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Brand-New Mamaroneck Business Offers French Pastries, Products Brand-New Mamaroneck Business Offers French Pastries, Products
Brand-New Mamaroneck Business Offers French Pastries, Products A brand-new business is bringing a little piece of France to Westchester County. Petite Bretagne hosted its grand opening on Saturday, Sept. 4. The business is a French bakery and café that also offers customers and selection of French groceries and products. The owner, Pierre Yves-Miton, said when he learned the previous owner of the French bakery and café was moving back to Europe, he decided he wanted to take over the location at 152 Mamaroneck Ave. in Mamaroneck. He said his business is different from the previous café, as he focuses his menu on the Brittany region of France, includi…

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by Nicole Valinote
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New Head Of School Takes Over At FASNY New Head Of School Takes Over At FASNY
New Head Of School Takes Over At Fasny The French-American School of New York (FASNY) in Westchester has “marked a milestone” by appointing Francis Gianni as the sixth Head of School. Gianni will succeed Joël Peinado, who left in June. After 24 years, the last seven of which were served as Head of School, Peinado has moved on to become president of International College in Beirut.  Gianni is a lifelong educator with more than three decades of experience with higher education and N-12 schools throughout the United States, France and Monaco. He is said to have unique qualifications for the position due to his leader…

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by Valerie Musson
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These Westchester Students Named National Merit Semifinalists These Westchester Students Named National Merit Semifinalists
These Westchester Students Named National Merit Semifinalists Some of Westchester County’s best and brightest students were among those chosen as semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program, which celebrates academic achievement in high school students. On Wednesday, 16,000 high school seniors were chosen from around the country. Those 16,000 will soon be pared to 7,500 finalists, who will be picked to receive upwards of $31 million in scholarships, which will be announced next spring as they prepare to continue their educations in college. Semifinalists from Westchester County are:  Ardsley High School Maxwell T. Greenspoon; Melody S. …

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by Zak Failla
Schools
FASNY Development Gets OK To Build School FASNY Development Gets OK To Build School
Fasny Development Gets OK To Build School A state judge tossed out a White Plains neighborhood group's lawsuit seeking to block the proposed 640-student French-American School of New York on the former Ridgeway Country Club. Supreme Court Justice Joan Lefkowitz said the Gedney Association failed to prove that the City of White Plains and its Common Council failed to follow legal procedure when they approved the FASNY plan, nor that a covenant on the 129-acre property prohibited construction of an educational facility. FASNY originally planned a larger pre-kindergarten through 12th grade school on the property, but reduced its size…

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by Jon Craig
Real Estate
Proposed Elmwood Country Club Townhouse Development Up To 175 Units Proposed Elmwood Country Club Townhouse Development Up To 175 Units
Proposed Elmwood Country Club Townhouse Development Up To 175 Units The new owner of the former Elmwood Country Club in Greenburgh wants to build a 175-unit townhouse community for people age 55 and older.Ridgewood Real Estate Partners, which bought the 106-acre mostly open space along Dobbs Ferry Road for $13 million last year thinks that senior citizens remain an underserved population in Westchester County. Officials at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development who battled former County Executive Rob Astorino for years over a HUD lawsuit settlement, mostly agree, as reported here by Daily Voice.  The former golf course's neighbors -- similar t…

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by Jon Craig