Town of Mamaroneck Maintains AAA Bond Rating

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Town of Mamaroneck Annual Spring Cleanup

Please join us on Saturday, April 15, 2023 at the Hommocks Conservation Area for the Town's annual spring cleanup.  Details can be found hereRead on...

Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022

Flood History Disclosure - New Westchester County Law

Westchester County adopted a new law regarding flood history disclosure. This law requires landlords to provide prospective tenants (at commercial or residential properties) with a Flood History Disclosure Form. Effective Monday, August 15, 2022.

Second Annual Repair Cafe Hosted by the Town of Mamaroneck

Town Supervisor's Newsletter

Comprehensive Plan

Information on the Town's Comprehensive Plan!

Tomatoes Shared in Friendship

The Love Your Food mantra is Eat. Share. Compost the Rest. Over the course of the Love Your Food campaign, sharing food brought together our community in large and small ways, all meaningful. This summer brought a welcome return to Grow Lincoln Park commu...

OCRA Group Continues & Expands Volunteer Food Scrap Curbside Pick-Up Service

A new group of Original Civic Research & Action (OCRA) students at Mamaroneck High School are continuing the curbside food scrap pick-up in the Village of Larchmont that previous OCRA students started. This continuing pilot project is now run by Jake ...

Village of Mamaroneck Meets Success with Food Scrap Pick-Up

The Village of Mamaroneck’s food scrap pilot pick-up program was determined to be a success, and in June 2022 was seamlessly rolled out into a free pick-up service. On Wednesdays, the weekly Village recycling day, residents can put out their foo...

Schools Work to Relaunch Food Scrap Recycling and Food Rescue After COVID Hiatus

Before the COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020, students in all four elementary schools and Hommocks Middle School in the Mamaroneck Union Free School District recycled their food scraps in the cafeterias. Students also shared their excess, unopened and edibl...

Make Food Last Longer

What exactly are “sell by” or “best by” dates? Maximizing the shelf life of your groceries can seem a little mysterious. There’s also a lot of confusion about the point when a food becomes unpleasant or unsafe to eat. The truth is many foods last much lon...

Review of Food Scrap Recycling Over 5 Years

Residents of the Town of Mamaroneck and Village of Larchmont have recycled 30% more tons of food scraps into compost this year through September 2022 than they did for the same time period in 2018, the first full year of the food scrap recycling program. ...

Larchmont-Mamaroneck Food Scrap Recycling Program Celebrates 5 years

September 18, 2022 marked the 5^th anniversary of Larchmont-Mamaroneck’s food scrap recycling program.  The Larchmont-Mamaroneck Joint Sanitation Commission has collected an estimated 350 tons of food scraps from residents of the Town of Mamaronec...

Residential Food Scrap Pick-Up Pilot Program in the Village of Mamaroneck

Residential Food Scrap Pick-Up Pilot Program in the Village of Mamaroneck

The Village of Mamaroneck has been running its residential food scrap pickup pilot program for 7 weeks. At the end of the 13-week pilot, the Village will evaluate the program and mak...

Compost Giveaway Day

Compost Giveaway Day

The Larchmont-Mamaroneck Sanitation Commission held its 5th Annual Compost Giveaway Day at our Maxwell Avenue Recycling Center on Saturday April 30th, 2022. A total of over 125 residents showed up between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. to dig compo...

Food Scrap Totals to Date – Including Last 2.5 Years

Food Scrap Totals to Date – Including Last 2.5 Years

Since residents started diverting food scraps from the garbage stream in September 2017, a total of approximately 670,000 pounds (335 tons) has been diverted through June 16, 2022.  Du...

Victory Farms Going Strong in Year Three

Victory Farms Going Strong in Year Three

The Victory Farms at the Grange is celebrating its third year organizing the Larchmont/Mamaroneck community, including schools, around growing vegetables and sharing the harvest with neighbors in need. Lisa Chase, L...

Mamaroneck School District’s Food Rescue Success - Update October 21, 2022

Mamaroneck School District’s Food Rescue Success

Mamaroneck Union Free School District (MUFSD) donated over 10,000 lbs of surplus food to those in need in an afterschool program and nearby food pantries from September 2019 until June 2022. This is equivale...

Mamaroneck High School Students Analyze Food Waste from School Lunches

Mamaroneck High School Students Analyze Food Waste from School Lunches

As part of their food waste reduction initiative for the Original Civic Research & Action (OCRA) program, juniors Svea-Liv Sheehan, Oliver Johnson, and Juliette Remy collected data ...

From Heirloom Seed Bank to Food Pantry

From Heirloom Seed Bank to Food Pantry

In the spring of 2020, Larchmont resident Diane Neff grew heirloom tomato seeds at home that were donated to the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Healthy Yards Project a year earlier by the non-profit Seed Savers Exchang...

Neighborhood Victory Gardens Support Local Food Pantry

Neighborhood Victory Gardens Support Local Food Pantry

History Repeats Itself

During two global pandemics spaced about 100 years apart, our nation aided food insecure European allies during World War I, and we are aiding our food insecure neighbors today. Our current local community actions reflect those from the past — most notabl...

New Compost Sticker helps promote Food Scrap Recycling

Parents Get into the Habit of Food Scrap Recycling

Parents Get into the Habit of Food Scrap Recycling

Mamaroneck High School alums and sisters, Gina and Kaitlyn Talt inspired their parents, Francine and George, to start food scrap recycling. The habit has stuck, and now Francine and George love it!

Francine...

Village of Mamaroneck Food Scrap Recycling Makes Good Progress

Village of Mamaroneck Food Scrap Recycling Makes Good Progress

Ellen Silver, on behalf of the Committee for the Environment, reports that 2020 was a very good year for the Village of Mamaroneck (VoM) food scrap  recycling program. As measured by f...

Metrics Show Success for Town of Mamaroneck and Village of Larchmont’s Food Scrap Recycling

Metrics Show Success for Town of Mamaroneck and Village of Larchmont’s Food Scrap Recycling

The Town of Mamaroneck and Village of Larchmont collected over 73 tons of food scraps in 2020 to be transformed into compost. In spite of the challenges with Covid-...

Victory Farms

Victory Farms

Students at Mamaroneck High School take on Wasted Food

Students at Mamaroneck High School take on Wasted Food

Mamaroneck High School (MHS) sophomores, Sofia Rosenbaum, Lyla Hurley, and Vivienne Loigman, have selected food insecurity and reducing wasted food as the targeted topics for their four-year elective O...

Mamaroneck School District’s 2020 Food Rescue

Mamaroneck School District’s 2020 Food Rescue

In 2020, the Mamaroneck School District donated about 1,170 lbs. of surplus food to nearby agencies serving people in need. This is equivalent to 936 meals, based on K-12 Food Rescue’s conversion. Excess food a...

Need food? Want to help share food?

Need food? Want to help share food?

Food insecurity has expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic and available food is just a phone call away for local residents in need of food assistance. 

Contact the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Hunger Task Force (the food...

Tomato Planting Guide

Tomato Planting Guide

Food Scrap Recycling Metrics for Maxwell Ave. Recycling Center

Food Scrap Recycling Metrics for Maxwell Ave. Recycling Center

Love Your Food Ambassadors at Farmers Markets

Love Your Food Ambassadors at Farmers Market

No matter how cold, seniors of Mamaroneck High School’s National Honor Society have volunteered to be Love Your Food Ambassadors at local Farmers Markets throughout the winter. A HUGE “Thank You!” to the seniors...

Middle Schooler Petitions for Curbside Pickup of Food Scraps

Compost Giveback 2021

Compost Giveback 2021

The fourth annual Compost Giveback was held on April 24th and May 1st for Town of Mamaroneck/Village of Larchmont and Village of Mamaroneck respectively. More than 110 residents collected this rich, "black gold” for their gardens...

Pedal-Powered Pickup of Food Scraps

Pedal-Powered Pickup of Food Scraps

Mamaroneck High School students Arielle Herz, Cameron Lee, Ben Gurwitch, and Simon Worth, are piloting pedal-powered curbside pickup of food scraps in select streets of Village of Larchmont starting in May 2021. They are...

Composting Made Easy on Zoom

Composting Made Easy on Zoom

Local residents Elizabeth Poyet and Judy Caputo, residents of Village of Larchmont and Town of Mamaroneck, shared their passion and tips for backyard composting and food scrap recycling at Larchmont Public Library’s “Composting...

Food Scrap Recycling Metrics for Maxwell Avenue Recycling Center

Food Scrap Recycling Metrics for Maxwell Avenue Recycling Center

Composting Tips From Our Community

Composting Tips From Our Community

Local Sustainability Ambassadors, Ellen Silver, Elizabeth Poyet, and Judy Caputo, shared their insights and tips on municipal food scrap recycling and backyard composting at Mamaroneck Public Library on June 3, 2021. Clic...

Mamaroneck School District’s Food Rescue

Mamaroneck School District’s Food Rescue

Mamaroneck School District’s food rescue has been going strong at the start of summer 2021. It donated 1,143 lbs. of surplus fresh fruits and vegetables from end of June to end of July. These included peaches, necta...

Local Students Pilot Residential Food Scrap Pick-Up

Local Students Pilot Residential Food Scrap Pick-Up

Arielle Herz and Cameron Lee, Mamaroneck High School students in the Original Civic Research & Action (OCRA) program, launched their pilot food scrap recycling pick up service on May 15, 2021. Each Sa...

High School Students Develop “Green Mamaroneck” App

High School Students Develop “Green Mamaroneck” App

Mamaroneck residents eager to lessen their environmental footprint can now help make the community greener, thanks to a new smartphone application developed by Mamaroneck High School (MHS) students involv...

Victory Farms Flourish in Second Year

Victory Farms Flourish in Second Year

Local Resident Shops to Raise Money for Food Pantries

Local Resident Shops to Raise Money for Food Pantries

When COVID-19 significantly expanded the number of food insecure families, Love Your Food team member Beth Radow grew concerned and figured out a way to raise money for local food pantries while wasting...

Fourth Anniversary of Larchmont-Mamaroneck Food Scrap Recycling

Fourth Anniversary of Larchmont-Mamaroneck Food Scrap Recycling

Lisa Chase, co-owner of The Grange Restaurant in Larchmont, delivered the restaurant’s signature dulce de leche brownies for sanitation staff in celebration of the fourth anniversary of the La...

Saving Taxpayers’ Money by Recycling Food Scraps

Saving Taxpayers’ Money by Recycling Food Scraps

In mid-August 2021, the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Joint Sanitation Commission officially joined Westchester County’s Residential Food Scrap Transportation and Disposal (RFSTAD) Program. This County-wide program i...

Protect Long Island Sound by Composting Instead of Using Garbage Disposal

Protect Long Island Sound by Composting Instead of Using Garbage Disposal

What’s the link between using the sink garbage disposal for food scraps and beach closures for swimming?  Garbage disposals send the nutrient-rich food-matter to the local w...

Larchmont Native Starts Community Fridges in Bronx

Larchmont Native Starts Community Fridges in Bronx

Dan Zauderer, a Larchmont native and Mamaroneck School District alum, is co-Founder of the Mott Haven Fridge Network. This organization grew out of the pandemic to encourage neighbors to help feed neighbor...

Big Step Towards Curbside Pickup of Food Scraps in Village Mamaroneck

Big Step Towards Curbside Pickup of Food Scraps in Village Mamaroneck

The Village of Mamaroneck Board of Trustees gave their unanimous approval on January 24, 2022 for food scraps to be classified as a recyclable item. This classification paves the way for...

OCRA Food Scrap Pickup Expands Free Service

OCRA Food Scrap Pickup Expands Free Service

The food scrap recycling initiative designed and run by OCRA (Original Civic Research and Action) Mamaroneck High School seniors Arielle Herz and Cameron Lee, expanded its free pickup service this fall within the...

High School Junior Encourages Food Scrap Collection

High School Junior Encourages Food Scrap Collection

Have you ever thought about food scrap recycling? Maybe it’s never even crossed your mind! Either way, I highly recommend beginning to collect food scraps within your household! It is a simple way to make...

Larchmont/Mamaroneck Food Pantry Update by President Malcolm Frouman

Larchmont/Mamaroneck Food Pantry Update by President Malcolm Frouman

We have some meaningful updates to share with the community including our new indoor space and a substantial increase in food distribution. After conducting weekly outdoor walk-through di...

Victory Farms at The Grange: Neighbors Growing Food for Neighbors

Victory Farms at The Grange: Neighbors Growing Food for Neighbors

Victory Farms is a local suburban farm – a network of backyard, side yard and front yard gardens. The first year there were 40 families. The second year, it grew to 140 families, churches, a...

Murray Green Tigers Reinstate Waste-Free Wednesdays

Murray Green Tigers Reinstate Waste-Free Wednesdays

In an effort to reduce, reuse, and recycle, Murray Avenue Elementary School Green Tigers have reinstated Waste-Free Wednesdays. Families are encouraged to pack only reusable containers for snack and lunch...

Are you a Flexitarian?

Are you a Flexitarian?

The word “flexitarian” may sound like something a yoga devotee aspires to become, but the term actually refers to food choice. According to U.S. News:” Flexitarian” is a marriage of two words: flexible and vegetarian. The term was co...

A Black Diamond Recipe for Reducing Wasted Food

A Black Diamond Recipe for Reducing Wasted Food

Some people seize the day by navigating black diamond ski slopes. Larchmont resident Beth Radow’s black diamond challenge involves food shopping the day-old produce shelf for bargains she can transform into a...

Food Donation and Food Scrap Recycling is Now the Law

Food Donation and Food Scrap Recycling is Now the Law

New York’s Food Donation and Food Scrap Recycling Law went into effect on January 1, 2022. The law requires businesses and institutions that generate an annual average of two tons of wasted foo...

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