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Patchwork Projects Equal a Plan for Flood Mitigation

by Cindy Goldstein - “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” That’s the takeaway from the Village of Mamaroneck (VOM) sponsored public meeting held on June 30th. Hosted by the Sarah Neuman Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, the 2-hour meeting updated the community on the VOM’s partnerships and progress to combat local flooding. Watch the entire meeting HERE. Mayor Sharon Torres Mayor Sharon Torres served as emcee, giving a brief overview of how the Village is tackl

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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

Jun 24

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,

Jun 24

What’s Happening with LMC Negotiations?

by Cindy Goldstein and Kathy Savolt - Although negotiations between the Village of Mamaroneck and LMC Media began in April, there’s still no agreement. Since then, LMC Media (LMC) has lobbied the public for support and to pressure the Village of Mamaroneck (VOM) to pay them all of the franchise fees that, under the former structure, were paid to them during the heyday of cable company revenue. See HERE. Interim Agreement Not Reached In a recent phone conversation, Villa

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Doing Nothing Is Not an Option

by Cindy Goldstein If you drive regularly along Route 1 (and who doesn’t?), you know how difficult it can be – narrow lanes shared with enormous SVUs and bicycles, cars and commercial vehicles parked along the sidewalk often jutting out into the driving lanes. It feels like everyone is compressed together in a very tight and scary space, with vehicles making left-hand turns out of driveways or shooting across the entire road (think Stop ‘N Shop to Dunkin Donuts in Mamarone

Jun 24

$13.4 Million Capital Budget Passed

by Kathy Savolt - At the June 22, 2026 meeting of the Board of Trustees (BOT), the Capital Budget for fiscal year 2026-27 was unanimously approved with a 4-0 vote. (Mayor Sharon Torres, returning from a business trip, was stuck at an airport due to inclement weather.) The $13.4 million budget is part of a larger multi-year plan that lists projects and costs through FY 2029-30 and totals $74.8 million. By law, the vote was only for the current year. The Mamaroneck Obse

Jun 24

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Patchwork Projects Equal a Plan for Flood Mitigation

New Fee To Come Out of Water Customers’ Pockets

Years in the Making: Mamaroneck Dedicates Memorial to the Enslaved

TOP STORIES

What’s Happening with LMC Negotiations?

Doing Nothing Is Not an Option

$13.4 Million Capital Budget Passed

We Welcome Letters to the Editor!

EDITORIAL BOARD

MAIN STORIES

Patchwork Projects Equal a Plan for Flood Mitigation

New Fee To Come Out of Water Customers’ Pockets

Years in the Making: Mamaroneck Dedicates Memorial to the Enslaved

TOP STORIES

What’s Happening with LMC Negotiations?

Doing Nothing Is Not an Option

$13.4 Million Capital Budget Passed

We Welcome Letters to the Editor!

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