March 12, 2010
Editor’s note: The following is a reprint of a letter sent out to the Greeley community from Principal Andrew Selesnick yesterday after an “intolerable incident” at the high school.
Read MoreGreeley student’s wallet stolen and license defaced
Speak your mind: Should Greeley students have homework over vacations?
March 12, 2010
by Susie Pender
This fall at the Principal-Parent coffees hosted by the Greeley PTA, the question of homework assigned over the three major school vacations kept surfacing, noted Madeline Rivlin, chair of the Greeley PTA. Principal Andrew Selesnick, Rivlin and her vice-chair, Heidi Fuhrman, discussed this in the context of brainstorming about how to boost attendance at high school PTA meetings.
Read MoreEarly, informal tax grievance meetings with assessor on offer
March 12, 2010
Tax Assessor John McGrory will meet with residents who believe their assessed values are too high. Before you decide to darken his door, though, McGrory says be prepared to answer Assessment Clerk Jackie MacMahon’s questions. “She’ll say, ‘OK, take your assessed value and divide it by .1841—because we believe that 18.41% will be the residential assessment ratio—and that will be your market value on the first of June, 2010. It is this market value figure that you would consult to determine whether your assessment is correct.
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Thank you for your help and support during the storm, from the bus lady
March 12, 2010
by Joan Corwin
Letter to the Editor: Thanks for the great storm coverage
Greeley Chorus performs Haydn at their major work concert next Friday
March 12, 2010
by Maureen Callan
Next Friday, March 19, the Horace Greeley High School Chorus will present its annual major work concert at 7:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium. This year, the featured work will be Haydn’s “Missa Brevis St. Joannis de Deo.”
Read MoreAARP tax prep help at Library Wednesdays through April 14
March 12, 2010
Every Wednesday, from now until April 14, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., AARP tax preparers are available at the Chappaqua Library—no appointment necessary—to help you with your taxes. The AARP volunteers bring with them a laptop and printer, and will both e-file your taxes and provide you with a printed copy.
Read MoreCalendar for New Castle
Register for Spring town classes now
March 12, 2010
The Millwood Board of Fire Commissioners will hold a special mid month meeting at 7:30pm on March 15, 2010 at Station No. 1 located at 60 Millwood Road in the Town of New Castle. The commissioners will present site plan alternatives and preliminary budget for the construction of a new firehouse. A second meeting follows on March 22, at Fire Station Two.
Friends of the Library Young Writers Contest deadline is next Friday, March 19 at 5 pm.
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In the garden with Shobha Vanchiswar
March 12, 2010
Recovering from the storm
The aftermath of that “storm of storms” has been rather heartbreaking. So many gardens have taken a real beating.
Read MoreReal Estate Transactions
Six more houses recorded sold
March 12, 2010
Editor’s Note: Since October, 2007, NewCastleNOW.org has published every week in its real estate section information about houses sold in New Castle as that information has been released by Westchester County. All info for the last two years remains inside, in “Read More.” The records of sales released by the county are time-delayed, sometimes reflecting sales made several months prior.
Read MoreBedford School District makes communication with residents a top priority
March 12, 2010
by Christine Yeres
The Bedford Central School District took time last weekend, in the middle of its budget process, to gauge public opinion on whether residents were likely to approve a budget increase of approximately 2% on the district’s $114.5 million school budget. The district—with about the same number of students as Chappaqua CSD—includes Mt. Kisco, Pound Ridge, parts of Bedford, North Castle and New Castle.
Read MoreMillwood Fire Company receives $161,000 from FEMA
Chief Joe Rod, Commissioner Hala Makowska, Captain Jorge Rodrigues and Commissioner Alan Schapiro
March 12, 2010
by Christine Yeres
Word went out six months ago that monies from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, were available for the asking—some arduous, persistent asking. Millwood Fire Captain Jorge Rodrigues offered to take up the task, and Chief Joe Rod told him, “Go for it.” “Rodriguez took this on and he worked with Alan Schapiro, one of the fire department’s commissioners,” said Rod, and after months of consulting records and checking every piece of personal protection equipment, with a little help from grantsareus.com the fire company landed the funds.
Read MoreChappaqua Girl Scout Troop 1023 wants your blood!
March 12, 2010
by Meaghan Townsend and Catherine Bilodeau
Chappaqua Girl Scout Troop 1023
Please donate blood! People can’t live without it.
Read MoreBecome a Red Cross certified babysitter during spring break
March 12, 2010
by Susie Pender
Give parents piece of mind while making yourself more knowledgeable and employable this spring break by attending the Red Cross Babysitting Training Camp.
Read MoreBell Theatre Company “is alive with The Sound of Music”
March 12, 2010
by Lenore Pott
This weekend, the Bell Theater Company presents the beloved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, “The Sound of Music” at Seven Bridges Middle School Auditorium.
Read MoreSeventh-grade girls’ basketball dream team wins championship for second year in a row
March 12, 2010
by Georgia Schwartz
Last March, when the New Castle Youth Basketball Association’s 6th grade girls’ basketball team, the Blizzard, won the Tri Country Basketball League 6th grade girls division championship, it was deemed a “Cinderella season.” They had been seated fifth going into the playoffs, winning only six games in their regular season. No one saw it coming, not even their coach.
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Tree Law put on hold, sent for redrafting
March 8, 2010 REPRINTED March 12
by New Castle Town Supervisor Barbara Gerrard
I wish to let residents know that the Town Board [did] not [vote] on the Proposed Tree Preservation Law this [past] Tuesday, March 9. Many comments have been received and we are continuing to receive more. In order to give due consideration to the issues raised, we will close the Public Hearing and have the proposed statute revised to address various concerns.
Read MoreNew Castle resident arrested for aggravated DWI
March 12, 2010
by Christine Yeres
On Tuesday, March 2 around 5:30 p.m. a female driver heading out of town across the Route 120 bridge in a white SUV noticed a dark Subaru wagon in front of her at the intersection of Douglas and Quaker. As the two cars continued north on Quaker, she saw that the driver of the wagon in front of her was driving erratically. At Seven Bridges Road, he bore right onto Seven Bridges. Since it was her route also, she made the turn as well.
Read MoreNew Castle Police, Ambulance and Fire Blotters Fri. Mar. 5 - Thu. Mar. 11
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March 12, 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.
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