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IN northern Fairfield County, where multiplex theaters and blockbuster movies dominate the cinematic landscape, Paul Schuyler is a maverick in the classic Hollywood tradition. Mr. Schuyler, a 33-year-old entrepreneur with […]

THE developer of a proposed one-million-square-foot luxury hotel, retail and office complex -- the third large development proposal for the eastern edge of downtown White Plains -- is betting that […]

A DEMOCRATIC primary here is shaping up as a rematch between Mayor Ronald A. Blackwood and one of the city's veteran political figures, Councilwoman Carmella R. Iaboni. Mr. Blackwood has […]

THE Council of Junior Leagues of Westchester has proposed establishing a science museum at Rye Playland and is close to signing an agreement with the county to move ahead with […]

LEAD: ARCHBISHOP Desmond M. Tutu, speaking last week at the College of New Rochelle, expressed cautious support for President F. W. de Klerk of South Africa, saying the president deserves […]

LEAD: AN intense political and legal battle is shaping up in Harrison over the Town Board's decision to remove the Planning Board chairman, Bruno C. Strati, charging that he violated […]

LEAD: REPUBLICANS seeking to oust the incumbent Democratic State Assemblyman Terence M. Zaleski of Yonkers have adopted a tactic reminiscent of President Bush's 1988 campaign. REPUBLICANS seeking to oust the […]

LEAD: STATE SENATOR Nicholas A. Spano, a Yonkers Republican who has traditionally had strong support from Conservatives, is facing a primary challenge for the Conservative Party nomination because of his […]

LEAD: NOTHING from the outside distinguishes the rambling, white house with a cupola at 89 Sickles Avenue from the other dwellings on the tree-lined street in New Rochelle. Once a […]

LEAD: A BATTLE has begun taking shape in Mamaroneck over future development of the Bonnie Briar Country Club, one of the largest remaining tracts of privately owned land in the […]

LEAD: A DISPUTE over a new municipal building in Ossining has touched off one of the most bitter political feuds between town and village officials in recent memory. A DISPUTE […]

LEAD: A DOZEN first graders at Public School 11 in Clifton were gathered around a circle with their teacher, recalling the last time they used a technique to remain calm […]

LEAD: RESIDENTS of North Tarrytown, once called Beekmantown after an early settler, will vote in Tuesday's village elections on whether to change the community's name to Sleepy Hollow. RESIDENTS of [...]

WESTCHESTER's practice of housing homeless families in motels is being challenged in lawsuits filed on behalf of two homeless mothers and their children. The suits claim the Department of Social [...]

THE Scene: A dirt road in China. Raven Sherman, a young American heiress with a tiny waist and round mouth has been pushed from a truck by enemy agents. Her […]

IN the last seven years, Edith and Henry W. Engel of Larchmont have seen their two grandchildren twice. In 1981, they caught a brief glimpse of them in a courtroom. […]

PORT CHESTER THREE years ago, the Second Pentecostal Church John 3:16 in Port Chester began holding services in Spanish in a two- story wood-frame building that was once a drugstore. […]

ONE night last summer, Mark Rutledge was heading home from a neighborhood pub where he had stopped for several drinks after a softball game. Three blocks from his house, Mr. […]

ELAINE A. LORD's doctoral thesis on female prison inmates lies buried in a heap of papers on a table in her cottage. These days, she wonders when she will get […]

A UNION contract giving female clerical employees special raises to reduce pay disparities between their jobs and those held mainly by men was recently adopted by the town of Cortlandt. […]

IN Yonkers, conflicts between neighbors over blaring stereos, unruly cats, loud parties and other annoyances are increasingly being settled at a community dispute-resolution center instead of in court. Police officers […]

IT was a balmy summer evening and the Post Road Mobile Home Park was humming with activity. As a cooling wind stirred across a field dotted with trees, residents of […]

A LAWYER for one of the plaintiffs in the Yonkers desegregation case asked a Federal judge last week to consider appointing an independent expert to develop integrated housing in the […]

THREE months ago, Dr. Joan M. Raymond, the Yonkers School Superintendent, proposed the opening of an alternative high school in September for students with disciplinary and academic problems. Citing increased […]

PORT CHESTER, a community that has long taken pride in its ethnic diversity, is now facing questions about racial balance in its public schools. At a recent Board of Education […]

LEAD: VILLA LEWARO, a white neo-classical mansion on North Broadway in Irvington, was built for Sarah J. Walker, a laundrywoman who invented a hair straightener and became the country's first […]

LEAD: IN Westchester County, 1986 was the year that the average price of a single-family home reached $300,000. It was a milestone that affirmed the county's desirability as a place […]

LEAD: THE 30-second videotaped commercial opens with two young barefoot women carrying a sign that says 'Make love, not war.' Playing in the background is 'Mellow Yellow,' a hit song […]

LEAD: WHEN yearly parking permits for the Goldens Bridge railroad station went on sale last week at a school in Lewisboro, a handful of commuters began lining up in their […]

AFTER wanting to become a mother for nine years, Martha Qualben decided her only option was to try to have a 'test tube baby.' For years, Mrs. Qualben, a 33-year-old […]

LEAD: 'THERE are, indeed, few merrier spectacles than that of many windmills bickering together in a fresh breeze over a woody country,' Robert Louis Stevenson once observed. Windmills, he wrote, […]

LEAD: IN Yonkers there is a new sense of optimism about revitalizing the city's beleaguered downtown as the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced plans to spend […]

LEAD: AS the Yonkers School District begins carrying out the second phase of a court-ordered integration plan, school officials say the district has made distinct progress in achieving racial balance. […]

THE entrance to Turkey Mountain Park, a 124-acre nature preserve in Yorktown, is marked by an unobtrusive wooden sign. Here, about a mile past a cluster of shopping centers and […]

LEAD: IN a decision favoring a group of Cortlandt homeowners, a State Appeals Court has blocked the operation of a new asphalt-manufacturing plant, ruling that it was built in violation […]

LEAD: COCAINE trafficking in the county is a thriving industry, controlled by a shadowy, diffuse network of suppliers, according to law-enforcement authorities. COCAINE trafficking in the county is a thriving […]

LEAD: AS former director of the Voice of America, Kenneth Y. Tomlinson sought to increase its visibility while maintaining its independence. Now, as chairman of the National Commission on Libraries […]

LEAD: ON March 12, the Yonkers police raided a rundown three-story apartment building at 150 Elm Street and arrested 12 suspects for possession or sale of crack, a highly addictive […]

FROM their vantage point overlooking a field, the two men waited and waited for the sound of gunshots. The wind was still, the moon nearly full. But on this night […]

LEAD: A MASTER plan that proposes a new passenger terminal, a new taxiway and other improvements at the Westchester County Airport drew a mixed reaction last week at a public […]

LIKE many of his fellow merchants in Rye, Joseph Cox watched the CBS television series 'Hometown,' filmed on location in the city last summer. 'It was a horrible show,' Mr. […]

TOXIC wastes generated at Duracell's former battery-manufacturing plant in North Tarrytown have become a concern among residents living in the tree-lined neighborhood around the factory. For nearly 40 years, several […]

COUNTY officials are considering whether to adopt a policy to force the homeless into shelters when the temperature drops below freezing. County Executive Andrew P. O'Rourke is expected to reach […]

LEAD: A STATE Supreme Court judge has given the operator of an automobile junkyard in Putnam County 60 days to remove several million tires. But town officials and the attorney […]

FOR the last time, students at Manhattanville College in Purchase crammed into The Laundry Room, the campus pub, for a night of dancing and drinking. The beer flowed and the […]

LEAD: A SHARPLY divided school board in Mount Vernon is expected to decide this week whether to continue support for a student health center that includes referrals for birth-control counseling. […]

LEAD: TWO years ago, Nicholas C. Wasicsko, a 26-year-old law student who had never sought elective office, made political history in Yonkers when he defeated a six-term incumbent, Stephen J. […]

LEAD: IN 1980, the Tarrytown school district closed an elementary school because of dwindling enrollments and sold the building to a condominium developer. But now after a decade of decline, […]

LEAD: THE directors of a shelter for battered women in Pleasantville said last week that they were considering appealing a recent court decision that blocked a proposed expansion of the […]

LEAD: AFTER defeating 450 other teen-agers to win the state championship earlier this month, members of the Ossining High School Mock Trial Team will be participating in a national competition […]