By AMY SOWDER There’s a stand at the North Salem Farmers Market where the garlic comes with a bonus: a handful of colorful dried flowers tucked into the bundle, just because. Ariana Scecchitano displays her garlic bouquets at her stall at the North Salem Farmers Market. AMY SOWDER PHOTO “I hang dry flowers in my living room and need something to do with them,” said Ariana Scecchitano, who farms alongside her partner, Todd Stevens, at Chubby Dove Farm in Highland Mills, an hou

By MARTIN WILBUR A land swap between Mount Kisco and the developer of seven proposed townhomes was unanimously approved by the Village Board on Monday evening, preserving a strip of environmentally sensitive land and making construction of the project more feasible. A portion of the half-acre parcel on Lexington Avenue where seven townhouses have been proposed. MARTIN WILBUR PHOTO The village and applicant CJ Developers LLC, engaged in the deal that would exchange 4,071 squar

By MARTIN WILBUR Mount Kisco will receive additional state money to rebuild the Preston Way bridge as village officials still anticipate being able to send out the bid documents for the project within the next two weeks. Mayor J. Michael Cindrich said he has been informed that the New York State Department of Transportation will release “a significant amount of funds” for the work, which cannot start until the Village Board awards the contract to the lowest possible bidder. T