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by Kathy Savolt - At the July 13, 2026 meeting of the Board of Trustees (BOT), three new grant applications were approved for submission. Backed by a comprehensive memo from Assistant Manager, Dennis Delborgo (see HERE), the BOT unanimously approved all three requests to submit the grants. The first grant application is for a Climate Smart Grant from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). The Village is requesting funding for a study to as

Philomena C. Hogan of Mamaroneck passed away on July 1, 2026, at the age of 104. She was born on March 16, 1922, to Vincent & Giuseppina Chiodo. For many years, she worked as a government secretary. She always enjoyed tending to her garden and loved her flowers and plants. Philomena is also remembered for her hospitable nature and for her many years as a volunteer at Rye Neck High School, where she was called "Grandma" by all the students. She is survived by her cherishe

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

by Kathy Savolt - After much discussion over the past few months, the Board of Trustees (BOT) passed Local Law L-2026 at their June 22, 2026 meeting. With one exception, commercial vehicles with a Village GPC permit must now park in the Bishop Avenue lot. This will free spaces in the Spencer Place lot for shoppers and restaurant patrons. The new law (see HERE) makes it a violation for commercial vehicles with a GPC permit to park in any lot other than the Bishop Avenue

by Meg Yergin - On May 7, 2026, the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) approved substantial area variances that could have a significant impact on homeowners across the Village. Variance Requests on Both Sides The ZBA approved a variance allowing the owners of 714 The Crescent to expand an existing backyard deck to within three feet of a neighboring property line. See HERE. Under the Code, this lot requires a minimum lesser-side-yard setback of at least 15 feet, which means t

by Kathy Savolt - The long-held dream to reshape and revitalize the Industrial Zone has taken a big step forward. After momentum for the project stalled when Covid hit and the 2023 Comprehensive Plan reinvigorated the idea, the Village has engaged an outside firm to write a new section of the Village Code to spell out the Maker Zone Overlay in the M1 District. At the June 8, 2026 Work Session of the Board of Trustees, attorney Matt McDonough of the Long Island firm McDon