Chappaqua News

Michael B. Wolfensohn of Chappaqua has been named manager of TD Bank's Mount Kisco store.

Haywood Dorland Energy Capital, LLC, a private equity firm, announced today that it has made an indirect equity investment in CPV solar energy company, SolFocus, Inc.

The Food Bank for Westchester recently hosted its Fourth Annual Hunger Heroes Awards Breakfast to honor individuals and organizations that have contributed significantly toward the alleviation of hunger in Westchester.

MOUNT KISCO - These colors don't run, or so the bumper sticker says. But today they run.

Lorraine Valentini, a fierce competitor on top of a bike who helped share her love of cycling with many newcomers to the sport, died Tuesday at her home in Hartsdale.

SCARSDALE - In 1969, when Jean Kulhan finished as the first runner-up at the Miss New York Pageant, she was fascinated by the experience and surprised by the doors it opened for her.

NEW CASTLE - Many people made the point at last night's hearing on the proposal to build 278 condominiums at the Reader's Digest property in Chappaqua that the environmental study they were supposed to comment on was too long and complicated to absorb in the weeks since it was turned in.

Ion Balavrea said he has a lot to be thankful for. He was found to have a brain tumor at the age of 6, and his family went through hardships getting him the care he needed.

TARRYTOWN - A Staten Island man was accused of driving drunk when he side-swiped two cars yesterday while zooming along the Thruway toward the Tappan Zee Bridge before driving into a tree, state police said.

CHAPPAQUA - When Alec Sherman learned his father had taken a job in Australia and that he would have to move there, it was a bit frightening.

A Florida jury this afternoon recommended death for a Chappaqua native who killed his infant stepdaughter nearly a decade ago.

No offense to Times Square, but a show at The Metropolitan Museum of Art suggests that Afghanistan is the real crossroads of the world.

Tonight at 7 p.m. the New Castle Town Board will open a public hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for what is the most significant private development plan to come before the community in the last two decades.

NEW CASTLE - The Town Board will hold a hearing at 7 p.m. tomorrow on plans by the owners of the Reader's Digest property to build a community for older adults on the iconic corporate campus.

Rainfall yesterday may have altered some activities but it didn't deter an auditorium full of people from honoring World Refugee Day.

Published: Friday, June 19, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 19, 2009 at 5:09 a.m. For 87 years, Reader's Digest, that monthly breadbasket of condensed articles, can-do tales and grandmother-approved jokes, has aimed squarely at Middle America.

CHAPPAQUA: The Interfaith Council of Chappaqua will mark World Refugee Day in downtown Chappaqua from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday by temporarily transforming the area in front of the Chappaqua train station into a refugee camp.

CHAPPAQUA: The Chappaqua Learning Center is holding a Learning Fun Fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 18 to kick off the center's new 'Leap Ahead' program for pre-school students ages 3-5. The event will feature free mini lessons in math, English and Spanish, games and face painting with a clown, free snow cones, cookies and brownies and more.

YONKERS - A 46-year-old Chappaqua man who flew by a state trooper at 115 mph early this morning on the Sprain Brook Parkway was charged with driving while intoxicated, police said.

CHAPPAQUA: Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester is planning the following events: - Tomorrow: A prospective members open house Shabbat featuring Kabbal-tot Shabbat Service will be held for families with young children at 5:30 p.m. followed by family Shabbat dinner at 6:15 p.m. The Family Shabbat Service for families with elementary school ...