Lewisboro Garden Club’s 14th annual fall roadside daffodil planting, which is part of the club’s Golden Roads Daffodils roadside beautificatio…
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…
At the town board meeting Monday evening, Lewisboro Superintendent of Parks and Recreation Dana Mayclim presented her preliminary thoughts on opening the town pool and camp.
On May 28, during a special board meeting, the Lewisboro Library Board of Trustees began the lengthy discussion regarding the reopening of the library.
Town Supervisor Peter Parsons opened Tuesday’s town board meeting announcing that the New York State Department of Transportation plans to conduct limited spraying of herbicide on intersections and traffic lights on state roads to maintain driver visibility.
The Lewisboro Planning Board held a public hearing Tuesday to discuss the site development plans for the Goldens Bridge Community House, located on Old Bedford Road in Goldens Bridge. The developers of the building are proposing to turn it into four one-bedroom residential apartments.
The Lewisboro Town Board met virtually Monday evening for more than three hours, addressing a range of topics, including efforts to salvage at least a portion of the summer camp season, which has been on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic. The discussion also covered plans for a new cell t…
On Monday, the Lewisboro Town Board began preliminary discussions of reopening plans.
The Lewisboro Land Trust has reached an agreement with The Nature Conservancy to transfer ownership of three popular Lewisboro preserves to its ownership. The three preserves, known as the Indian Brook Assemblage, are the Mildred Grierson Preserve, Marian Yarrow Preserve and Mount Holly Preserve.
The Lewisboro Land Trust launched its redesigned website last week. The date, April 22, happened to coincide with Earth Day.
During Monday’s town board meeting, the board approved a proposal to allow Lewisboro Volunteer Ambulance Corps use the Cyrus Russell Community House in Cross River for volunteers who have possibly been exposed to the coronavirus while working and do not want to go back home. Councilmember To…
On Tuesday night, the planning board held its second virtual meeting on Zoom. Board members and residents appealing to the board were in a private Zoom call that was aired live on Lewisboro TV’s YouTube channel since there was no public comment period scheduled.
On Tuesday, the Lewisboro Library Board of Trustees held its first virtual meeting since the library closed March 16. The majority of the board’s discussion dealt with the impending financial burden the library will face in the upcoming months due to its closure.
The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct announced April 3 that Lewisboro Town Court Justice Marc Seedorf officially resigned and that the Town of Lewisboro could now go ahead to fill the vacancy.
The town board held an emergency meeting on April 3, to discuss a proposed Westchester County law that would decrease the penalties for residents who are late in paying their property taxes.
Last weekend temperatures rose to resemble a warm spring day. So, families in search of a pleasant respite from staying home, flocked to local parks and preserves.
Town Supervisor Peter Parsons declared a local state of emergency for the Town of Lewisboro beginning Wednesday. The state of emergency will be in effect for five days and could be extended.
Lewisboro Town Justice Marc Seedorf has officially resigned.
On Tuesday evening, the Town of Lewisboro held its first virtual town meeting for the planning board. Members of the board, applicants, and anyone else who wished to attend joined a group video call through Zoom.
The town board meeting on Monday began with a public hearing regarding the approval of Town Code Section 220-50 Extension of Site Development Plan. The new resolution would make approval of site development plans last for two years as opposed to the previous one year. In addition, the new r…
In Lewisboro, the petitioning situation was already more complicated than in either Bedford or Pound Ridge. That’s because of the situation that developed after Town Justice Marc Seedorf pled guilty to felony tax evasion in Federal Court in December. While 2020 would not normally be a year f…
