DV Plus - Westchester, NY
Politics
Around The Towns: Waterfront Series, School Backpacks, Coding Camp, Floating Billboards Around The Towns: Waterfront Series, School Backpacks, Coding Camp, Floating Billboards
Around The Towns: Waterfront Series, School Backpacks, Coding Camp, Floating Billboards Larchmont Mamaroneck Community Television is airing a four-part educational web series about the Long Island Sound. The series highlights the beauty of the Sound, educates the Sound Shore community on the environment’s biodiversity and inspires youth to learn more about the natural wonder right in their backyard. The program is hosted by award-winning Marine Biologist and Naturalist Kyle Troy of the Village of Mamaroneck’s Marine Education Center. The four-part series is a "must watch” for coastal communities with eco-minded families, boaters, and fishermen who want to learn more about the …

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by Jon Craig
DV Plus - Westchester, NY
Politics
Around The Towns: Oxygen Masks For Pets, Measles Protection For Campers Around The Towns: Oxygen Masks For Pets, Measles Protection For Campers
Around The Towns: Oxygen Masks For Pets, Measles Protection For Campers Pet owners in a sixth Westchester community can breathe a little easier now that local first responders have a special tool to help save family pets in home fires and other emergencies.  The Sleepy Hollow Ambulance Corps recently received a donation of two sets of life-saving pet oxygen masks from at-home pet services provider Canine Company. Other Westchester first responders that have requested and received pet mask donations from Canine Company in the past year include the Ardsley-Secor Volunteer Ambulance, the Hastings-on-Hudson Fire Department, the Millwood Fire Department, the Mo…

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by Jon Craig
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Dozens Of Area Businesses Charged With Selling Alcohol To Minors Dozens Of Area Businesses Charged With Selling Alcohol To Minors
Dozens Of Area Businesses Charged With Selling Alcohol To Minors Thirty-nine area restaurants and stores were cited for selling alcohol to undercover minors during stings in the area. The New York State Liquor Authority used decoys to target restaurants and stores statewide as part of an effort to look for fake IDs and local locations that will sell alcohol to minors. Grocery stores, restaurants and liquor stores were all targeted during the sting operation. In total, decoys were sent to 851 businesses across 46 counties last month, with 186 in total reportedly selling to minors. The operation was conducted with the assistance of the Department of Motor …

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by Zak Failla
Mount Pleasant, NY
Schools
Voters Heading To Polls To Vote On School District Budgets In Westchester Voters Heading To Polls To Vote On School District Budgets In Westchester
Voters Heading To Polls To Vote On School District Budgets In Westchester Voters will head to the polls on Tuesday, May 21 to vote on their school districts’ budget, proposed bonds and Board of Education races. In Westchester, no school districts are proposing budgets that override the cap on increasing property tax levies, a cap that was made permanent by Gov. Andrew Cuomo earlier this year. Multi-million dollar bond proposals will be voted on in four school districts - Briarcliff Manor, Irvington, Pleasantville and Somer - though there is expected to be limited tax implication. Briarcliff Manor’s nearly $3 million proposal would include a roof replacement at…

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by Zak Failla
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
Politics
Orangetown Asks Residents How They Feel About Recreational Pot In Poll Orangetown Asks Residents How They Feel About Recreational Pot In Poll
Orangetown Asks Residents How They Feel About Recreational Pot In Poll To allow recreational marijuana or not? That's the question Orangetown Supervisor Chris Day is asking residents in an effort to help Rockland County make a decision on the often polarizing topic. Under Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to regulate and tax recreational marijuana in the state, counties, and cities with populations larger than 100,000 may adopt a local law to completely prohibit the establishment of one or more types of licenses (retail, growth, storage, transportation, etc.), in other words, they can "opt out," or allow the sale and use. Several counties have already voiced thei…

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by Kathy Reakes
White Plains, NY
News
Two Children Bitten In Rare Shark Attacks Off Fire Island Two Children Bitten In Rare Shark Attacks Off Fire Island
Two Children Bitten In Rare Shark Attacks Off Fire Island A 12-year-old girl and 13-year-old boy are recovering after officials say they were bitten by a shark off Fire Island.The girl was bitten around noon on Wednesday at Sailor Haven Beach and the boy was bitten in the waters at Atlantique Beach around the same time. Both beaches were closed for the rest of the day after the incidents. Both were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. The two each were bitten on their legs. They were the first confirmed shark attacks in that part of the South Shore of Long Island since 1948. Gov. Andrew Cuomo sent environmental conservation officers t…

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by Joe Lombardi
Chappaqua, NY
Real Estate
Chappaqua Crossing Apartments Officially Open Chappaqua Crossing Apartments Officially Open
Chappaqua Crossing Apartments Officially Open New York State Homes and Community Renewal and Wilder Balter Partners announced the completion of a $21 million affordable housing development in the Chappaqua section of the Town of New Castle.  The Chappaqua Crossing development renovated the historic Reader’s Digest headquarters building to create 64 mixed-income apartments. Developed by Wilder Balter, the sprawling campus will include a variety of retail and commercial spaces and is near the Chappaqua Metro-North train station and Saw Mill River Parkway. During a Thursday June 7 ribbon-cutting ceremony, RuthAnne Visnauskas, commissioner…

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by Jon Craig
Port Chester, NY
News
Port Chester Receives $5 Million State Grant For Sewer Upgrades Port Chester Receives $5 Million State Grant For Sewer Upgrades
Port Chester Receives $5 Million State Grant For Sewer Upgrades Port Chester received $5,069,263 in interest-free financing on Thursday, Feb. 15 for its ongoing sewer rehabilitation work through the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation’s (EFC) Clean Water State Revolving Fund. In a partnership between the Village of Port Chester’s Department of Planning & Economic Development, Department of Finance, Village Clerk, and the Village’s Engineering Consultant Dolph Rotfeld Engineering, P.C., the Village submitted an application to have the EFC purchase existing sewer bonds the Village issued over the last four years through a program called…

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by Jon Craig
Cortlandt, NY
News
Two Indian Point Sirens Fail To Sound During Test Two Indian Point Sirens Fail To Sound During Test
Two Indian Point Sirens Fail To Sound During Test This story has been updated. Entergy officials said technicians will investigate the cause of two siren failures and make any needed repairs after they failed to work during a siren sound test at the Indian Point Power Plant. Of 172 sirens throughout the Hudson Valley, 170 performed as required for four full minutes between 10:30 and 11 a.m. Wednesday in Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, and Orange counties. The two sirens that failed were located in Putnam and Orange counties. The sirens are not a signal to evacuate. In an actual emergency, the sirens would sound at full volume to alert resi…

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by Kathy Reakes
Harrison, NY
News
CDC Targets United Way Of Westchester, Putnam For Pandemic Flu Response CDC Targets United Way Of Westchester, Putnam For Pandemic Flu Response
CDC Targets United Way Of Westchester, Putnam For Pandemic Flu Response Amid one of the worst flu seasons in recorded history, a local organization has been chosen as an emergency call center by the Centers for Disease Control. The United Way of Westchester and Putnam has been chosen as one of 27 call centers nationwide that will participate in “Flu on Call” a national network of triage phone lines that will be staffed by trained medical professionals with information on how to help battle the pandemic. In the past week, there were nearly 8,000 confirmed influenza cases and more than 1,500 New Yorkers were hospitalized statewide with the flu, the highest weekly…

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by Zak Failla
Armonk, NY
News
Indian Point Closure, Latimer Win, New TZB Top Westchester News For 2017 Indian Point Closure, Latimer Win, New TZB Top Westchester News For 2017
Indian Point Closure, Latimer Win, New TZB Top Westchester News For 2017 WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- It was a game-changing year in Westchester County in 2017. The year began with the announcement Entergy will be closing Indian Point Energy Center in 2020 and 2021. The closure was part of an agreement with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Riverkeeper with the state dropping all legal challenges against the plant. Entergy said it was no longer economically viable to keep the plant open. Indian Point closing will impact 2,000 jobs. The Village of Buchanan receives 46 percent of its revenue from the power plant while the Hendrick Hudson School District gets 33 percent of its …

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by Sam Barron