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Tom Auchterlonie

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tauchterlonie@dailyvoice.com

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Tom Auchterlonie is an experienced local journalist and is originally from Mount Kisco. Prior to joining The Daily Voice he spent more than four years at Patch.com, where he covered Mount Kisco, New Castle and Bedford. He has also freelanced for various local publications, including The Examiner, Inside Chappaqua and The Record-Review. Tom is an alumnus of Syracuse University.

Tom was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

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Schools

Mahopac Voters Deciding On Nearly $120M School Budget, Four Board Seats MAHOPAC, N.Y. -- Voters in the Mahopac Central School District will decide on Tuesday, May 19, whether to approve a proposed 2015-16 budget of just under $120 million. Total spending comes in at $119,995,101, an increase of 1.90 percent from the current budget. The tax levy, which represents the total amount of property tax revenue to be collected for the budget, is at $84,101,189, an increase of 0.99 percent. The amount is within the state-mandated 2 percent cap on tax levy hikes. The tax rates, which measure what people owe per $1,000 of assessed property value, vary by town. Resid…

by Tom Auchterlonie

05/15/2015

Events

St. Patrick's School Carnival In Bedford Villages Goes Through Weekend BEDFORD, N.Y. -- St. Patrick's School is offering raffle prizes in connection with its 41st annual carnival, according to Guy Carlsen, who is the event's co-chair. The prizes include a three-year lease on a Tesla Model S or $25,000. The carnival, which is ongoing, is held at the Bedford Village parochial school and continues through the weekend. The scheduled hours are from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday, 1 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. The carnival has 18 rides of children of all ages, Carlsen noted. Proceeds from the carnival will go to support the…

by Tom Auchterlonie

05/14/2015

Schools

Voters To Decide On $119 Million Carmel School Budget, Two Board Seats CARMEL, N.Y. -- Voters in the Carmel Central School District will get to decide on Tuesday, May 19, whether to approve the proposed 2015-16 budget. Total spending in the budget is a little more than $119 million, which is a spending increase of nearly $2.7 million, or 2.32 percent. The property tax levy, which represents the total amount of property tax revenue to support the budget, would rise to a little more than $90.2 million, or by 2.12 percent. The levy comes under a state-mandated cap on increases, according to a district announcement, which adds that the maximum amount allowed i…

by Tom Auchterlonie

05/14/2015

Schools

Katonah-Lewisboro Voters Deciding On $108.7M Budget, Three Other Items CROSS RIVER, N.Y. -- Katonah-Lewisboro voters will decide on a proposed 2015-16 budget, which includes cuts to spending and the tax levy, along with three other spending propositions. The budget, which is a total of more than $108.7 million, includes a spending cut of more than $2.4 million, or 2.2 percent. The proposed tax levy, which represents the total amount of property tax revenue for the budget, will decline to around $96.2 million, or a cut of 2.8 percent. The annual fiscal proposal is the second in a row that has spending and tax levy cuts, district records show. The levy come…

by Tom Auchterlonie

05/14/2015

News

Chappaqua Crossing Owner Getting More Than $2.5M In Tax Settlement CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- Chappaqua Crossing owner Summit/Greenfield will receive more than $2.5 million in tax refunds as part of an agreement to settle a series of assessment challenges that it filed, according local officials. As part of the settlement, which covers challenges from 2008-14, the town of New Castle's portion of the is $326,405.55 and Westchester County's is $380,651.12, Town Attorney Nicholas Ward-Willis told Daily Voice. The Chappaqua Central School District has the largest portion of the refund. Assistant Superintendent for Business John Chow wrote that the amount is $1,821…

by Tom Auchterlonie

05/14/2015

Neighbors

Somers Man Plans 450-Mile Bike Trip To Niagara Falls In 'Tour De Empire' SOMERS, N.Y. -- Bruce Reisdorf is an avid cyclist whose current personal record for a trip is 100 miles. Later this month, however, he is set to surpass his milestone with a 450-mile trek from Westchester to Niagara Falls. Reisdorf, who has resided in Somers for close to 30 years, calls the trip the "Tour de Empire." The end of his journey will not mean there is an immediate conclusion. Once Reisdorf arrives in Niagara Falls, he plans on biking another 61 miles in the annual "Tour de Cure," a fundraiser for the American Diabetes Association which turns 75 this year. Reisdorf will be …

by Tom Auchterlonie

05/14/2015

News

Mount Kisco Trustee Karen Schleimer Seeks Westchester County Board Seat MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. --- Mount Kisco village Trustee Karen Schleimer announced Wednesday that she is running for a seat on the Westchester County Board of Legislators. The seat is for District 2, which also covers Bedford, Lewisboro, Pound Ridge, North Salem and part of Somers. It is currently held by Peter Harckham, a North Salem Democrat who is not seeking re-election. “I will work for you," Schleimer, a Democrat, said at a campaign-launch rally. "I will fight for each and every one of you to provide the best quality of life we can possibly provide.” Schleimer, who was first elected t…

by Tom Auchterlonie

05/13/2015

Real Estate

Owners Seeking Tenants After $23M Sale Of Mbia Campus ARMONK, N.Y. -- Tenants are being sought after the MBIA campus in Armonk was sold for $23 million, an amount obtained from records filed with Westchester County. The sale previously was reported last week by Daily Voice. The sale by the bond-insurance company was coupled with a $92,000 transfer tax. MBIA sold the property at 113 King St. to a joint venture between affiliates of the Manocherian family and Steven Wise Associates, LLC. In an interview, Steven Wise called the commercial space "pristine" and said it is in "move-in condition." Wise said refilling the vacant office …

by Tom Auchterlonie

05/13/2015

News

Town Board Approves Its Remaining Items For Chappaqua Crossing Retail Plan CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- The New Castle Town Board tied up loose ends pertaining to the Chappaqua Crossing retail proposal when it voted on Tuesday night to approve a draft layout for the project's buildings, along with remapping a portion of the site to allow for retail use. The items passed by a 3-1 margin, with Deputy Supervisor Lisa Katz voting against. Councilman Adam Brodsky was absent. The board voted in December to allow retail zoning for the former Reader's Digest campus; Tuesday's mapping legislation specifies that the retail zone will only be allowed for a 19.1-acre southern portio…

by Tom Auchterlonie

05/13/2015

Schools

Marous, Sheerin Vie For Bedford Central School Board Seat BEDFORD, N.Y. -- Voters in the Bedford Central School District will decide on a contested school board race when they head to the polls on Tuesday, May 19. Long-time board President Susan Wollin is not seeking re-election, leaving a vacancy. Vying for Wollin's seat are Brian Sheerin, a Bedford Corners resident, and Justine Marous, a Pound Ridge resident. Sheerin ran for a school board seat last year but lost to Edward Reder. Board Vice President Eric Karle has also declined to run again. Pound Ridge's Colette Dow, who lost a bid for a seat last year, is running unopposed for Karle's se…

by Tom Auchterlonie

05/12/2015

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