1. It was announced at Tuesday's Chappaqua school board meeting that Horace Greeley High School's madrigal choir recently performed at Carnegie and will be performing tonight as part of a chorus concert. It is tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the school's auditorium. Click here for details. 2. Author Stephanie Dale will be speaking tonight at the Chappaqua Library, at 7:30 p.m. Her new book is called "My Pilgrim's Heart: A Woman's Journey Through Marriage and Other Foreign Land." According to the library, she has taken long walks, such as a trip form Rome to Israel in 2007 and through El Camino in …
1. Tonight, Chappaqua's school board will vote on whether to approve tenure for six teachers and administrators (click here for the full list). The meeting starts at 7:45 p.m., at Horace Greeley High School's commons and will include refreshments and a celebration. 2. Meanwhile, Mount Kisco's Planning Board will meet tonight at 7:30 p.m., at Village Hall. Agenda items include applications like the Mount Kisco Coach Diner to demolish a structure on its property. Click here to download the agenda. 3. West Patent Elementary School will hold an art show tonight at 6 p.m. Click here for details. 4…
1. The Fox Lane Sports Boosters will hold their annual golf outing today at the Mount Kisco Country Club. Click here for details. 2. Mount Kisco's Village Board of Trustees will meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Village Hall. Click here for the agenda. 3. Seven Bridges Middle School will hold a chorus concert tonight at 7:30 p.m. Click here for details. 4. Horace Greeley High School is holding a transition workshop for parents of seniors, tonight at 7 p.m. Click here for details. 5. West Patent Elementary School holds its art show Tuesday at 6 p.m. Click here for details.
1. Chappaqua's Rotary Club announced that it is holding its annual pancake breakfast and blood drive, Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin. Click here for details. 2. Horace Greeley High School students are holding their annual Relay for Life, beginning Saturday evening and last until Sunday morning. The event is to promote awareness of cancer. Click here for Greeley's Relay website. 3. New Castle is holding its annual 10k on Sunday morning, its 25th! It starts outside of town hall in Chappaqua. Click here for details. 4. It was announced that the Saw Mill Club…
1. Chappaqua's two middle schools, Robert E. Bell and Seven Bridges, will have a joint career day today, the district announced. It will take place today at 8:30 a.m., at Seven Bridges, with Northern Westchester Hospital CEO Joel Seligman giving the keynote address. About 40 professionals from a ranges of industries will be doing presentations, according to an announcement for the district. 2. Northern Westchester Hospital will host a senior health and wellness expo at the Boys & Girls Club, according to an announcement from state Sen. Greg Ball's office; he is among those attending. The expo…
1. The Chappaqua Library will host a talk tonight about cemeteries in Westchester County, at 7:30 p.m. It will be led by author Patrick Raftey, according to the library, and is co-sponsored by the New Castle Historical Society. Click here for details. 2. Fox Lane High School has a photo, graphics and ceramics exhibit tonight at 6:30 p.m. Click here for details. 3. Westorchard Elementary School has announced that it is holding a book fair today from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. 4. The Mount Kisco Public Library is hosting a Lego Club meeting, today at 4:30 p.m. Click here for details. 5. It has been …
1. School budgets passed for Chappaqua and Bedford Central. Western New Castle residents who live in the Ossining school district also have a budget that passed. 2. The Future Farmers of Chappaqua, for kids in K-2, will get to meet today at the Chappaqua Library at 4 p.m. Click here for details. 3. Gedney Park is hosting a new StoryWalk project, called "A Rainbow of My Own," until June 22. Click here for details on the Chappaqua Library's website. 4. The Bedford Farmers Club will meet today at the Mount Kisco Public Library, at 2:30 p.m. Local historian Harry McCartney will talk about the …
1. Voters in the Chappaqua and Bedford Central school districts will cast their votes for the 2012-13 budgets and for board of education members. Also up for a vote is the Chappaqua Library's budget. Click here for our elections primer. 2. On Thursday, the Chappaqua Library will host a discussion about cemeteries in Westchester County, starting at 7:30 p.m. On Friday, there will be a cemeteries tour. Click here for details. 3. The Mount Kisco Public Library's board will meet tonight at 7 p.m. Click here for details. 4. St. Patrick's Parochial School in Bedford Village is kicking off its …
1. Temple Beth El is hosting a parenting workshop about the college process. It's geard towards parents with 10th graders, and starts tonight at 6:15 p.m. Click here for details. 2. Students at Seven Bridges Middle School are setting up a lemonade stand at school to raise money for the SPCA of Westchester. Click here for details. 3. Mount Kisco's Ancient Order of Hibernians chapter will hold its monthly meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at the America Legion. Click here for details. 4. The Chappaqua Library will hold a book discussion group tonight at 7 p.m. Click here for details. 5. Just one day …
1. Teatown Lake Reservation is holding its plant sale today from 4-7 p.m., and again tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Click here for details. 2. Mount Kisco's Methodist Church is continuing its Flower Patch plant sale today. Click here for details. 3. The Chappaqua Library is holding its Menus at the Movies series tonight. Up for a screening is Mad City Chickens, followed by a panel talk on chicken raising. Click here for details. 4. Fox Lane Middle School is holding "Select Groups" tonight at 7 p.m., which includes Symphonic Winds, Sinfonetta and Bel Canto. Click here for details. 5. The Saw …
1. Churchill's of Mount Kisco has announced that it is holding a fundraiser tonight for The Max Cure Foundation, which supports fighting pediatric cancer. The event runs from 6-9 p.m. 2. MTK Tavern, which is located at 30 E. Main St. in Mount Kisco, has announced that it will hold a grand opening today at 2 p.m. The event will include a ribbon cutting, according to its announcement. 3. Fox Lane Middle School is holding an art show tonight. Click here for details. 4. Rocks in Armonk will be holding a shopping day to benefit My Sisters' Place, today at 10 a.m. Click here for details. 5. Mount …
1. Rye Town Supervisor Joe Carvin, who is seeking to unseat longtime Democratic incumbent Congresswoman Nita Lowey, will be in Chappaqua tonight to meet with fiscal group Best4NY, which is focusing on changing state mandates that affect school districts, the group announced. The Republican candidate will appear at New Castle Town Hall at 7:30 p.m., at the group's meeting. The Congressional district includes most of New Castle and all of Mount Kisco. 2. The Mount Kisco Chamber of Commerce will be honoring the village's 9/11 memorial committee as Citizen of the Year with a dinner tonight. The …
1. It has been announced that today, State Education Commissioner John King will make tours to Mount Kisco Elementary School, at 8:40 a.m., and the Fox Lane campus at 9:25 a.m. 2. On tonight's New Castle Town Board agenda: Conifer Realty will present a revised version of its affordable housing proposal for downtown Chappaqua. The new one is four stories, down from its original five, but keeps 36 housing units. The board meeting starts tonight at 7:45 p.m., at New Castle Town Hall. Click here for details on the new plan. 3. Mount Kisco's Planning Board meets tonight at 7:30 p.m., at Village …
1. On tonight's agenda, Mount Kisco's Village Board of Trustees will resume discussion over drafting a resolution that calls for a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision, which removed donor restrictions on groups such as businesses to political activities. Click here for our previous coverage. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. at Village Hall. 2. West Patent Elementary School is holding its spring concert, tonight at 7 p.m. at Fox Lane High School. Click here for details. 3. Mount Kisco Elementary School has set up a website to in honor of the …
1. Mount Kisco's Farmers Market, held at the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester, has announced a Cinco de Mayo theme for this Saturday. It will include Mexican cuisine from local restaurant Azteca. The market operates from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 2. Lions Clubs from Mount Kisco, Bedford Hills, Bedford Village, Pound Ridge and Armonk have announced holding a joint spaghetti dinner, which will be a fundraiser for nursing scholarships. It's on Sunday at 4 p.m., at Mount Kisco's American Legion hall. Click here for details. 3. Mount Kisco Little League is holding a carwash fundraiser to pay for …
1. The Greeley Theatre Company is performing its first rendition of Our Town, tonight at 8 p.m. at Horace Greeley High School. Click here for details. 2. Fox Lane High School will host a senior citizens prom, which starts tonight at 5 p.m., at the school's commons. Click here for details. 3. The Westchester County Clerk will have a mobile passport office present at Mount Kisco Village Hall today from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Click here for details. 4. Today is the first day for the barn sale at the First Congregational Church of Chappaqua. Click here for details. 5. The Chappaqua Library is holding …
1. At its work session on Tuesday, the New Castle Town Board voted to appoint Tom Curley to the planning board, Supervisor Susan Carpenter confirmed. Curley, a former planning board member, has a resume that includes master planning and architecture, according to Carpenter. He also helped the Millwood Fire District in coming up with the plan for its proposed new firehouse. Carpenter described Curley as "extremely qualified." The appointment of Curley, a West End resident, will likely please residents in the western part of town who wanted to see someone from their area join the board. …
1. Seven Bridges Middle School will host its first ever student art gala, the Chappaquas school district announced. The event, sponsored by the school's PTA, will include student explanations of their works and the students of the string quartet will perform. In addition, 8th graders who are graduating will leave some artworks for permanent use in the school. The event starts at 7:30 p.m., in the school's upper commons. Click here for details. 2. Bedford Central's school board will meet tonight, a meeting that includes a hearing on its proposed 2012-13 budget, which is up for a vote on May 15…
1. Chappaqua's school board meets tonight, 8:15 p.m. at Horace Greeley High School. Although the main part of the agenda centers around presentations of the proposed school and library budgets, a group of football players and their parents are expected to attend to protest the absence of Coach Bill Tribou. Click here for our story about Tribou and click here for the meeting agenda. 2. Also on the school board agenda is a vote to approve the appoint of Amy Fishkin to be the new principal of Roaring Brook Elementary School. Superintendent Lyn McKay announced her recommendation of Fishkin last …
1. The Westchester Cycle Club is holding a "Bring Your Own Bike" workshop, tonight at 7 p.m. at Bicycle World in Mount Kisco. Click here for details. 2. Mayors and supervisors of communities that are part of the Northern Westchester Energy Action Coaliation (NWEAC) will be gathering tonight for a meeting, at the Mount Kisco Public Library from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Click here for details. 3. Fox Lane High School will host a college night on Tuesday at 6 p.m. featuring more than 200 institutions of higher learning. Click here for details. 4. Little leagues held their opening day parades on …