Fire station No. 1, downtown Millwood
July 4, 2008

What to do about Millwood’s firehouse? Move forward!
Barbara Mellinger

What to do about Millwood’s firehouse? Go back!
Leo Rota

July 4, 2008
by Ann Marie Fallon

The Chappaqua Board of Education and Superintendent David Fleishman have reached an agreement on a three-year contract extension. 

Carriage house at the Amsterdam property
July 4, 2008
by Christine Yeres

Six months ago the New Castle town board voted to construct one field rather than two on its Amsterdam property at Hoag Cross Road. Although the project is well underway, the board learned in its work session last Tuesday that sod cannot be laid in the heat of summer. So it will be laid in the fall, pushing back the opening of the field for play until next spring. The question currently before the board is what to do with the carriage house that remains on the property.

July 4, 2008
by Ann Marie Fallon

Beginning next Wednesday, July 7, the town of New Castle will once again present “Musical Wednesdays at the Gazebo.”

July 4, 2008
by Peter Clarke

The New Castle Quakers 12U (aged 12 and under) baseball team is heading upstate this Saturday to Cooperstown, New York, home to the legends of the sport, to participate in the prestigious Cooperstown Dreams Tournament. The national event features over 80 select travel teams from across the country. 

July 4, 2008
by Christine Yeres

The first drawing for the Chappaqua Library’s summer reading bug program was last week. Sixteen reading bugs correctly guessed the number of goodies in the reading bug jar. This week’s drawing is on Saturday, July 5, then it will go back to Friday’s for the remainder of the summer.  See inside for photos.

July 4, 2008
by Christine Yeres

After about a year in the works, Asian-fusion restaurant “Spoon” finally opened its doors last Saturday night at the intersection of Routes 117 and 120. The fusion of two retail spaces next to D’Agostino’s, formerly a Chinese takeout restaurant and a card shop, the eatery offers both lunch and dinner, Monday through Saturday, with dinner only on Sunday night. The spare, modern black-and-gray interior is a spacious single room, with a bar (a liquor license is pending) along the right hand wall and a sushi station along the back wall. 

July 4, 2008
by Pam Thorton

Two years ago on July 1, 2006, my niece Deb married Jack. There were two things she wanted me to do as part of her wedding. One was to take the veil her mother, my best friend since we were 12 years old, wore at her wedding and sew sequins and seed pearls onto it to update the look. It took me four months to complete that assignment on the cathedral length veil. The second request was for me to create a “memory quilt” with messages from everyone who was invited to the wedding.

July 4, 2008
by Ann Marie Fallon

The New Castle Recreation and Parks Department has teamed up with professional trainers at Functional Agility Speed and Strength Training, Inc. (FASST) in Millwood to provide training to student athletes in grades 8 -12 beginning August 4.

July 4, 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.