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Local Government
View MoreWestchester eyes $55M rebuild of Playland's Ice Casino
Westchester County's Board of Acquisition and Contract is set to award a $54.97 million construction contract to E.W. Howell Co. to rehabilitate the long-shuttered Ice Casino at Playland Park in Rye.
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View MoreBronxville Planning Board meets Sept. 9 at Village Hall
The Bronxville Planning Board holds its next meeting Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 6:30 p.m. at Village Hall, with two more fall sessions scheduled in October and November.
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View MoreScarsdale police get $100,000 state grant for new motorcycles
The Scarsdale Police Department purchased two new Harley-Davidson motorcycles and a trailer with a $100,000 state grant secured by Sen. Shelley Mayer through the CREST Program, replacing older models the chief called less safe.
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View MoreScarsdale attorney Scalise earns justice award at Sept. 16 gala
Scarsdale ethics attorney Deborah Scalise will receive the Partner in Justice Award at Legal Services of the Hudson Valley's Sept. 16 gala in New Rochelle, alongside two other honorees.
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View MoreBronxville bridge engineering costs rise $151,500 as design advances
Westchester County's Board of Acquisition and Contract approved a $151,500 increase to the engineering contract for Bronxville's Pondfield Road West Bridge, bringing the design total to $729,246 as the 1911 span moves toward construction bidding.
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View MoreEastchester details how it weighed 295 bus appeals ahead of school year
Eastchester Superintendent Dr. Alison Villanueva detailed how the district evaluated 295 transportation appeals using IEP/504 status, distance, and childcare criteria, following an Aug. 18 community forum where town and police officials presented parking lot improvements underway at all five school buildings.
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View MoreCounty asks seniors how they get around
Westchester County is collecting input from seniors, caregivers and all residents on transportation needs for older adults, with a deadline of Oct. 5; local census data show the 60-and-older population is growing rapidly in Eastchester and Scarsdale.
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View MoreScarsdale weighs replacing 382 parking meters as petition opposition grows
Scarsdale placed multi-space pay stations in Village Hall for residents to test before officials present a September proposal on replacing 382 downtown coin meters, a plan that has drawn more than 550 petition signatures in opposition.
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View MoreEgg price-fixing settlement sends 140K eggs to food bank
A multistate settlement with three egg producers caught rigging prices delivered more than 140,000 eggs to Feeding Westchester in Elmsford on Tuesday, Aug. 18, benefiting the 41 percent of Westchester households that struggle to afford food.
Local Government
View More537 signatures challenge Scarsdale coin meter replacement
A 537-signature petition and vocal opposition at the Aug. 11 Scarsdale Village Board meeting are challenging the village's effort to replace 382 aging coin meters with digital pay stations, with officials saying no plan is final and a detailed proposal is expected in September.
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View MoreLicense plate flipper seized at Glen Island Park
Westchester County Police seized a license plate flipper device from a vehicle at Glen Island Park on Aug. 9, warning that the gadgets are increasingly used to evade tolls and speed cameras across the region.
Local Government
View MoreLead registry bypasses Bronxville, targets nearby landlords
New York State's mandatory Lead Rental Registry does not currently apply to Bronxville, Scarsdale or Eastchester, but Westchester County is pressing landlords in Mount Vernon, New Rochelle and Yonkers to register pre-1980 rental buildings for inspections backed by $20 million in state remediation funds.
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