Month: February 2016

News

Town proposes residential development law

After passing a moratorium halting all residential developments in December, the town of Mamaroneck is now working toward a new residential site plan law that scales back larger residential development plans. According to a preliminary draft of the proposed law, it would cover a number of different facets relating to […]

Education

Income inequality hits Mamaroneck schools hard

A mid-year report delivered at the Feb. 23 Mamaroneck Board of Education meeting revealed that a new approach instituted in September 2015 aimed at raising grades and test scores for the district’s approximately 900 students living in poverty is showing some signs of progress, particularly with the Hommocks Middle School’s […]

News

Study reimagines Mamaroneck industrial zone

After more than a year of deliberation, the Industrial Area Advisory Committee presented its plan to bring sweeping change to one of the village’s aging manufacturing districts; some tenants there, however, worry they won’t play a part in the future. The redevelopment plan—which was prepared by both the industrial area […]

News

Village passes unprecedented dog law

The village of Mamaroneck is the first municipality in the state of New York to ban the sale of commercially bred animals in local pet stores. This unprecedented law was passed by a 4-0 vote, with one trustee abstaining, at a raucous Feb. 22 Board of Trustees meeting after weeks […]

News

Iconic T.D.’s Smoke Shop set for final goodbye

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n March, a piece of history will vanish from Rye’s Purchase Street as T.D.’s Smoke Shop waits forlornly for its eviction. On Jan. 27, the longtime owners of the smoke shop, Peggy and Tony D’Onofrio, were greeted in the morning, not by their usual slew of customers, but with news […]