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Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, who has represented the 35th State Senate District since 2007, has a challenge this year from political newcomer Khristen Kerr, a Republican. It is the first time the Yonkers resident has had general election competition
Read moreWhite Plains’ Chrissie Mayr Navigates Cancel Culture as a Conservative Comedian “I don’t think there are any comedy clubs in North Korea,” says Chrissie Mayr, a Westchester-based comic. “I think it’s a good gauge for where a society is.” Technically, North Korea does
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Last week, President Obama looked poised to take military action in response to Syria’s alleged use of chemical weapons without turning to Congress for approval. On Saturday, he put part of the onus on lawmakers, saying he believes military action
Read moreA new patrol boat was introduced to Putnam County last week. Commissioner Rose Harvey of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and Sheriff Don Smith held the launching of a new patrol boat on the
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The legislature revisited the possibility of a weight limit for vehicle on Peekskill Hollow Road last week in an often contentious committee meeting, with Legislator Sam Oliverio demanding the county take action but officials saying their hands were tied by
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In 2003, roommates Matt Frohman and Rich Marshall were working together at Hudson Valley Outfitters in Cold Spring when the Outdoor Life Network called the store with an unusual request. The network was looking for two fit, outdoorsy men in
Read moreMore than two-dozen tribes came together this past weekend to celebrate their culture—and remember a long gone war hero. Both Saturday and Sunday, Putnam County Veterans Memorial Park hosted the 13th annual Daniel Nimham Intertribal Pow-Wow, welcoming hundreds to take
Read moreNovelist Mark Slouka was born in Queens and spent his childhood moving throughout the United States, living for part of his youth in a cabin in Brewster’s Putnam Lake. His first novels, however, were set in Europe, his parents’ homeland.
Read morePutnam County District Attorney Adam Levy has filed a $5 million defamation lawsuit against Sheriff Don Smith, saying the sheriff erroneously accused Levy of interfering with the criminal investigation of Alexandru Hossu, a family friend of the DA arrested in
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Dana Bonanno, the Somers native and Carmel High School graduate who disappeared from her Brooklyn apartment three weeks ago, has been found safe, a friend confirmed. Bonanno, 33, left her apartment at around 11 p.m. on July 22 after texting
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