Briarcliff Manor News

Voters approved a second budget proposal by 1,056 to 267 after a particularly contentious debate over district spending.

Kaylah Quarshie graduated from St. Casimir's School in Yonkers last week but couldn't stop from walking by the building on Tuesday to say her final goodbyes.

The five local school districts holding second budget votes Tuesday -- Briarcliff Manor, East Ramapo, Elmsford, Mount Vernon and Scarsdale -- better hope that voters understand what a second defeat would mean.

Residents and business owners in the area know: When the hard rain falls, the local roads will be paralyzed.

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. Village tax bills for 2013-14 were sent last week to Briarcliff Manor residents and must be postmarked by July 1, Village Manager Philip E. Zegarelli announced in his latest village report.

When voters head back to the polls June 18, the Elmsford school district will be the only one in Westchester that asks residents to approve the same budget they have already nixed.

Briarcliff Manor's First Thursday Night Lights continues this week, with the theme being a kids' night cookie scavenger hunt.

SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. A joint Ossining, Briarcliff, Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow chamber of commerce event on Tuesday, June 4 has been planned to discuss the business of health care.

OSSINING, N.Y. Memorial Day is a federal holiday and local government and other municipal buildings, including the Briarcliff Manor Village Hall and Ossining Town Hall, are closed Monday.

A sign urging for a "yes" vote across from Baldwin Middle School as Long Islanders prepare vote tomorrow on school budget and board elections.

That was the takeaway from Tuesday's school-budget votes across New York, where budgets that stayed within the cap easily passed.

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. The Briarcliff Manor School District's proposed $47.4 million budget failed to get enough votes Tuesday, school officials said.

As a jury deliberates whether Jodi Arias should live or die for killing her one-time boyfriend, the convicted murderer says she deserves a chance at freedom someday.