Requests for bids to go out next week By MARTIN WILBUR The New York State Department of Transportation has approved the redesigned plans for a new Preston Way bridge, enabling Mount Kisco to publish its bid documents Monday and moving the project forward. The village, which announced the DOT’s approval Wednesday afternoon, confirmed that bids would be publicly unsealed at 11 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 21, and read aloud. On Dec. 3, 2025, the DOT suddenly ordered the Preston Way bri

This week we’re kicking off a new fundraising effort to raise $50,000 by Dec. 31. Thanks to The Recorder’s participation in the national NewsMatch campaign for nonprofit newsrooms like ours, every contribution is doubled. We can’t stress enough how important donations are to us. In purely financial terms, donations fill the gap from our two other sources of revenue — advertising and paid subscriptions — which cover only about 60% of our operating expenses. But the community

Goalie Evelyn Hermanto leads team across the pitch to celebrate their overtime win. JIM MACLEAN PHOTOS By JIM MACLEAN A championship game, overtime, one big play to decide it all, and only one team gets to celebrate. It would be the John Jay girls varsity soccer team with the happy ending. John Jay had to work overtime to make it happen, and the Wolves delivered, first advancing from the semifinals with an overtime victory and then battling into overtime in the championship