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In an undated photo, Luigi Del Bianco stands on a scaffold next to the model of Lincoln’s head used to recreate the mountainside Rushmore version.
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Late Port Chester man honored for Mount Rushmore work

After 28 years, the Del Bianco family of Port Chester finally has succeeded in getting the National Parks Service to recognize the contribution of grandfather Luigi Del Bianco as chief carver of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, South Dakota. Last week, grandson Lou Del Bianco of Port Chester […]

A $1.2 billion biotech facility which will include two massive research wings in addition to a 100-room hotel is slated for development on county-owned land in Valhalla. Photo courtesy Westchester County
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$1.2B biotech facility slated for development

A $1.2 billion project slated for development in Valhalla will, according to county officials, bring not just a state-of-the-art biotech facility to Westchester County, but also thousands of jobs. The 80-acre, 3-million-square-foot facility dubbed Westchester BioScience & Technology Center—which is being developed by Fareri Associates—will encompass two massive research wings, […]

Pet store owner Richard Doyle has been arrested for animal cruelty, selling a diseased animal, and most recently, witness tampering. Doyle owns several stores including Best Breeds Puppies and Kittens in the village of Mamaroneck. Photo courtesy Danbury Police Department
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Mamaroneck to draft local pet store law

The village of Mamaroneck has begun drafting a local law to regulate pet stores, loosely based on the regulatory laws of Suffolk County. This recent push for legislation surfaced in August when residents began protesting a village pet store, Best Breeds Puppies and Kittens on Mamaroneck Avenue. Residents claimed that […]

Resolutions for the slackers who already blew it
Opinion

Resolutions for the slackers who already blew it

Readers: Right about now, you may be feeling bad about the resolutions you’ve already broken, crushed into a million pieces and washed down with a pint of banana chocolate swirl Talenti ice cream. But there’s no need to hate your sweets-addicted, never-get-ahead, willpower-of-a-gnat (who doesn’t exercise) self. No need, indeed. […]

The Renaissance Westchester in Harrison, one of the hotels that would have been affected by a recently-nixed bed tax. Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed a bill that would have imposed the 3 percent hotel occupancy tax on patrons in some Westchester municipalities. Photo courtesy Marriott.com
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Cuomo vetoes hotel tax, upsets local officials

After finally passing through the New York State Legislature, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, on Dec. 28, vetoed legislation that would have imposed a 3 percent hotel occupancy tax on patrons of the two hotels in Harrison. In addition to the town/village of Harrison, Cuomo, a Democrat, vetoed requests for a hotel […]