November 7, 2014
by Cindy Katz

It’s that time of year—the troops are getting ready. Girl Scout Troops, that is. Veteran’s Day, November 11th, is almost here and the Girl Scout troops of Chappaqua will be getting ready to bake, make cards and pack and deliver baked goods to the two hundred and sixty veterans in New Castle.

. . . and remains non-committal on Planning Board request to share PDCP approval authority

Saturday, November 8, 2014
by Christine Yeres

Last Wednesday Town Board members ran through the draft retail zoning from May of this year.  Early on they discussed whether to agree to the Planning Board’s request that its members be included in the approval process for the preliminary development concept plan, “so that the Planning Board’s concerns and comments could be folded into the Town Board’s actions.”

Developer’s litigator says time’s up, Whole Foods will walk, SG will sue
With 100 comments since publication
Saturday, November 1, 2014
by Christine Yeres

In last Tuesday’s public hearing on Chappaqua Crossing, a Whole Foods representative testified that a total of 120,000 square feet of retail—40,000 of which would be Whole Foods’ part—is the number its corporate office likes. And a new memo on traffic from the Summit Greenfield says that to reduce the 120,000 square feet would violate the terms of its conditional lease with Whole Foods. Yet Town Board members seemed still to be trying to find a way to work the amount-of-retail-square-footage and volume-of-traffic levers to find a formula that all parties can live with.  And all three parties—Town Board, Summit Greenfield and Whole Foods—want the matter decided by end-of-year.

Tuesday, November 4, 2014
~ from the New Castle Historical Society

On Wednesday, November 12 at 7:00 p.m., please join us at the Horace Greeley House, 100 King Street, for a talk, “Coco Chanel—Fashion Revolutionary,” by Yulia Omelich, owner of the COUTUREDossier boutique at 67 Bedford Road. Tickets are free, but space is limited, so you are advised to make your reservations early.

October 28, 2014

The Chappaqua-Millwood Chamber of Commerce is actively seeking a President, Executive Director, and Board and committee members for 2015.  You do not have to be a merchant to serve.

DOT and Collins traffic correspondence recently added
October 24, 2014
by Christine Yeres

In last Tuesday’s work session, in preparation for the public hearing on Chappaqua Crossing at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 28, Town Board counsel Nick Ward-Willis took Town Board members through not only the amendments that are the subjects of the hearing, but also the many documents that have been submitted by the applicant’s consultants, the town’s consultants, the County Planning Board and NYS Department of Transportation.  Below are links to many of them, some with summaries.

Saturday, November 1, 2014
by David Hauptman

Few leaves remain on the trees, the weather is cold, and the fall sports season in Chappaqua is over, sadly.  Wait, what did you just say?  It’s not over??  How can that be?  Soccer, tennis, curling, football are finished for the year, right?

October 17, 2014
by Christine Yeres

At last Tuesday’s Town Board meeting, New Castle resident Dan Googel brought to public attention a concept first floated around 2005, when Mt. Kisco needed to reline a sewer main running south through New Castle along the east side of the railroad tracks between Horace Greeley High School and North Greeley Avenue in downtown Chappaqua.  Gravel was laid down along the path so that trucks could come and go.  At the time, former Town Administrator Gerry Faiella thought to ask the county to replace the gravel with asphalt once the project was completed and even lay an electrical conduit for low path-lights someday.