn Altabef may only be a junior at Briarcliff High School, but she is now a published author. The 16-year-old collaborated with her father, Jeff Altabef, on “Wind Catcher,” the first book in a trilogy about a young Native American
Read MoreA driver became stuck on the Metro-North train tracks at the Roaring Brook Road crossing in Chappaqua Saturday morning but was eventually able to back out of harm’s way. New Castle police received a call at about 10:50 a.m. that
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