February 22, 2012 The Roman Catholic ritual called Ash Wednesday predictably dates back to the Middle Ages. That is when the Popes and their Monks continued to probe the history of the birth, life and death of Jesus Christ. Ash Wednesday became a part of two other rituals: the beginning of Lent's 40 days and Palm Sunday, which always precedes Easter Sunday. Read more on Worship Page
E-Waste Recycling As of January 1, 2012, New York State legislators have passed an Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse law banning waste haulers from collecting electronic waste. Suburban Carting will no longer pick up anything with a plug at curbside.
North Castle will open an e-waste collection center as of March 3, 2012. The drop-off time for e-waste and scrap metal will be the first Saturday of every month from 9.am. - 1p.m.. Feb. 20, 2012 Read more on Sustainable North Castle
Don't Drain the Pool
The ALE Board said, "We have proposed that the Town place a referendum on the ballot to allow the town residents to decide if they are willing to pay for a bond to purchase the pool." Feb. 17, 2012 Read More on Summer 2012
The A&P Closed
As expected, the Armonk A&P has closed its doors for good. Most of us would agree that it was never a great supermarket, but it served the needs of the community. We stood in the interior of the store as everything remaining was being cut up for scrap material. The entire store was being demolished.... Feb. 15, 2012 Read more on Supermarket
Byram Hills Real Estate Five homes sold during the month of January 2012 versus seven homes that sold during January 2011. For January 2012, the five sales ranged in price from $530,000 to $3,250,000.
Thirty-nine new listings came on the market in January. Keep in mind that some of these properties were previously on the market, took a “holiday break” and came back on the market as new listings in January. Feb. 12, 2012 Read more on Real Estate
Banksville Neighborhood Remains Residential
Round House Road in Banksville has a new neighbor. In 2007, lifelong Armonk resident Dave Lowrey bought a piece of property at 7 Round House Road with the intent to garage his company, North Castle Landscaping & Tree Services, specifically, its trucks and equipment.
In May 2011 a group of neighboring residents bought the property from Lowrey for $700,000. Lowry said that 14 partners agreed to buy the house for $810,000 and then postponed the closing. More on Development
The Town Board has reviewed the Banksville Planning and Zoning Study presented by F.P. Clark at a work session on Friday February 10, 2012. Watch the video here. Feb. 12, 2012
Brynwood Redesign Addresses Neighborhood Concerns
The partnership of the Brynwood Golf & Country Club has rethought their proposed project over the past eight months and recently unveiled a new design that calls for fewer residential units then earlier projections. The redesigned golf and country club year-round community has been downsized from 243 units to 123 luxury condominium and golf villa residences. Feb. 10, 2012 More on Brynwood
Armonk Square Litigation Extinguished
North Castle's Planning Board called for a special meeting to address minor changes to the existing site plan of Armonk Square. Planning Board Chairman Bob Greene said the litigation between Armonk Square and Michael Fareri has been extinguished and the project will move forward. Fareri was the signing agent and property owner of 41 Maple Avenue, LLC., which had filed an Article 78. Feb. 8, 2012 More on Armonk Square
Repair of Town Roadways
General Highway Forman Jamie Norris said the major road improvement project for 2012 was budgeted for $1.79 million plus 15% for construction contingency that allows for overage. A bond was issued for $2.1 million for road improvement. New roads were added to the list of the original eight roads that required work. Feb. 7, 2012 More on Town Business
Brush Pick-Up
General Highway Foreman Jamie Norris stressed that the brush clean up from the October winter storm is taking time. According to Norris, we started work on November 7th with three crews and also utilized outside crews. The highway department has completed 63% of the required work, and at this rate, they anticipate the clean up to be finished by April. Feb. 6, 2012 More on our surroundings
Car Club at Lakeview
The plan for a 60-acre two lot subdivision on the west side of I-684 and Byram Lake Road was presented to North Castle's Town Board at their February 3rd work session.
Project engineer Barry Naderman says the property has been split into two lots with three acres for an automobile club. Feb. 3, 2012 More on Development
Armonk News from Main Street to Your Street
Byram Hills Basketball
Sectional 1 Tournament Quarterfinals
Bobcat girls are playing at Tappan Zee HS on Wed. Feb. 22, 2012 at 5:00 PM.
Bobcat boys are playing at JFK-Somers on Wed. Feb. 22, 2012 at 6:15 PM. There is a $3 entry fee for this game.
Byram Moves into the Quarterfinals Byram Hills was 0-2 against Rye during the regular season. But in the most critical game during the first round of the Section 1 boys’ tournament, Byram Hills wouldn’t settle for a third loss. Instead they came out strong, took command of the game early and never looked back. Coach Ted Repa said, "We changed up the defense and it worked well. Tonight we played man-to-man and in the other games we matched up zones."
Junior Ryan Golden said, "We come out physical, with an aggressive defense and high intensity." Golden scored 16 points.
The strategy worked well, and the team shined with a strong defense that was solid on rebounds and allowed no turnovers. Senior Andrew Maloney said, "It was an all around team effort and freshman Andrew Groll played a great game. Groll scored 11 points." Read more on Sports and Leisure
Girls Basketball Make it Through to the Quarterfinals
At section 1 first round play, Byram Hills girls had a nail biter that turned around in the last minute. Byram trailed Rye and played catch up the entire game. Byram turned over possession after possession and Rye capitalized on the turnovers with breakaways and dominated possession time to control the boards.
Dr. Josh Fink is offering laser treatments by appointment at Cherylyn Salon North in Armonk. When considering a cosmetic treatment, he encourages patients to ask questions and do their homework: Research the level of the practitioner's training. Ask how many different types of systems they use. Research their knowledge of the procedure. Learn how they handle complications. February 20, 2012 Read more on People and Places
Track and Field Coach Greg Govan said,"There were many great performances at the class B Championship meet held at the 168th Street Armory. Highlighting the show was the 17 second smashing of the school record by Marc Violone in the 3200 meter run." Feb. 17, 2012 Read more results on Sports and Leisure.
Brighten Your Home Now is the time to make that space even cozier with a new area rug that defines a special conversation place. Perhaps some throws in winter white or ones with warm and colorful colors or a few throw pillows can be placed in the room to draw people into that comfortable space. Consider adding drapery to bare windows or even a "wall of curtains" on a bare wall to give it much added warmth and the illusion of having even more windows in your home. Also, consider bringing in live plants. Feb. 12, 2012 Read more on Interior Design
Heart Health
Everyday your heart beats more than 100,000 times to power your life, so you want to do your best to keep it healthy. As part of our healthy heart program at Blum Center for Health, they treat many people who want to lower their cholesterol without taking prescription medication. Feb 9, 2012 More on Healthy Living
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