The Board of Education in Bedford Central School District this week voted to terminate a letter of intent to enter into an agreement with Brig…
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.
The Criminal Justice Reform Committee in Pound Ridge is feeling the pressure, with the deadline for its first draft of recommendations just two weeks away. “I know what our deadline is here, but to rush through something as important as this seems ridiculous to me,” said Pound Ridge Police C…
With Katonah-Lewisboro and Bedford Central school districts gearing up for budget season, the issue of state aid is at the forefront of many people’s minds. As part of the planning process for the 2021-22 New York state budget, Sen. Pete Harckham recently held a series of meetings with schoo…
In a working session on Tuesday, Feb. 16, the Bedford Town Board took up a request from the town’s Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Advisory Committee, asking that the board adopt a new policy regarding the process for appointing members to committees and commissions.
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.
Although much of the conversation around the coronavirus lately focuses on vaccinations, officials are urging residents not to overlook one key component of the fight against COVID-19, contact tracing.
With budget season around the corner, the Bedford Central School District Budget Advisory Committee is kicking into high gear with its review of district finances and recommendations for the future. “The pressing questions now, are the future COVID expenses, opening schools going forward, ho…
The Town of Bedford’s Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative Committee will present its recommendations to the public Thursday, Feb. 18, at 5:30 pm. The committee will present its draft report via Zoom, with community members welcome to join, ask questions and provide feedback.
The Police Reform and Reinvention Committee had a disturbing start to its Zoom meeting on Thursday, when unknown subjects hijacked the session, displayed child pornography and used profane phrases against the police department.
Superintendent Joel Adelberg announced this week a new committee dedicated to researching the feasibility of bringing a larger cohort of students in Bedford Central School District back to the classroom for full-time instruction.
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…
Westchester County Executive George Latimer met with the Pound Ridge Town Board via Zoom this week to provide an update on COVID-19 vaccine distribution in the region. Mr. Latimer is meeting with municipal officials throughout Westchester to discuss issues surrounding vaccine supplies and access.
As 15 inches or more of snow blanketed the area early this week, residents made the most of the winter wonderland. We asked readers to send us photos of themselves enjoying the first flurries of February. Here’s a selection.
Bedford Town Board member Kate Galligan said this week she plans to resign from the Bedford Town Board at the end of February and is taking up the position of legislative aide to Westchester County Legislator Kitley Covill.
Roughly two-thirds of the physicians, nurses and other staff at Northern Westchester Hospital have received at least the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to Derek Anderson, NWH executive director.
The Lewisboro Republican Town Committee held its convention last week to nominate its slate for the 2021 election. After the weeklong process where the committee held public interviews to narrow down a list of eight candidates, four candidates were endorsed unanimously: Bill Bongiorno for to…
Finally, a light at the end of the tunnel.
Just when it felt like the U.S. was starting to get a handle on containing COVID-19, it joined a growing number of other nations reporting outbreaks of new variants of the virus. And now one of those new variants has been detected in Pound Ridge.
Amid recent changes in federal and state guidelines regarding the COVID-19 vaccine, supplies remain scarce, requiring local communities to exercise an immense amount of patience.
The Pound Ridge Criminal Justice Reform and Reinvention Committee met via Zoom last week to discuss the results of a community survey it distributed electronically between Nov. 24 and Dec. 11, 2020.
Federal authorities on Tuesday, Jan. 19, arrested a 23-year-old man in the Truesdale Lake area of South Salem, charging him with taking part in the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol two weeks ago.
During its first meeting of the new year on Jan. 13, the Bedford Central School District Board of Education devoted most of its time addressing a topic that has been the subject of intense discussion among members of the broader school community — a proposed lease of approximately 30 acres b…
After completing two of six possible terms as a Westchester County Legislator, Kitley Covill, who serves District 2 including Bedford, Lewisboro and Pound Ridge, will not seek reelection in November.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos spent time in White Plains overseeing the conversion of the Westchester County Center from an entertainment venue into an emergency COVID-19 hospital last spring. When he returned recently, it was to convert th…
A week after a mob of Trump supporters violently attacked the U.S. Capitol, the nation is still struggling to make sense of the Jan. 6 deadly assault, which has been called an act of domestic terrorism.
For the first time in 27 years, the gymnasium at St. Mary’s School in Katonah was dark and quiet on Christmas Day. There were no guests pouring in, no elves greeting families and asking what they want for Christmas, no craft tables for the kids, no buffet line full of food, no pictures with …
On Monday, Dec. 14, the Lewisboro Town Board approved the proposed 2021 town budget, which included a $121,260 increase in local taxes and a highly-contested $155,000 increase for the Lewisboro Police Department budget.
Northwell Health received its first round of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week and began administering the vaccine to hospital staff.
As Chris Burdick’s time as supervisor draws to a close, The Record-Review asked him to look back and reflect on his tenure. In typical fashion, he also took the opportunity for a look ahead.
Neither pandemic nor snowstorm could stop the Bedford Central School District leaders from conducting business this week. On Wednesday, Dec. 16, the Board of Education and community members viewed a presentation from green energy company Brightcore Energy about a proposed lease of approximat…
It was a fall season like no other — a pandemic, shortened schedule, COVID-19 pauses, quarantines. Those words all became part of our high school sports’ vocabulary.
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the tax levy increase approved for 20201 in the town of Bedford was 34%. The correct figure is 3.4%, which appears in this updated version of the article.
Lauren and Danny Moskovitz of Pound Ridge had just finished renovating their dream home on Kinnicutt Road five years ago when they stopped at an estate sale to look for some additional furniture. It was there they ran into a loquacious and eccentric local contractor named Vito Fosella, who t…
The Pound Ridge Town Board this week received an update from Derek Anderson, executive director of Northern Westchester Hospital, on where the hospital currently stands in terms of caring for COVID-19 patients, the availability of treatment and the accessibility of testing.
During Monday night’s Lewisboro Police Reform and Reinvention Committee meeting, committee members discussed the Lewisboro Police Department’s policies regarding mental health calls and domestic violence calls, which are two of the most common calls LPD receives.
It’s no secret that this time of year is crucial for small business owners. Sales made during the holiday season can make or break their year. In the best of times, these businesses already struggle to compete against big-box stores and online retailers. Add a pandemic into the mix and, well…
On Wednesday, Nov. 25, with 11 of Lewisboro’s 12 voting districts absentee ballots counted, Democratic candidate Richard Sklarin secured a win in the race for Lewisboro Town Board against Republican challenger, Andrea Rendo.
The 2021 proposed budget dominated the Lewisboro Town Board meeting Monday, Nov. 23. The agenda included separate hearings on the town board’s proposed override of the state tax cap and on the overall budget plan for next year.
Closing out three long weeks of counting votes, New York state Sen. Pete Harckham declared victory this week in his reelection bid for the state Senate’s 40th District.
Welcome to another report from the beaver beat.
When COVID-19 cases began to spike in early spring, elected officials in northern Westchester started scrambling to request assistance from the federal and state government in setting up their own local testing sites. As the months wore on, their pleas for assistance went largely unmet.
Over 10 years ago, Donna Williams moved to the Hudson Valley from New York City, and was inspired to create a reliable outlet for local farms to sell their products directly to consumers, called Field Goods.
The race for New York’s 40th Senate District hangs in the balance as tens of thousands of absentee ballots await counting across Westchester, Dutchess and Putnam counties.
State Sen. Shelley Mayer appears all but certain to win reelection in the 37th Senate District, based on preliminary Board of Elections results.
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.
There will be no victory parties tonight, or, for that matter, anytime soon for either candidate vying to represent New York’s 40th Senate District. According to the unofficial preliminary tally of election results released Wednesday, Nov. 4, Democratic incumbent Sen. Pete Harckham currently…
Bedford Town Supervisor Chris Burdick is the likely winner of the contest for New York state Assembly in the 93rd District, according to preliminary election results.
