BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. -- Homeowners closing in on retirement and workers who have already finished their careers have a lot of housing options. Houlihan Lawrence realtor Susan Code said the first step is determining your home’s value. “Once you determine the home’s value, then you have to determine what your money will buy in this area versus another area which may have more desirable ...

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Houlihan Lawrence Associate Real Estate Broker Susan Strawgate Code hopes home-buyers looking for the right house continue their pursuit deep into fall. There are a lot of good reasons, says Code, who works out of Briarcliff Manor and also covers Ossining, Pleasantville, Croton and surrounding communities. She cited an industry newsletter, Keeping Current ...

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. – Karen Kotter Smith and Jan Wagner face more than 40 years of catch-up work to do as co-presidents of the Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society. But they are determined to do it, piece by painstaking piece. Smith and Wagner, both long-time residents of Briarcliff, have been active in the Historical Society for nearly four years. The organization was ...

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. – Very little new single-family construction is available in the most coveted sections of Briarcliff Manor. But builder Mandy Santucci found two parcels on Old Sleepy Hollow Road that will be wonderful locations for new homes. “It’s impossible to find lots like this,’’ Santucci said of 57 and 59 Old Sleepy Hollow Road. “There is absolutely nothing like it in ...

Come see this Magnificent Center Hall Colonial at 7 King's Grant Way in the Pocantico Hills section of Briarcliff Manor. Set on a private, professionally landscaped acre on a peaceful cul-de-sac, this 4 Bedroom home with 3 ½ stunning bathrooms also includes two additional rooms customized as home offices. The owners have updated and renovated this gorgeous home and property with the ...

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. – A spacious ranch-style home on 5 acres along Old Sleepy Hollow Road that offers panoramic views of Pocantico Lake, Pocantico River and preserve land is currently for sale for $1.2 million with an approved subdivision into three parcels. The property, located in the Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District, is in a quiet neighborhood on a dead-end street with ...

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. – Architect William Sharman, 86, has spent a lifetime of sharing his varied talents to make his town a better place. Sharman, a Briarcliff resident since 1932, became a licensed architect in 1956, drawing up plans for commercial projects and office buildings. With a desire to change his focus to residential projects, he started his own business in 1964. “It was ...

NORTH SALEM, N.Y. – This holiday season, Friends of Karen hopes to bring smiles and celebration to sick children and their families through its annual Adopt a Family Toy Drive. Denise Tredwell, the organization’s volunteer coordinator since 1998, said each year the Adopt a Family program provides gifts for approximately 800 children with cancer or other illnesses and their siblings ...