During Monday night’s Town Board meeting, the board voted to make Juneteenth a town holiday.
Despite currently being within the New York state tax cap in budget projections for 2021, the Lewisboro Town Board voted Monday to approve a tax cap override.
On Thursday, Oct. 29, County Executive George Latimer announced that $1.27 million in CARES Act, or Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, funding will be awarded to remote learning centers throughout Westchester. One of the recipients is the Lewisboro Parks and Recreation Depar…
Lewisboro Town Supervisor Peter Parsons and Councilmember Tony Goncalves held a meeting Oct. 29 to brief residents of the Oakridge Water District on two problems that plagued the area for years: brown water and power outages.
An unofficial preliminary tally of election results Wednesday, Nov. 4, shows Richard Sklarin surpassing Republican candidate, Andrea Rendo, for Lewisboro Town Board by 374 votes. Mr. Sklarin currently has 3,081 votes, or 53% of the total counted votes.
Residents flocked to Monday’s Town Board meeting to discuss the John Jay Futbol Club’s request to put up lights at Onatru Farm Park for a three-week period.
During its meeting Monday, Oct. 26, the Lewisboro Town Board reviewed the proposed 2021 budget prepared by Comptroller Leo Masterson.
During its meeting on Tuesday, the Lewisboro Planning Board briefly discussed the Town Board’s proposed change in the town code that would prevent residents from receiving permit approval from any town department for work at their property until all outstanding property violations and fines …
Registered voters in the Town of Lewisboro will cast ballots in the upcoming election for a Lewisboro Town Board seat and Lewisboro Town Justice.
On Friday, Oct. 9, Judge Gretchen Walsh of the New York State Supreme Court dismissed the Article 78 proceeding filed against the Lewisboro Planning Board, contesting the approval of a 42-unit affordable housing project in Goldens Bridge.
Budget discussions continued during Tuesday’s Lewisboro Town Board meeting with Superintendent of Parks and Recreation Dana Mayclim, presenting her proposed budget for 2021.
The Lewisboro Library Board of Trustees continued to discuss budget and budget projections for 2021 during Wednesday’s meeting. Library Board Treasurer Kevin Fitzmartin described a somewhat surprising positive picture of the library’s current financial state.
On Nov. 3, Lewisboro residents will vote in a special election for an open Lewisboro Town Board seat. The seat became vacant after former Town Justice Marc Seedorf pled guilty to tax evasion Dec. 6, 2019, and former town board member John Pappalardo took his place as Lewisboro Town Justice.
The Katonah-Lewisboro School District unveiled the artwork and brand identity on Wednesday for the new John Jay mascot — the Wolves. KLSD announced the new branding in a video message produced by the John Jay High School Athletic Department, which was sent to the middle and high school students.
Preschools in Lewisboro, Bedford and Pound Ridge are all reporting very successful beginnings to their school years, which began in September.
The Lewisboro Town Board began preliminary budget discussions for 2021 during its meeting Sept. 28. The Lewisboro Library, Highway Department and Maintenance Department shared their 2021 draft budgets with the town board.
The Town of Lewisboro held the first meeting of the newly-formed Police Reform and Reinvention Committee on Sept. 24.
After the launch of the Lewisboro Parks and Recreation’s Learning Lot in the former Lewisboro Elementary School gym, the department is gradually expanding its fall programs, which can be enjoyed by residents even in the midst of a pandemic.
Lewisboro Garden Club’s 14th annual fall roadside daffodil planting, which is part of the club’s Golden Roads Daffodils roadside beautification initiative, will take place on a much smaller scale this year.
In recent town board meetings, town officials have heard impassioned debates over where to locate a new cell tower in South Salem. However, Town Supervisor Peter Parsons announced during Monday’s town board meeting that further discussions will be put on hold pending completion of a cooperat…
After a long delay due to the pandemic, former Lewisboro Town Justice Marc Seedorf was sentenced Tuesday, Sept. 15, in White Plains federal court to six months in prison for tax evasion.
The Lewisboro Library Board of Trustees began their meeting Wednesday by reviewing the library’s finances through August and briefly discussing the draft budget for 2021.
Lewisboro Town Supervisor Peter Parsons shared a dreary view of Lewisboro’s finances following several months of a shutdown and growing economic hardship hitting families.
The Lewisboro Parks and Recreation Department has quickly pulled together a study hall program called Lewisboro Learning Lot. Nicknamed “3Ls” and housed at the former Lewisboro Elementary School, it will provide children in grades two through five the opportunity to supplement virtual school…
Upset residents made their voices heard loud and clear during Monday night’s town board meeting in opposition to the Town of Lewisboro’s proposed draft regulation curbing gas-powered leaf blowers.
Following the cancellation of the Lewisboro Library’s annual Library Fair held in September, library staff and board of trustees brainstormed a fun, but socially distant event where residents can interact with the town and library. The result is the Historic Hamlet Hunt.
Following a state directive, Lewisboro Town Supervisor Peter Parsons and Police Chief David Alfano have formed a Police Reform and Advisory Committee.
In the upcoming election Nov. 3, Vincent Aceste is running as the Republican candidate for Lewisboro Town Justice, and Andrea Rendo is running as the Republican candidate for Lewisboro Town Board. These candidates will face their Democrat counterparts, John Pappalardo and Richard Sklarin, re…
September and the fall months are approaching quickly, and as it gets cooler, the options residents will have for their afternoon break from at-home work will slowly dwindle. When the town pool, hikes in one of the many preserves and ice cream runs are no longer options, residents can still …
On Aug. 18, Tom Gossett, the owner of Gossett Brothers Nursery on Route 35 in South Salem, and John Vuolo, the owner of South Salem Winery, returned to the Lewisboro Planning Board after multiple appearances in 2018 and 2019. This time, their goal was to obtain approval of their site develop…
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After almost two months of at times heated discussions about whether to adopt an anti-racism resolution and how it should be worded, on Aug. 17, council member Jennifer Castelhano read the final version of a statement from the Lewisboro Town Board addressing the topic. The document was then …
The recovery from Tropical Storm Isaias accelerated this past week, returning power to virtually all households in the area.
At their board meeting on Aug. 12, the Lewisboro Library Board of Trustees reflected on the library’s first two weeks of opening the building for in-person browsing and public computer access by appointment.
On Tuesday, Aug. 11, at around 11 p.m., an officer from the New York State Police Lewisboro unit performed a welfare check at a home on Post Office Road in Waccabuc and found the bodies of two adults, a man and a woman in their 30s, and one live infant.
After months of online training sessions, hundreds of sanitizations and many drive-by birthday parades, the Goldens Bridge Fire Department has begun to resume some of its normal practices, such as in-person training.
The sentencing of former Lewisboro Town Justice Marc Seedorf for one count of federal tax evasion has been pushed back for the third time.
The Town of Lewisboro received a grant of up to $425,000 from the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission to study Lake Waccabuc, Lake Truesdale and Lake Kitchawan as part of the East of Hudson Community Wastewater Planning Assistance Grant Program. The grant allows the tow…
After months of planning and multiple delayed openings, the Lewisboro Library, located at 15 Main St., South Salem, opened its doors to residents Monday, July 27.
A patron of the Lewisboro town pool has tested positive for COVID-19, the Town of Lewisboro said Wednesday in a community announcement. Town officials passed on the news shortly after they received notice from the Parks and Recreation Department, which learned of the positive test result.
The date for reopening Lewisboro Library has been pushed back again. Library officials said they will re-evaluate conditions next week to determine if the staff and facility are ready for welcoming patrons inside.
The Lewisboro Democratic Committee announced that Richard Sklarin will be the party’s candidate for Lewisboro Town Board and endorsed incumbent John Pappalardo for town justice. These two races will be on the Nov. 3 ballot in Lewisboro.
On July 13, Lewisboro experienced another unprecedented virtual town board meeting with over 220 residents and members of the Katonah-Lewisboro School District community in attendance. Most of the participants joined the proceedings for discussion of a draft resolution on the issue of racial…
Lewisboro is home to many businesses that have become long-standing fixtures in the town. One of these, the Cardware Store in Goldens Bridge, will soon close its doors for good.
At the beginning of the coronavirus crisis in March, when high schools, middle schools and colleges around the country began closing, preschools were left in the dark on how to respond. Mandates from state government mainly addressed school districts and day care facilities, providing little…
The Lewisboro Parks and Recreation Department has notified town residents that there will be a summer camp program this year, but it will be different from previous years.
At a meeting on Thursday, June 11, the Three Lakes Council Board made the decision to close Long Pond Preserve, located on the west end of Lake Waccabuc on Mead Street, to all visitors until further notice.
On June 10, the Lewisboro Library Board of Trustees discussed the prospect of holding the annual library fair as an in-person event. After a lengthy discussion, the board voted against going forward with the usual format.
During Tuesday’s planning board meeting, the board voted to accept the resolution for a site development plan, special use permit and stormwater permit for Mandia Residences’ plan to transform the Goldens Bridge Community House into a residential apartment building.
Four days before Westchester County was scheduled to enter Phase 1 of reopening, Town Supervisor Peter Parsons received a call from the county asking for volunteer contact tracers in Lewisboro. In order for the county to meet the metrics for reopening, Lewisboro needed to provide six volunte…
