Month: May 2017

Last year’s annual Women’s Leadership summit drew in 150 attendees. Contributed photo
Community

Manhattanville to host leadership summit

Manhattanville College’s annual Women’s Leadership Summit, to be held on June 8, has emerged as a highly influential networking and professional development conference in the Hudson Valley and Connecticut for professional women who are developing their leadership style and embracing their power and status. “Three years ago, the first summit […]

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Lead Stories Politics

Dems nominate 1 for Town Council

For the first time in at least eight years, Harrison’s Democratic Committee will not run a full slate of Town Council candidates in the upcoming November election. This year, they will run only one candidate for councilman, Frank Gordon, and instead look across the aisle to fill out the ticket. […]

A new law in Rye Brook passed on Tuesday requires all gun stores to keep all weapons behind the counter and secured with trigger locks, among other restrictions. File photo
News

Rye Brook passes first gun store law in county

Six months after a controversially located gun store opened in the town/village of Harrison, Rye Brook has passed a law that restricts how and where a gun store can operate within its municipal borders, becoming the first municipality in Westchester County to do so. On Tuesday, May 23, the village […]

On March 13, the Westchester County Department of Public Safety will add five new officers to its ranks, but union officials are worried it will not be enough for the department’s needs. Photo/Andrew Dapolite
News

County immigration proposal still faces hurdles

The Westchester County Legislature’s Democratic Caucus’ goal for an early summer approval of legislation to set forth a policy on immigration enforcement may be unlikely, with the proposal still pending in three separate committees. Joe Sgammato, the press secretary representing the Democratic Caucus, said that while the proposal is yet […]

Harrison Schools Superintendent Dr. Louis Wool has introduced a proposed budget for the 2017-2018 school year that will add 6.9 academic positions and fund two capital improvements to the district’s high school. File photo
Education Lead Stories

Voters OK $100.5M school budget

Registered voters in the Harrison Central School District overwhelmingly approved the 2017-2018 school district budget that calls for several capital improvements and preserves all current programs. According to the school district’s clerk, Christine Beitler, voters approved the $100.5 million budget with an unofficial tally of 1,395 voting in favor of […]