Briarcliff Manor News

BRIARCLIFF MANOR - The Clear View School, which runs a day treatment program for 120 emotionally troubled students, is gearing up for its 24th annual dinner auction Saturday.

Growing up an Irish Catholic kid in the Sutton Manor neighborhood of New Rochelle, Tony Carlin - the son of Broadway actors Frances Sternhagen and Tom Carlin - knew two things: He didn't want to act and he wanted to go to Hebrew school.

BRIARCLIFF MANOR - Voters in Briarcliff Manor appear to have shot down a ballot proposition that would have increased terms for village trustees and would have changed elections to biennial rather than every year, according to unofficials results from the Westchester County Board of Elections.

Every 34 days he appears, a shambling form that moves from the Connecticut River to the Hudson with grunts instead of words his only form of communication.

YORKTOWN - When Robin Perlmutter was diagnosed with breast cancer 10 years ago, she was in the trenches of motherhood, raising a daughter, Lena, 5, and a son, Matthew, who was 1. Perlmutter was 37 at the time and had to figure out how to keep their lives 'as normal as possible.' But she had to tell her school-age child a little bit about what was ...

BRIARCLIFF MANOR: The Pediatric Cancer Foundation recently held its 39th Opening Fall Luncheon at Trump National Golf Club to a record number of 400 attendees.

SLEEPY HOLLOW - The village's new police chief is a veteran officer who was only recently promoted to sergeant - and had often butted heads with the man he replaced this week.

A total of 2,240 holes of golf were played between 8 am and 7:30 pm at Westchester Golf Association's Caddie Scholarship Fund inaugural golf marathon.

The Horowitz kids, Josh, Kelsey and Alex, have a triple-decker celebration on tap that also comes with a big thank-you to Blythedale Children's Hospital.

Phelps Memorial Hospital Center's Healthy Life series continues to offer the community a wide range of programs on health-related subjects, as well as numerous health screenings and support groups.

Issues of experience versus innovation, recreation and staffing are dividing candidates running for the Westchester Board of Legislators representing District 9, the section covering Briarcliff Manor, Ossining, Croton-on-Hudson and part of Cortlandt.

WHITE PLAINS - A city man accused Thursday of running a high-end prostitution ring was previously convicted in a $50 million securities fraud scheme linked to the mob, The Journal News has learned.

Anthony Marshall, the son of New York Philanthropist Brooke Astor, who passed away in her Holly Hill estate in Briarcliff Manor in 2007, was found guilty yesterday of grand larceny and scheming to defraud.

BRIARCLIFF MANOR - A boisterous bunch of puppies survived a 14-hour road trip from Georgia where the dogs were slated for euthanasia and filled an event tent this morning with barking and good-natured goofing around.

Brooke Astor's 85-year-old son was convicted Thursday of grand larceny and of exploiting his philanthropist mother by helping himself to her nearly $200 million fortune.

The challenger to Westchester County Legislator Bill Burton, D-Ossining, launched her campaign on the Croton waterfront yesterday, calling for tax cuts and opposition to a recent court settlement requiring the county to promote affordable housing.

BRIARCLIFF MANOR - Village trustees who currently serve two-year terms could have their time in office doubled if voters approve a proposition next month.

Disgraced Wall Street banker-turned ex-con James McDermott is now being sued by his family for allegedly stealing from his own mother.

YORKTOWN - Linda John wants women to start paying closer attention to what their bodies are telling them.

Town Supervisor Paul Feiner is suggesting to the Greenburgh river villages and to officials in the other Hudson River communities that they consider placing bicycle sharing racks near the Hudson River or at train stations in their communities.