New Fee To Come Out of Water Customers’ Pockets
by Kathy Savolt - At the June 22, 2026 work session, the Board of Trustees (BOT) discussed a new fee that will be included in the water bills. This new fee is expected to raise $500,000 per year for stormwater and flood mitigation projects. Many of these projects are grant-funded and require a local match. Still in draft form, the proposed new local law was not shared with the public. Village Attorney Steven Pambianchi reported that the fee would be based on water cons
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Years in the Making: Mamaroneck Dedicates Memorial to the Enslaved
by Marina Kiriakou - On Juneteenth — June 19, 2026 — nearly 200 people gathered on the hill in front of the Mamaroneck Town Center for the formal dedication of the Memorial to the Enslaved Africans of Larchmont and Mamaroneck, which honors the more than 200 men, women, and children enslaved in Mamaroneck Township between 1661 and 1822. The crowd was multigenerational, visibly moved, and full of hard-won pride. There was joy, and something weightier: a communal reckoning,
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The Stories of Village Heroes
by Cindy Goldstein The Mamaroneck Observer continues to publish profiles of some of our Village heroes represented on the street banners recently installed. Their stories are both interesting and inspiring. Edward L. Retz, U.S. Army Technician 5th Class Edward Leander Retz was the son of immigrants and was born in Connecticut in 1908. As a young adult, he moved to Mamaroneck and boarded with the Miller family, who had a daughter, Olga, who was the same age. Olga and Ed
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