Only a sophomore this past season, Jack Cicchelli emerged as one of Fox Lane’s top offensive threats.
Lakeside opened the 2021 summer Northern Westchester Swim Conference season with wins over Pocantico on July 13, Mount Pleasant on July 17 and the Mount Kisco Memorial Pool on July 19.
The Lewisboro Planning Board, during their first in-person meeting since February 2020, discussed ways to amend a town board proposal it strongly opposes, which would prohibit new gas stations in town from being built within 1 mile of an existing station.
A newly-formed independent nominating body, Neighbors United, which says it provides residents with a nonpartisan governing option, will appear on the November ballot for local offices in some form, it was confirmed this week.
The Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem is challenging community members to race against a real 77-pound wild wolf, named V094, who lives in Voyageurs National Park near the U.S.-Canadian border.
The Wolf Conservation Center will once again offer its popular overnight program, Sleeping with Wolves, beginning Aug. 7.
Ambassador wolf Nikai welcomes back the community with a howl.
The wild wolf, V094, is challenging the global community to a virtual race this August.
During the Lewisboro Town Board meeting on July 12, Town Supervisor Peter Parsons said the town has fared well financially despite the pandemic, due to the Lewisboro Building Department’s large increase in revenue so far this year.
Roberta Ashe Fogle, a former longtime Katonah resident who founded Katonah Play School, died in Southbury,Connecticut, on July 10, five days after her 97th birthday.
On Friday, July 16, at 2:20 p.m. Bedford police spoke to employees at CVS on Bedford Road, Bedford Hills, about a customer who made alarming statements in the store after expressing her displeasure about the price of her medication. She was quoted as saying that she “understands why there ar…
Anyone who has recently visited the Katonah Village Library has likely noticed that it is no longer open on evenings and weekends and is severely understaffed. Like many community members in Bedford, our family treasures the KVL. And we have been deeply saddened to continually see its budget…
In your article on the Town of Bedford’s funding of Katonah Village Library (“Town is firm on funding,” July 16), Town Supervisor MaryAnn Carr questions why KVL can’t operate on Saturdays when the other two libraries manage to do so while receiving a lower amount of 2021 operating support. T…
We had a traumatic event occur right in front of our home this past Sunday afternoon, July 18. A car crashed into a stone wall near the end of our driveway. We, along with several other neighbors who heard the crash, came out to see what happened and 911 was dialed up immediately. Within min…
We applaud Lewisboro Deputy Supervisor Tony Gonçalves’ decision this week to reinstate a mask mandate, social distancing and use of a hybrid method of resident participation for upcoming Lewisboro town meetings. When Tony coordinated a recent town hall meeting to discuss and update residents…
I have been following with great interest your continuing coverage of the crisis facing the Katonah Village Library, which has resulted in dramatically curtailed hours of operation. Most recently, you reported Town Supervisor MaryAnn Carr’s failure to acknowledge the town’s role in creating …
Author Sara Arnell at her Katonah home with her poodle, Otis.
“I’m in,” you think, as you pick up Sara Arnell’s memoir, “There Will Be Lobster,” assured you’ve been invited to a saucy summer romp of a book. Sunny graphics and ginormous lobster claws on the cover seem to promise glam parties and plenty of A-lister “dish.” But while Ms. Arnell — a living…
The Town of Bedford is slated to receive $1.94 million in American Rescue Plan federal funds. This one-time windfall equates to almost 5% of the town’s 2021 budget. Unfortunately, the Bedford Town Board has not mentioned a word about how the ARP funds might be used. In light of the substanti…
I listened attentively to the discussions at the town board meeting July 13 regarding cannabis dispensaries and related rules in Bedford. There were comments about proximity to youth, “gateway” issues to further drug abuse and other concerns residents have regarding the legality of cannabis …
Northern Westchester has always been passionate about going green, as evidenced by everything from our local conservation efforts to our community-led climate advocacy groups. As a lifelong South Salem resident and a member of John Jay High School’s class of 2021, I have grown up with the in…
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On Sunday afternoon, July 25, beginning at 2 p.m., Caramoor offers pop-up performances throughout the grounds from the modern percussion ensemble Sō Percussion and friends. A ticketed performance by Sō Percussion and Shodekeh will follow at 4 p.m. in the Venetian Theater.
Caramoor is entering its fifth weekend of the summer season with a full lineup of musical programs.
Talk about humidity, this summer seems like the worst ever. But the frequent storms don’t seem to have any cleansing effect. What happened to the old-fashioned thunder/lightning storm moving in from the west, making the air clear again and lowering the temperature? And then there’s the hot, …
Lewisboro and, to a lesser extent, Bedford, among other towns, have seen contentious debates recently over the decision to allow or prohibit adult-use cannabis retail dispensaries or on-site consumption licenses from locating within their jurisdictions.
You can say that rowing is a family affair for the Legenzowskis.
On Sunday, July 11 at 1:30 p.m., police responded to Old Bedford Road, Goldens Bridge, for a report of a child, age 3, seen alone at the Goldens Bridge train station.
The Lewisboro Town Board on Monday narrowly voted to opt out of the issuance of New York state licenses for retail cannabis dispensary locations and on-site cannabis consumption locations within the town.
Brooke Legenzowski, a rising John Jay junior, helped her team win a national championship in the 2000-meters at the U.S. Rowing Youth Nationals.
LaTeasha Stapleton, Dawn Brown-Berenson and Cynthia Ryan celebrate recognition of their work organizing the town’s Juneteenth events.
Monday night’s orderly Lewisboro Town Board meeting was a complete 180-degree turn from the board’s disorganized and tumultuous June 28 meeting.
Every so often, there are major headlines about dangerous stuff falling from the sky. On May 8, a piece of space junk from a Chinese rocket fell back to Earth and landed in the Indian Ocean. A year earlier, another Chinese rocket met the same fate when it plummeted into the waters off the co…
I want to begin by thanking the hundreds of neighbors who came out to support Lewisboro LGBTQIA+ Pride Month. Whether you participated in the events or not, many of you are left wondering: how can I be a respectful and supportive ally? After decades of living here and learning what is needed…
Thanks for your recent coverage of the recent friction within our shockingly dysfunctional town board. Since the beginning of the year, squabbles within the local Democratic committee have spilled into town government, jerking around compliant board members who answer to local party bosses a…
In the letter to the editor by Alison Biddle, candidate for Lewisboro Town Board, (“Lewisboro must pursue new clean water money from the state,” July 2), she asked, “Has the Lewisboro Town Board applied for the new clean water money that Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office just made available?”
Editor’s note: The following is an open letter to the community jointly written by 19 members of the Katonah-Lewisboro School District Special Needs Advocacy Group. They requested their names not be used to protect their privacy.
Cathleen M. Nielsen, a longtime Bedford resident and former employee of the Bank of New York in Bedford Village, died on July 4. She was 83.
On Wednesday, July 7, at 11:09 p.m., on Bedford Road, Katonah, police pulled over Pedro Arias Mejia, 41, of Danbury, Connecticut, who was observed traveling north in the southbound lane.
Police responded to Benger Road at 4:55 p.m. on Friday, July 9 for a report of a bear in the driveway. An officer canvassed the area, but the animal had already left. The complainant reported seeing the bear eating from a garbage can. Police advised the resident to bring the garbage inside u…
The Pound Ridge Town Board reviewed recommendations from the Old Pound Road Committee this week for proposed access points to the town’s newest asset — a 22-acre property purchased a year ago.
Parents of students enrolled in special education in the Katonah-Lewisboro School District — particularly, those on the autistic spectrum — are keeping the pressure on administration and staff to change district policy where it concerns their children.
The disagreement between the Katonah Village Library and the town over the level of funding the town supplies to the library does not appear headed toward a quick resolution. Based on the latest statements from both sides in the dispute, it is likely to be a contentious topic when discussion…
