New Castle Fire District No. 1 is prepared to hold a nearly $17 million referendum in April to pay for the long-sought expansion and modernization of the King Street firehouse. The district’s Board of Commissioners announced last Thursday that a
Read MoreNew Castle officials will consider activating a mask mandate in town as current COVID-19 cases are again on the upswing across the area and the state and uneasiness about the Omicron variant surfaces. On Tuesday evening, the Town Board is scheduled
Read MoreMount Kisco approved an agreement last week involving multiple levels of government and a nonprofit entity that will allow receiving sewage from two New Castle communities to the village’s pump station. The Village Board gave the green light to divert sewage
Read MoreNew Castle officials are considering contracting with a global nonprofit organization to bring in artists from around the world to paint street art with social justice themes in downtown Chappaqua. Street Art for Mankind has attracted artists to paint public
Read MoreThe New Castle Town Board shelved the Form-Based Code Wednesday night, putting an apparent end to any chance of the document being adopted after more than a year of contentious debate. All four council members, including the three-member majority that
Read MoreThe hard-fought New Castle town election may be over but it remains to be seen what will become of the Form-Based Code. Last weekend, Supervisor-elect Lisa Katz called on the current board majority to suspend any anticipated action on the
Read MoreThe Unite New Castle ticket led by two-term Councilwoman Lisa Katz appeared headed for victory late Tuesday night over the Democratic-endorsed candidates in what many residents believed was a referendum on the controversial Form-Based Code. Appearing only on the single
Read MoreNorth Castle residents are likely to see virtually no change in their town tax bill next year as the recently released $32.5 million tentative budget for 2022 is more than $1.1 million under the tax cap. Despite dealing with the
Read MoreA majority of the New Castle Town Board agreed on additional changes for the proposed Form-Based Code legislation regarding affordable housing, parking issues and Planning Board involvement for combining smaller lots. The revisions last Tuesday evening came during a work
Read MoreEvery once in a while, an election comes along that’s about one issue. In New Castle in 2021, that issue is the Form-Based Code. Introduced as a land development and zoning tool that emphasizes appearance – or form – over
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