A re-envisioned village of Mamaroneck industrial area will take another step toward fruition after the Industrial Area Committee unveiled its initial recommendations on the historic manufacturing districts crucial rezoning. According to a report issued to the village Board of Trustees in January, the committee—which has since rebranded the area as […]
Month: March 2017
Lawmakers push to ban sale of synthetic weed
With a new piece of legislation, Westchester lawmakers will look to piggyback on a recently passed New York City law blockading the spread of a synthetic marijuana known commonly as “spice.” The county legislation, introduced jointly by Republican legislators David Tubiolo and John Testa, would enact a countywide ban on […]
New board majority strides toward village reform
With a new Democratic majority firmly rooted on the village of Mamaroneck Board of Trustees, reform efforts—many of which have honed in on the village’s own processes and protocols—have taken center stage. And while the board’s newest trustees—Democrats Keith Waitt and Victor Tafur, both elected to their first terms this […]
Danny and the dinosaur(s)
If anyone could lay claim to the excuse “I’m not fat—I’m big boned,” it’s the titanosaur on view at the American Museum of Natural History. This creature has a thigh bone 8 feet tall. Taller than Shaq! That’s not just a big bone; it’s the biggest bone in the biggest […]
‘I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired’
2017 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Fannie Lou Hamer, and March 2017 is the 40th anniversary of her death. Hamer was the epitome of the struggle of the human rights movement in this country, as well as setting an incontrovertible standard of womanhood for women across the […]