Rich De Palma is many things: an accomplished painter, lead singer of a garage band, craft beermaker, beekeeper, father, volunteer and a top M…
Her queendom for a horse!
Easily overlooked between the competitive, costumed, candy-crush of Halloween and the increasingly raucous Díos de los Muertos parties are the more solemn rituals that take place on the Feast of All Souls’ Day on Nov. 2 — the songs and prayers of remembrance for the faithfully departed resou…
Oct. 22 marked a true passage of the seasons, as Hans Hallundbaek announced he was stepping down from daily leadership of the Interfaith Prison Partnership, with particular involvement in recent years with the prisons in Bedford Hills.
Cowgirl is an attitude,” said the late great Dale Evans. “A cowgirl lives by her own lights and makes no excuses.” Ashley Belizze, owner of Nine by Ash, the brand new, uber cool Western-stye clothing shop in Katonah, isn’t actually a cowgirl (neither was Ms. Evans; she just played one on TV)…
Highly accomplished people are often told, “We wish we could clone you!” And two weeks ago, you would swear there were two of Vincent Kwarula.
A few devoted members of Pound Ridge Community Church were scratching their heads when they were invited to a “Messy Church” event in the PRCC community house last Friday, Oct. 22. “Messy” and “Church” are words not typically used together and certainly fly in the face of the whole “Cleanlin…
Many months of work by Pound Ridge volunteers and contributions from town residents and businesses culminated in a festive ceremony on the Town Hall property last Saturday as the Pound Ridge Historical Society buried its time capsule, which is intended to be opened in the year 2120.
The Pound Ridge Fire Department provided a serene setting for the town’s 9/11 memorial ceremony last Saturday. Supervisor Kevin Hansan led the program and was joined by other public officials including County Executive George Latimer, state Sen. Peter Harckham and Assemblyman Chris Burdick. …
“Feel free to come with a clean face,” suggests Scout’s website when you click to make your one-hour appointment with owner and renowned makeup artist Jenn Streicher. It should also suggest you come with an open mind about just what a beauty boutique can be.
Joshua Brau moved from New York City to Pound Ridge with his wife, Frances, and daughter, Virginia, in June 2020. They relocated during a time of uncertainty, when the city went into lockdown and residents were leaving in droves.
As the 20th anniversary approaches, everyone remembers and relives the painful emotions felt on that terrible day, Sept. 11, 2001. Vivid images captured that day will haunt us forever, always reminding us to remember and never forget. But few people saw what happened behind the scenes the wa…
Waccabuc artist Katy Ferrarone is launching into the local art scene through her first exhibition in Westchester, “Transmute,” at CB Gallery in Katonah.
During Monday night’s Lewisboro Town Board meeting, Lewisboro Library Fair coordinator, Julie McCaffrey, presented plans for the 60th annual Library Fair, set to take place Saturday, Sept. 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Onatru Farm Park. The fair was cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 p…
Following the trend in the rest of Westchester, Lewisboro’s housing market skyrocketed during the pandemic, with an abundance of property listings and buyers. However, since the early phase of the 2020 real estate boom, realtors said they are dealing with a growing imbalance in the market: t…
Despite being closed for three months last year, a Bedford Hills furniture store managed to prosper in the pandemic. Now, that store, Country Willlow, is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
It’s safe to say that almost all of us felt confined this past year, but the isolation of COVID-19 hit the senior citizens of our communities hardest.
The Katonah Bedford Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps held its annual awards picnic last Saturday, June 5, honoring members who demonstrated outstanding performance during the past year.
When the day I had waited over a year for finally came, it was plagued with cold rain and temperatures below 50 degrees, which was very out of character for Delaware in June, and the realization that all of the pomp and circumstance really was just that.
Members of the Bedford Hills High School Class of 1943 can be seen in an old photograph. When it was taken, the U.S. was fully engaged in combat in both the European and Pacific theaters. This gives us a sense of the daunting prospects facing these young men and others graduating from high s…
Elaine Voss knows how strange it must sound when she says that this past year — the year a pandemic sent the world into chaos — was one of the best in her nearly 30-year career. It makes sense, however, when you learn she works in real estate.
The Town of Bedford, together with the Veterans Advisory Committee has completed the Town of Bedford Monument Mapping Project. All monuments and memorials in town were mapped, photographed and documented by Town Board Member Bobbi Bittker and Deputy Supervisor Ellen Calves, and VAC members Q…
Logan Aceste, a senior at John Jay High School, designed, built and installed 12 bat houses in Lewisboro parks for his Eagle Scout project. Over the course of 11 months and with help from his fellow Vista Troop 101 scout volunteers, Scout Master Thomas Fuller and Eagle Scout mentor, Rich Hea…
The Pound Ridge Historical Society welcomed two new trustees during its annual meeting on Sunday, April 21. Residents Andrew Margie and Senan O’Loughlin will be joining the organization’s leadership.
As our story opens, The Record-Review is speaking with Anne Mayhew, the proprietor of the popular Katonah home baking business, LMNOP Bakery. Only she’s not in Katonah, she’s in Mount Kisco; and she’s not baking at home, she’s baking in space she has newly occupied at Mast Brothers, a gourme…
Since its inception in Nov. 2019, the Lewisboro Veterans Advisory Committee has remained busy with projects despite forming only a few months before the onset of the global health crisis.
Since the second week of March, Lewisboro Parks and Recreation Department has promoted two restaurants each week to support Lewisboro’s local restaurant owners as the pandemic drudges on over a year later.
“It was our most successful chili cook-off yet,” said organizer Melissa Dilmaghani, of the Katonah Chamber of Commerce’s 12th annual Chili Cook-Off, held last Friday, March 19. “It seemed just as wild as it was to orchestrate.”
It’s one of those perfect pairings that comes along without warning. You might call it “kismet”; Ana Montoya would call it “Colby”.
On Saturday March 6, Boy Scouts of America scout packs and troops from across Westchester, including Pound Ridge Troop 1, converged on the Durland Scout Reservation to participate in the annual Klondike Derby. The theme this year was Hawaiian Klondike and required that patrols build and stoc…
It wasn’t a pot of gold, but Pound Ridge seniors still had a stroke of luck this St. Patrick’s Day. Neighbor to Neighbor delivered meals of corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, carrots and more to approximately 200 residents with the help of its community volunteers.
The Katonah Museum of Art is continuing to present a combination of in-person exhibitions and notable virtual events for the spring season.
The year 2020 was a big one for Stepping Stones, the historic site in Katonah that was the home of Bill and Lois Wilson, founders of Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon. So is 2021. The organization that maintains the home, and the Wilsons’ legacy, is continuing to celebrate the 100th anniversa…
As a professional private chef, Pound Ridge resident Lynn Borsellino is usually the one turning up the heat. Now, as a competitor in an international contest, she’s the one in a pressure cooker.
The Lewisboro Parks and Recreation Department announced that in an effort to help local businesses affected by the pandemic, it will feature two Lewisboro restaurants each week for the next several weeks. As part of the promotion, the featured restaurants will offer special menu discounts an…
The coronavirus pandemic has changed many people’s lives — and not for the better. So, when someone says, “COVID-19 saved my life” it makes you take notice.
It’s contactless, it’s partially virtual — but it’s real chili. The Katonah Chamber of Commerce’s 12th annual Chili Cook-Off, Friday, March 19, will enable participants to stay safe, while enjoying dishes of chili and supporting their community.
Would it surprise you to learn that Lindsey Cain Hearon, the new executive director of the Bedford Riding Lanes Association, is not an equestrian and knows next to nothing about horses?
In the early 1900s, when the ice industry was booming on Lake Waccabuc, on several occasions residents relocated their houses by pushing them across the frozen lake.
The Pound Ridge business district continues to undergo dramatic changes, with new businesses putting down roots and old mainstays, like Plum Plums Cheese, finding homes elsewhere.
Before she became the president of the executive board of the Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry, South Salem resident Kelley Housman and her family volunteered there, spending hours filling bags with food items for holiday meals.
The Pound Ridge Historical Society is adding to its burgeoning film collection with the release of a new documentary this week about the inimitable Lisl Steiner. Shot and edited by Natasha Seery, the short film chronicles the extraordinary life of Ms. Steiner, who, as a child, fled Austria u…
Thirty-five years ago, a recently-married Priscilla Luckow moved to Truesdale Lake to begin her life in South Salem and raise her family on the lake. She looked forward to living on the lake for many years but didn’t anticipate falling in love with its history.
There’s a nightlife in Westchester County few are privy to. When dusk falls and most of us slip into bed, subscribers to this lifestyle spring into action. Under the cloak of darkness, they convene at barns, stables and farms across our bucolic landscape. Armed with only a small set of tools…
The Reading Room is dead. Long live The Reading Room!
On Jan. 19, the Lewisboro Planning Board held its first meeting of the new year, and welcomed newly appointed member, Charlene Indelicato, who filled Richard Sklarin’s position. Mr. Sklarin began his term on the Lewisboro Town Board Jan. 1.
COVID-19 notwithstanding, the 48th annual Art Show: Bedford is going ahead in virtual form to raise funds for 14 local charities.
The Katonah/Bedford Hills/Bedford Village Arts League was launched this week as a community arts organization dedicated to providing equal opportunity and exposure for artists of every discipline in the three Bedford hamlets.
It took nearly 100 years, but Kelly Raneri has become the first female sole proprietor of Charles Department Store, the venerable Katonah institution founded by her great-grandfather.
