Tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb. 9: Special election for Bradley’s 89th district seat in State Assembly;
Use your usual polling places, open from 6 am to 9 pm.

Castelli, left; Harckham, right
UPDATE February 8, 2010

[Editor’s Note: Last Thursday’s League of Women Voters Candidates’ Night with candidates Robert Castelli and Peter Harckham was lively and well-attended. Some of the questioners declared themselves Tea Party members.  To view the 30-minute event on your computer, click HERE and choose thumbnail on far left.  See NCCTV television channels and times in “Read more,”  as well as a list of the eight questions the candidates were asked.

Peter Harckham
See details of NCCTV’s replays of the 45-minute event in “Read more.”
February 5, 2010
by Jane Lindau

I am writing to you today to ask that you help get the word out to get people to vote in a very important special election on Tuesday, February 9, 2010. 

Robert Castelli
See details of NCCTV’s replays of the 45-minute event in “Read more.”
February 5, 2010
by Robin and Gary Murphy

Sheldon Silver is having serious agida these days. Why?

February 8, 2010
by Vicky Tipp and Lea Barth

This year, the terms of two members of the elected five-member Board of Education will expire in June. If you are considering, or just curious, about what’s involved in running for the Chappaqua Board of Education, please come to an informational meeting on Tuesday, February 23 at the Horace Greeley Faculty Lounge (off the cafeteria) at 7:00 p.m. You will find out about how to become a Board of Education candidate and current Board of Education members will explain the responsibilities and requirements of the position. This meeting is hosted by the Citizens’ Non-Partisan Candidate Committee.

February is Black History Month

February 5, 2010
by Christine Yeres

Teen librarian and cineaste Zahra Baird has put together a list of great books for Black History Month, along with brief descriptions of each.  She has also included details of the Chappaqua Library’s “College Test Prep Program”—take a test stress-free, have it analyzed—plus, events for teens over the February Staycation, some dreamed up by the library, others by the New Castle rec department.  See “Read more…” 

Looking north on South Greeley
February 5, 2010
by Elise Kessler Mottel

Editor’s note: In response to written questions from NewCastleNOW.org, Elise Mottel, deputy town supervisor and chair of the Downtown Steering Committee, submitted the following update on plans for downtown Chappaqua.

There are three main projects that the Downtown Steering Committee (DSC) would like to implement first.

February 5, 2010
by Bob Coulombe

Last week my appeal for musical instruments for vets brought me two guitars, a trombone and a violin. They’ll all be put to use!  They’ll go to the Bronx Veterans Administration, which will provide them to veterans as part of their rehabilitation efforts. 

That’s GreeleySportsBoosters.org.
UPDATE: February 8, 2010

• Girls’ varisty basketball plays Somers at Somers at 5 pm Mon. Feb. 8
• Boys’ varisty basketball plays Somers at Somers at 7 pm Mon. Feb. 8

Greeley Sports Hotline: Phone 861-9400, then press option 5, then 1

Chappaqua Volunteer Ambulance Corps training on use of backboards to transport patients
February 5, 2010

Editor’s Note: Each week NCNOW.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.