Beech tree leaves showing signs of disease.
Stella Sanko with one of the wood duck boxes.
It’s carnival time again and the South Salem Fire Department is suited up and ready to go with a host of fire apparatus and volunteers stepping off Wednesday, Aug. 10, at 7 p.m., with a parade from Spring Street to the Fire House on Route 35. The carnival rides and food tents will be open fr…
Not long ago, Stella Sanko got to thinking about birdboxes.
The Katonah-Lewisboro Board of Education began their July 28 meeting by welcoming Alexandra LaFontaine-Casabona as the district’s assistant superintendent for student support services. She fills a new senior administrative position that was created and approved in the 2022-23 budget vote tha…
Conservation advocates in the Town of Bedford are looking for updated regulations to ensure that more trees get replaced than taken down. Meanwhile, a misunderstood municipal project to replace unhealthy trees in the Bedford Hills business district last week sparked a small firestorm over th…
On July 18, the Lewisboro Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee began its journey down a long road of working with Nelson Pope Voorhis on engaging the entire community in the comprehensive plan creation process. One of the many challenges the committee will face in their efforts to update t…
Last year, New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie appointed me to the newly-created Committee on People with Disabilities, as well as appointed me chair of the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities. As this was not an area with which I previously had muc…
Thank you for your article about Bedford Hills (“Nearly empty hamlet showing new signs of life,” July 29). Despite the empty storefronts, Bedford Hills is receiving more investment than it has in decades. This week, however, people are unhappy about the tree removal, so I’d like to address h…
Over the past week, COVID-19 rates have been rising moderately across the United States as the omicron variant increases in prevalence. Politicians may be concerned with sponsoring appropriate legislation to address this problem. While addressing COVID-19 domestically remains a priority, equ…
Years ago, around this time, the former editor of The Record-Review would ask me about Pound Ridge by saying, “Hey, anything going on in Mayberry?” It was a reference to “The Andy Griffith Show,” a popular television series from the ‘60s where nothing of particular importance happened in the…
Angélique Kidjo performing at Caramoor’s Venetian Theater in 2018.
Count on the Grammy Awards for the chance to see the music world go all-out with fashion. This year’s ceremony, held April 3, the rapper Lil Nas X preened in a beaded pearl Balmain suit, goth-pop diva Billie Eilish glared at the cameras in an all-black Rick Owens cocoon coat and biker boots,…
David Ryan may be “retiring” at the end of next week as chief of the Pound Ridge Police Department, but, if anything, he is likely going to be busier than ever.
What a sunny, steamy summer it’s been so far. At first, June had us thinking that the summer of 2022 would be like summers used to be, with 70- to 80-degree temperatures in the daytime, and 60s at night. But we were so wrong! Over the last couple of weeks, we had scorching heat. I was so gla…
Fox Lane graduate Katie Cristiano was named to the Diamond Nine team.
Fox Lane senior Michael Lombardi was named to the Diamond Nine and was all-section.
Fox Lane senior Emma Greene was selected to the all-section team.
To be selected to the Diamond Nine team for Section 1 softball, a senior has to make an impact on and off the field. For Fox Lane’s Katie Cristiano, who graduated on June 21, her strong senior softball season, combined with her extracurricular efforts and excelling in the classroom, resulted…
A large group of recent John Jay grads were honored for their college commitments on June 15.
John Jay honored the following recent graduates at a college commitment ceremony at Contest Field on June 15: Kieran Brown, Ithaca College (swimming); Julia Cassone, Lehigh University (swimming); Angela Cioffi, Ithaca College (soccer); Lauren DeLucia, Holy Cross College (diving); Zoe Eliades…
Fox Lane’s baseball team had three players named all-section. They were senior shortstop/pitcher Michael Lombardi; senior outfielder Logan Matson; and junior second baseman/shortstop/pitcher Matt Antolino. Lombardi, who is committed to Tulane University, was also named to the Diamond Nine team.
The economic indicators are all lining up. The message they’re giving is: further slowdown ahead.
The Pound Ridge Library Board of Trustees is considering a $804,297 budget for 2023 which would not raise taxes.
Jaclin (Jackie) Brackett Farrell, a longtime Bedford resident and store owner who was active for decades in the Bedford Historical Society and other local organizations, died on May 8 in Danbury, Connecticut, after a sudden illness. She was 90.
Virginia Cervoni of Bedford Hills, a longtime employee in the Bedford Central School District, died on July 23. She was 97.
Barbara J. Coletti, a longtime Katonah resident who worked at Verizon and IBM, died at home on July 20 following a long illness. She was 77.
Justin Gutierrez packing teddy bears for shipment.
Note cards from middle school children, who draw on the front of the cards and write messages inside. Then, Ukrainian children translate the messages.
Ukrainian boy in Poland who just received a teddy bear and notecard.
When 17-year-old Justin Gutierrez and his mom, Jodi, first heard about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last winter, they were more than moved — as Justin said, they felt “obligated” to do something to help.
Volunteers load up the "Battle Buggy" which is used to transport materials, hardware, and tools out to remote work sites.
Mike Surdej and George Scott drill the bridge railing at Old Field Preserve.
Volunteers at work repairing a ravine bridge at Old Field Preserve.
Waterfront of the Waccabuc Country Club
Work is underway at the Old Field Preserve on Mead Street in Waccabuc to replace the ravine bridge with a much more stable structure designed to last through heavy use and weather strong storms. This effort, like countless others in town, has been led by members of the Town of Lewisboro Trai…
At the Conservation Advisory Council meeting held July 11, council members voiced hesitations regarding two of the site development plan reviews currently in front of the Lewisboro Planning Board. The projects in question were the proposed expansion of the Waccabuc Country Club and Copia Ho…
County Legislator Erika Pierce and state Sens. Pete Harckham and Shelley Mayer hosted a naloxone training session at the Katonah Village Library on July 21, where community members learned how to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
Of the town’s three hamlets, Bedford Hills has been the one that appeared hardest hit by the pandemic. In the last two-plus years, its sidewalks, parking lots and vacant storefronts have seemed noticeably emptier.
Bedford Hills corner store
Interior of the Mallins’ art barn with works from their collection.
Joel and Sherry Matlin in front of their Manhattan home.
When it comes to bidding farewell to their fabled 1000-piece contemporary art collection, Pound Ridge’s Joel and Sherry Mallin, two renowned collectors, are in agreement with stoic philosopher Seneca: “Ars longa, vita brevis,” the first century-AD Roman observed — “Art is eternal, life is short.”
The steady stream of bold-faced names who buy and sell real estate in our towns shows no sign of abating. But if you’re looking here to satisfy your curiosity about the juicy transaction details or soak up photos of the luxurious spreads, you’ll come up empty.
The Lewisboro Planning Board has delayed the approval of a controversial 13-lot subdivision in South Salem.
