Chester News

Taken from the Dead's much loved run at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY in 1971, this dorm room staple was on regular rotation during my college years.

There hasn't been a doctor's office in this village for at least five years. But with Greenwood Lake a recreation hot spot, Mayor Barbara Moore sees a need for a practitioner to treat injuries from boating or hiking or skiing, or run-of-the-mill medical maladies.

The largest multi-family housing project in the village since Whispering Hills would benefit local taxes, while adding about 1,100 more people to the village and up to 121 kids to the schools, according to a draft environmental impact study.

The recent spate of incidents involving DWI arrests sheds much-needed light on the issue of alcohol use and abuse.

There will be only ONE garbage pickup for all areas The week of November 23, 2009 due to the Thanksgiving Holiday observance.

No-Fuss Mexican Food at Las Brisas Restaurant in Port Chester At dinner time the dining room at Las Brisas restaurant in Port Chester is packed.

CHESTER It turned out to be a non-working replica of a bomb, but when firefighters found it while fighting a house fire, they evacuated and called the State Police Bomb Squad.

The state police bomb squad was called to a home in Chester Thursday after a fire destroyed the house and a suspicious device was found on site, police say.

A 25-year-old Highland Mills man was arrested earlier this month for having sex with a 15-year-old Chester resident, police said.

County governments are chasing ballooning sums of unpaid property taxes as tax bills keep rising and more owners neglect them.

The Chester Village Board Monday evening deemed as complete the draft environmental impact statement for the Labrador Properties' proposed housing development on 68 acres of property that straddles the Village and Town of Chester.

Alberta M. VanArsdale, 79 years old, former 18-year resident of West Avenue, Brocton and formerly of Dunkirk died Nov.

North Warren teachers Lynn Lewis and Cindy Smith got into the spirit of Halloween Friday by donning their costumes depicting a scarecrow and a devil, respectively.

By JIM FITZGERALD WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - A federal judge imposed an unusual election system on a suburban village Friday, nearly two years after finding that the existing system was unfair to Hispanics.The village, Port Chester, is run by a mayor and six trustees.

On November 6, a U.S. District Court ruled orally that Port Chester, New York, should use Cumulative Voting for its elections for Village Trustee.

Beginning next month the Tappan Zee Bridge/I-287 Corridor Project will be holding a series of community working meeting along the thirty-mile corridor, from Hillburn to Port Chester.

PORT CHESTER: Eight students from Port Chester High School will participate in the annual New York State School Music Association's Area All-State Music Festival at 8 p.m. Nov.

Opponents of Orange County Legislator Noel Spencer blanketed Chester overnight with copies of an article about a 16-year-old criminal charge against him in an apparent attempt to thwart his re-election bid on Tuesday.

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