March 18, 2011
by Christine Yeres
Next Tuesday, March 22, the New Castle Town Board will hold public hearing on five amendments to town law proposed by Summit Greenfield, the owner-developer of Chappaqua Crossing, the former Reader’s Digest property. These amendments, if adopted, would facilitate its proposed development. The public hearings will begin at 7:45 p.m. and will include opportunity for public comment.
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by Lee Bowen
March 18, 2011
The League of Women Voters of New Castle invites the community to join in a conversation with Town Supervisor Barbara Gerrard on Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Chappaqua Library Theater from 10:00 a.m. to noon.
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March 18, 2011
by Pam Thornton
The Library is looking for a community member to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Library Board. The term is five years, with each member rotating through all the positions, from secretary in the first year to president in the fifth. The board meets on the second Tuesday of each month, with the exception of August. In fact, the library board is meeting Monday, March 21 at 7:30 p.m. It’s a good opportunity to meet the current members of the board and experience one of their meetings.
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In “Read more…” find your street, zone, and pick-up day
March 18, 2011
by Supervisor Barbara Gerrard
Editor’s note: At the Tuesday March 15 Town Board work session held at the New Castle Community Center, Town Supervisor Barbara Gerrard read her March 2011 Supervisor’s Report into the record. The report announces the commencement of reduced garbage pickup on April 4 and explains the reasoning behind the change. The following is a reprint of her March 15 report.
Read MoreMarch 11, 2011
by Lea Barth
Pulitzer prize winner Dave Marcus will challenge parents and teens to rethink their ideas about achievement on Monday, March 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Chappaqua PTA Spring meeting in the Bell Middle School Auditorium.
March 18, 2011
by Billy Perlmutter
Tomorrow, Saturday, March 19, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Brett Mozarsky and I will run the “Kids Kick Cancer” shootout booth at the Westorchard Spring Fair. Two years ago we ran the booth and made about $300. We’re extremely excited about running this booth again and we hope that we can see smiling, soccer happy faces, at this year’s Westorchard Spring Fair.
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March 18, 2011
by Martta Rose Kelly
Children ages three and up are invited to bring their favorite stuffed animal to Northern Westchester Hospital’s Teddy Bear Clinic on Saturday, March 19, from 9 a.m. until noon, at 400 East Main Street, Mt. Kisco. NWH physicians and nurses will give these stuffed animals check-ups and will demonstrate casting, suturing, IV therapy, X-rays, and more.
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Visit us at St. Mary’s next to Bell from 9 am to 1 pm
Click HERE to see who’s at the market this week (Mac the Knife is back!)
March 18, 2011
• Visit NCNOW’s Calendar page for details of outdoor, indoor, library, government, fund raising, musical and school events.
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March 18, 2011
by Wayne Bass
We’ve lined up great new pre-school and youth activities for spring: Cooking classes for 3-5 year olds, jazz dance and ballet, flag rugby for grades 3-5 and 6-8, tennis instruction and a new “Teen Open Gym Night,” with pick-up basketball on Wednesdays at Bell.
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March 18, 2011
Spring forward
After what has been perhaps one of the most severe winters in memory, things are finally looking up. Quite literally, the arrow tips of bulbs have broken through the ground and are reaching for the sun.
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No new transactions from the county clerk’s office for the week ending March 18
March 18, 2011
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.
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March 18, 2011
Dear Neighbor,
You will have just received a postcard in the mail letting you know that a $9.95 million bond vote for the new firehouse has been scheduled for April 12th, 2011 from 5pm – 9pm at Station #1. If you received this postcard, you are a Millwood Fire District resident.
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by Richard Lynn
March 18, 2011
By Jackie McCarthy
Editor’s note: At the March 15 school board meeting, Director of Special Education Heidi McCarthy presented the details of the Special Education Budget for school year 2011-12. During the question and comment period, Jackie McCarthy (no relation) spoke about her son’s experience with inclusion at Westorchard Elementary School. The following is a reprint of her remarks.
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by Chappaqua Library Director Pam Thornton
What I can tell you is that the budget has been trimmed specifically with the taxpayer in mind. There really is no more fat to cut and we are now into muscle.
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Participants fashioned a simulated budget for 2012-2013 that cut $3 million
Monday, March 14, 2011
by Christine Yeres
Last Monday, March 7, Superintendent Jere Hochman of the Bedford Central School District presided over a “Bedford Future Focus” meeting of around 100 parents, teachers, administrators and residents. The focus of this meeting was on the 2012-13 school budget. He did not unveil his 2011-12 budget until Wednesday, March 9.
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More photos in “Read more” and in Photo Gallery
Monday, March 14, 2011
by Christine Yeres
The very best time to visit the monumental New Croton Dam is after the kind of torrential rains we had last week, which take a long time to work themselves away. And with the sun last Saturday afternoon came several bonus rainbows hovering low in the spray rising from the crashing of the water over the jagged rocks and curved, stepped spillway. Not that those steps are visible right now—it’s all whitewater.
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Photos of the show in “Read more…” are by Cherie Sherman.
March 18, 2011
by Christine Yeres
Crazy-busy as she is with getting her gardens at Rocky Hills in order after yet another harsh winter, Henriette Suhr recently allowed herself a visit to the New York Botanical Garden to see “The Orchid Show: On Broadway,” running until April 25.
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March 18, 2011
by Barbara Marano
The cast of Robert E. Bell Middle School’s production of “Anything Goes” and their parent chaperones sailed down the Saw Mill last Saturday on the voyage of a lifetime. They were bussed to Manhattan to see the Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of “Anything Goes” starring Sutton Foster as “Reno Sweeney” and Joel Grey as “Moonface Martin.”
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“The Wedding Singer” in rehearsal; photos by Randy Matusow, more in Photo Gallery
March 11, 2011
by Susie Pender
Want to see some theatre, but don’t want to go more than a stone’s throw from your house? Well, you’re in luck. The spring theatrical season is in full swing in Chappaqua. Take your pick!
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Photos by Natalie Frieder
March 18, 2011
by Elizabeth Brett
The Greeley girls’ varsity basketball team, coached by John Alkalay and assistant coached by volunteer Bob Clark, ended its 15-5 season with a heartbreaking loss at home to The Ursuline School of New Rochelle, the team to whom they had lost in the Sectional quarterfinals last year.
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UPCOMING: Tournament at Carmel H.S. Sat. Mar. 19, at Brewster H.S. Sat. Mar. 26
March 18, 2011
by Coach Mike DeBellis
Five Greeley youth wrestlers represented Section 1 at the New York State Youth Wrestling Championships held on Saturday, March 5th at Bay Shore High School in Long Island. The Greeley team placed ninth in the section.
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March 18, 2011
by Ben Jonson
So breaks the sun earth’s rugged chains,
Wherein rude winter bound her veins;
So grows both stream and source of price,
That lately fettered were with ice.
So naked trees get crispéd heads,
And colored coats the roughest meads,
And all get vigor, youth, and sprite,
That are but looked on by his light.
