Westchester Herald

Bronxville Police Alert BY Chief Christopher Satriale

Bronxville, NY, November 10, 2010 -- The Bronxville Police Department is investigating a burglary at a White Plains Road home that occurred on Tuesday, November 9, 2010, between 12:30pm - 2:10pm.. The method of entry was forced entry with the point of entry being a first floor window-stolen from within the residence were assorted items of jewelry. At this point we have not identified any suspects in the investigation but have recovered valuable evidence in our crime scene search. This burglary is similar to two other burglaries we are investigating that occurred on Courseview Road on September 16, 2010,  and October 24, 2010.

Bronxville Police Department Alert BY Chief Christopher Satriale

Bronxville, NY, October 18, 2010 -- We are attempting to identify the owner of a dog that bit a child on Meadow Avenue near the Bronxville School on September 30 at about 3:00pm. Without properly identifying the owner and dog the eight year old child will have to be given the rabies vaccine. The dog is described as a small black Pit Bull type being walked by a woman of Asian descent. If you can provide information,  please contact the Police Department at 914-337-0500.

750 Cablevision Subscribers in Village of Bronxville Without Service

Service Restored - Please read balance of the story. 

Bronxville, NY, October 1, 2010 -- There are about 750 subscribers without service in the Village of Bronxville currently experiencing a lack of service due to the residual affects of the stormy weather and heavy rains. Cablevision crews are  in the field but do not have an estimated time for return of service. Cablevision will update the village with more specific information about locations of outages and estimated time of repairs later today.

Some Locations within Village of Bronxville Experiences Flooding BY Christopher Satriale

 Update as of 10:45 am: Chief Satriale advises that "ALL village roadways have been reopened and the heavy rain has been moved out of our area. We appreciate your cooperation during the storm."

Bronxville, NY, October 1, 2010 --  “We are experiencing flooding in several locations in the village. Please avoid travel on Meadow Avenue, Paxton Avenue, the Pondfield Road underpass and any other location in the village where you see flooding. Please do not drive around or move police barricades and be alert for downed wires and trees. We expect several more hours of wind and rain and hope to restore normal traffic flow by this afternoon.

Christopher Satriale is the Chief of the Bronxville Police Department.

Mayor Marvin’s Column BY MARY C. MARVIN

The Trustees and I have agreed that due to the economic climate, we will not borrow funds this year to implement a full scale capital improvement program.  Rather, we will make modest improvements with monies on hand.  Traditionally, the Village borrowed in the million dollar range for such capital purchases as police cars, garbage trucks, all varieties of Public Works equipment, computers, road paving and curbing and parking meter supplies.  The idea employed in our annual capital improvement program is to finance equipment, repairs and improvements over the life of their usefulness as opposed to paying for these kinds of items in an annual budget.  This year we have cobbled funds together through State grants, State highway funds and closeouts of old projects on our books that were deemed not critical to the functioning of the Village to put together a modest program.  Many of the police and public works vehicles and administrative electronic equipment will simply have to last another year.  We were able to secure the funding for a much needed police car by requesting grant money that was allocated from the State through the efforts of our State Senator Jeffrey Klein.  In addition, we received our yearly Consolidated Highway Improvement Program or CHIPS funds from the State in the amount of $99,988.14, a 1.05% increase from last year.  This money must and will be used for road resurfacing this summer.  As a result of a thorough review of all our accounts and close-outs of projects that were no longer timely nor deemed critical, we will have in the neighborhood of $250,000 for road resurfacing and curbing.  In years of better financial condition, we had accelerated the paving program to over $400,000 per year.  

Coyote Sighted Multiple Times in the Village of Bronxville BY CHIEF CHRISTOPHER SATRIALE

 BRONXVILLE, NY, July 15, 2010 -- There have been multiple sightings of a coyote in the Village this morning. A coyote was observed on Park Avenue near Avon Road - Tanglewylde Avenue and the High Road. We are issuing the below safety guidelines for all residents. Please contact the Bronxville Police Department at 914-337-0500 if you see a coyote in the Village.

Mayor Marvin’s Column BY MARY C. MARVIN

In an effort to continue our energy saving initiatives and environmental stewardship, I want to alert you to a very useful service offered by the State of New York through (NYSERDA), the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.  NYSERDA’s purpose is to help New York meet its energy goals of reducing energy consumption, promoting the use of renewable energy sources and protecting the environment.  Residents of the River House have availed themselves of this service and reaped energy savings in many areas.  In a subsequent column, I will highlight the experience of River House as a successful case study.