May 9, 2008
Read MoreMother’s Day: It wasn’t always about breakfast in bed and handmade cards
Spotlight on Sports
May 16, 2008
Read MoreSchool Board Candidates
May 9, 2008
by Susie Pender
Editor’s note: NewCastleNOW.org has interviewed the three candidates for the two seats available this year on the Chappaqua Central School District Board of Education. We have asked all candidates the same questions taking into account two of the candidates are incumbents, Janet Benton and Rob Gursha, and one is running for the first time, Gregg Bresner.
Read MoreGreg Bresner
May 9, 2008
by Susie Pender
Gregg Bresner has lived in Chappaqua for seven years and has two children in the Chappaqua School system, a boy and a girl who both attend Grafflin Elementary School. He has a bachelor of science degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He is a chartered financial analyst (CFA) and has 20 years of financial experience in strategic consulting, investment banking and investment management. He is a managing director in corporate finance of a large investment firm in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Read MoreJanet Benton
May 9, 2008
by Susie Pender
Janet Benton has lived in Chappaqua for 22 years. She has two boys in the Chappaqua school system, a fifth grader at Bell and an eleventh grader at Greeley. Her oldest son graduated from Greeley in 2006. She has a bachelor of arts from Pomona College in Claremont, CA and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She worked for General Foods in marketing before having her first son and has been a full time mother since then. She has served nine years on the Board of Education, three as president during the 2001-02 school year, 2005-06 school year and this last year.
Read MoreRobert Gursha
May 9, 2008
by Susie Pender
Robert Gursha has lived in Chappaqua for seven years. He has three children, an eighth grader at Bell, an eleventh grader at Greeley and a 2006 Greeley graduate. He has a bachelor of science degree in management from Carnegie-Mellon University and trained as a CPA. He is executive vice president and chief marketing officer of TimeWarner Retail Sales and Marketing, a division of Time Inc.
Read MoreLeague of Women Voters’ Candidates’ Night is May 15
May 9, 2008
by Sheila Crespi
The League of Women Voters of New Castle will hold a Candidates’ Night on Thursday, May 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Chappaqua Library (195 South Greeley Avenue, Chappaqua). It is free and open to the public. Come with your questions for the school board and library board candidates!
Read MoreMillwood Matters
Town Supervisor Barbara Gerrard and Steve Mantero at ribbon cutting ceremony
May 9, 2008
by Gene Nadel
Final Needs Asessment Report on Hot Topic
Anticipation runs high among residents of the Millwood Fire District community as independent, outside Fire Consultant John Nickerson of JLN Associates prepares to present his long awaited “Needs Assessment Study” report to the public at the next meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners which is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday night, May 19th.
Read MoreWarning to women: Heart attacks can come without pain
May 9, 2008
by Laurence Degelsmith, MD
Coronary heart disease is the primary cause of death for women in the United States.
Read MoreTakayama—a Mother’s Day destination
May 9, 2008
by Christine Yeres
By the time Takayama opened twelve years ago in downtown Chappaqua, sushi-dependent New Yorkers newly transplanted to the suburbs were relieved to find a sushi source already in place here. As a cuisine wave, sushi has since settled from Pacific-size to Atlantic-size, but Takayama remains a culinary staple of the town, plunk in the middle of the downtown’s “restaurant row”—OK, “triangle”—along with destination restaurants like Le Jardin du Roi and Grappolo and the remade Lyla’s. Weekdays, Takayama draws adults at lunch, students after school, and carrys on a brisk take-out trade weekday evenings, mainly of sushi.
Spotlight on Activities May 9 - May 15
May 9, 2008
Garden Club Plant Sale just in time for Mother’s Day, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the train station.
In the garden with Shobha Vanchiswar
Recent Real Estate Transfers
Each week NewCastleNOW.org provides a list of New Castle real property transfers filed with the Westchester County Clerk’s office.
Read MoreCitizens Nonpartisan Candidate Committee does not endorse candidates
May 9, 2008
by Susie Pender
Susan Nobel and Karen Berkey, co-chairs of this year’s Citizens Nonpartisan Candidate Committee for the Chappaqua School Board, when asked to clarify a report in The Journal News that incumbents Janet Benton and Rob Gursha were endorsed by the Committee, stated:
“The Citizens Nonpartisan Candidate Committee does not make endorsements of candidates for the school board. The Committee’s purpose is to seek out and encourage interested citizens to run for the school board and to meet with those candidates who come before the Committee. Candidates are not required to come before the Committee in order to run for the school board. The two candidates reported out, Benton and Gursha, were the only two who came before the Committee.”
Our “Photo Gallery “ is chock full of pics
May 9, 2008
Click on “Photo Gallery” on our vertical menu on the left to see photos of Earth Day at Bell, a Library Gallery exhibit of middle school artwork, and the Seniors’ “Thank You” lunch for volunteers, the Historical Society’s Thomas Nast cartoon exhibit, and last Saturday’s Little League Parade and Rotary Pancake Breakfast.
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Letters to the Editor
Superintendents rankled by school district rankings
May 2, 2008
by Christine Yeres
Spearheaded by Byram Hills superintendent John Chambers, a letter had been going around in school superintendents’ circles for several months gathering signatures.
Read MoreOp-Ed: PTA offers a big “thanks” during Teacher-Staff Appreciation Week
March 9, 2008
by Victoria Tipp
Ask most people why they moved to New Castle and they will tell you that it’s because of the schools and the quality of education their children will receive.
Chappaqua School Foundation annual gala raises record $200,000
May 9, 2008
by Rachel Rader
The 14th Annual Chappaqua School Foundation Gala, which was held on Friday, May 2, at Crabtree’s Kittle House, raised $200,000 for curriculum-enhancing programs and equipment that might not otherwise be available to our students given the current demands on the school budget.
Read MoreNew Castle moms plan Marfan syndrome fundraiser for May 29
Sydney and Carly Lerman
May 9, 2008
by Jennifer Leventhal
If you were a young mother in our community faced with one of life’s most difficult challenges, how would you get through it? “With a little help from a lot of friends” is the answer given by local entrepreneur and mother of two, Barbara Lerman of Millwood. Five years ago, Lerman and her husband Jonathan welcomed their second daughter, Sydney, into their family; big sister Carly was three. The Lermans were devastated to learn that Sydney was born with a severe form of Marfan syndrome, a life-threatening disorder that affects the heart and blood vessels, skeleton and eyes.
Read MoreHistorical Society exhibit of Thomas Nast, father of American political cartooning
May 9, 2008
by Christine Yeres
Click on “Photo Gallery,” on our menu at left, to see pictures of the Nast exhibit and of the Historical Society’s preparations for their Tag Sale May 16 and 17. There are lots of frames among the tag sale miscellany, so measure your pictures before you come!
Read MoreLocal music student Angela Sun to perform at Carnegie Hall
May 9, 2008
by Lori Sachare
When 12-year-old Angela Sun performs a Beethoven sonata at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall on May 10, this student from Music in Chappaqua fulfills the dream of musicians of all ages.
Spotlight on Sports: Friday, May 9 - Thursday, May 15
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Horace Greeley Varsity Baseball Team
May 9, 2008
Backyard composting: a simple effort for a healthier planet
May 9, 2008
by Veronica Mishkind
Composting is nature’s process of recycling decomposed organic materials into rich soil. Anything that was once living will decompose. Basically, backyard composting is a quicker version of the same process nature uses. By composting your organic waste you are returning nutrients back into the soil in order for the cycle of life to continue. Finished compost looks like soil, dark brown and crumbly.
Read MoreCELF’s 2008 Expo inspires, teaches and helps set a tone for the future
May 9, 2008
by Peter Moses
Chappaqua Youth Soccer Club Round-up
May 9, 2008
Submitted by the following CYSC coaches: Lisa McGowan, Rob Schenkel, Corey Shanus, Yoonho Park, David Libowitz, Larry Novenstern, Jamie Inglis, Nick Vertucci, Larry Grob, Jacques Levy, Edward Finkelstein, Larry Cohen, Karin Wollschlaeger, Ruth Parnes, Nicholas Giannasca, Chris Harris, Barry Dinaburg, Julie Lowitz
Read MoreNew Castle Police, Ambulance and Fire Blotters April 30 - May 7, 2008
May 9, 2008
Editor’s Note: Each week NewCastleNOW.org provides highlights from the New Castle police blotter as well as a list of emergency calls to the Chappaqua Volunteer Ambulance Corps and to the Chappaqua Fire Department and the Millwood Fire Department for the prior week.
