Chester - The Motel Inn At Chester, Is About To Turn Into A Yeshiva.

A Chasidic group Yeshiva Toras Chemed from Westchester County is purchasing the motel located at 1425 Route 17M, and contiguous properties totaling about 17 acres, and proposing to turn it into a religious boarding school that could take in as many as 600 students from all over the world.
The group wants to convert the existing 7,200-square-foot motel into a 16-unit dormitory, as well as build a 24,000-square-foot school and a 9,000-square-foot, 21-unit dormitory on a contiguous parcel as part of an international religious boarding school for students ages 14-18.
The Chester Planning Board Acting Chairman said there are still zoning issues that must be resolved before the proposal can go forward.
A public hearing on the proposal has been tentatively scheduled for Oct. 19.