Updated March 3 at 12:13 p.m. Days before the Harrison Town Council may issue a final approval allowing a Brighview Senior Living Center on the site of the former Lake Street Quarry, the state Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the town’s 2016 decision to change that property’s zoning […]
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State DMV increases railroad crossing violations
The New York state Department of Motor Vehicles is cracking down on motorists that violate traffic regulations near railroad crossings. In August 2016, the DMV increased the points assigned to automobilists from three to five for infractions made near railroad crossings in an effort to prevent train crashes at the […]
Town finalizes first in wave of Halstead TOD projects
A recently approved project on Halstead Avenue will join a wave of redevelopment projects sweeping downtown Harrison, as one of the first in a string of transit-oriented development proposals to receive final approval. Transit oriented development, TOD, has been a prominent form of development in Harrison over the last several […]
Save the Sound ‘frustrated’ with lack of progress
With a federal lawsuit alleging EPA violations between the environmental advocacy group Save the Sound and Westchester County approaching the two-year mark, officials at the nonprofit are growing increasingly impatient with alleged inaction on the part of several communities. “Save the Sound is frustrated with the lack of progress,” said […]
2 county, 1 Harrison police injured in Hutch chase
An alleged hit-and-run last week escalated into a high-speed chase involving two police agencies which injured three officers before culminating near Lincoln Avenue in Harrison. After 9 p.m. on Feb. 15, 24-year-old James Rozsa, of Norwalk, Connecticut, wove in and out of traffic fleeing from police after another driver had […]