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Greenburgh Town Seal Adopted in 1963

The sticks and pot are taken from the local Native Americans, the Weckquaesqueeks, who used this type of pot for cooking. Weckquaesqueeks means place of the 'Bark Kettle'. 

Planning Cornerstone-Laying Ceremony

Members of the Greenburgh Housing Authority meet to discuss plans for October 14th ceremonies for the State-aided, low-rent housing project being built at Old Tarrytown Road and Maple Street. Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, State Housing Commissioner James W. Gaynor, and county, town, and other dignitaries will participate in the occasion. 

From Left to Right:

Mrs. Anna J. Bernard; Mrs. J. Ray Duncan,  Authority Vice Chairman; Davis _. Zimmerman, Authority Chairman; Royal H. Miller; William H. Sudderth, and Howard J. Bedlock, Authority Counsel

February 21, 1967

Photo courtesy of Barclay G. McKeough

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Field Communication Master Control Town of Greenburgh - June 1, 1969

Networking for a Drug Free Greenburgh - Summer 1990

Left to right: Greenburgh Councilwoman Lois Bronz; Central 7 School Board V.P., Ron Miller; Dr. Douglas Plath, Chairman, Drug Abuse Prevention Council; and Town Supervisor, Anthony F. Veteran. 

Greenburgh Town Councilman Thomas J. Abinanti

Abinanti served as Greenburgh Town Councilman twice (1980–1984 and 1990–1991). Abinanti was elected as Westchester County Legislator ten times. For almost twenty years (1992–2010), he represented the 12th District on the Westchester County Board of Legislators, which included the villages of Irvington, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings, Ardsley, and much of unincorporated Greenburgh, including East Irvington, Central Greenburgh, Hartsdale, and Edgemont. On the County Board, he served as Majority Leader for three terms after the Democrats first assumed the majority on the Board for the first time in the history of the Westchester Legislature.

Clarewood Housing

The Town of Greenburgh received an Annual Achievement Award in 1990 from the Westchester County Municipal Planning Federation for the creation of less costly housing at Clarewood Condominium, off Jackson Avenue.

The primary achievement at the 125-unit complex has been the creation of 40 moderately priced one and two-bedroom condominium apartments in the completely renovated four-story St. Clare Academy school building. Through a unique marketing program developed by the Town and the developer, Ginsburg Development Corp., the units were sold on a priority basis to individuals who lived or worked in Greenburgh.