July 4, 2008
by Christine Yeres
And those holes are in the ceiling. Carpenters, electrician and plumber come and go all day, working to finish up, “closed” signs on front and back. Yet still, every morning, some customers grab the new chubby pink “D” door handle and are puzzled, and then chagrined, to find resistance.
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Each week NewCastleNOW.org provides a list of New Castle real property transfers filed with the Westchester County Clerk’s office.
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. . . town board seeks to amend law, impose moratorium
Houlihan Lawrence’s 75 South Greeley Avenue space
June 27, 2008
by Christine Yeres
To encourage more retail businesses in the downtown hamlet, a year and a half ago the town board changed New Castle’s downtown zoning laws to prohibit any new financial institutions, professional offices and business offices from taking first-floor rental space. A few months ago, when real estate agency Houlihan Lawrence applied to the building department to move from its offices at 75 South Greeley Avenue to the newly rebuilt two story space on the same street just north of Greeley Home & Hardware, the building inspector said “No,” declaring that real estate offices fell within the “business offices” category of the new law and were, therefore, a prohibited use of first-floor space.
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June 27, 2008
by Christine Yeres
Owner of Dunkin’ Donuts, Jim Lash, estimates that his doors may open by the first week in July.
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June 20, 2008
by Christine Yeres
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John P. McGrory, IAO, Town of New Castle Assessor
June 5, 2008
by Ann Marie Fallon
The annual grievance day in New Castle is the third Tuesday in June, June 17 this year, when property owners may appear before the board of assessment review to dispute their property’s assessment.
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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.
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April 4, 2008
by Suzanne Keay
With summer vacation looming, many of us will be traveling on airplanes. Actually, many of us seem to travel on airplanes during most of the year, and we accrue miles from the various rewards programs that the airlines offer . . . or we don’t. That second scenario would be a shame, as the miles we earn, with some patience and knowledge, can be quite valuable.
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