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Robert Hendricks doesn’t take offense when people look askance at him or utter commonly repeated misconceptions about the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Since he was baptized at 15 years old, Hendriks has been a Jehovah’s Witness, perhaps the most misunderstood denomination of
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Mount Kisco is hoping to resume its Fire Department Parade this year, but a host of variables related to the coronavirus and guidance from health officials and the state will determine whether that can be achieved. The department has requested
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Jared Saiontz has had to carefully watch what he’s eaten his entire life because of 26 life-threatening food allergies. With thousands more people forced to use area food pantries during the pandemic, the seventh-grader at Chappaqua’s Robert E. Bell Middle
Read moreVoters in the Chappaqua School District will have a choice of two candidates for in next week’s Board of Education race. First-time candidate Ellen Exum will be joined on the ballot by Cailee Hwang, who ran unsuccessfully for the board
Read moreThis year’s Bedford Board of Education election features a four-candidate scrum for two seats. Incumbent Michael Bauscher, who is completing his first term on the board, runs for re-election and is facing three first-time candidates – Steven Matlin, Robert Mazurek
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New Castle Supervisor Ivy Pool announced Tuesday night that she will resign from her post effective June 15 before she and her family relocate this summer to Chicago. Pool read a statement during the Town Board meeting, explaining her decision
Read moreBedford school district officials have begun evaluating the potential for a major bond issue either later this year or next spring to address a wide assortment of infrastructure and facility needs throughout the district. Last week, the Board of Education
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Westchester and Suffolk counties are partnering on a shared services plan that will lead to the electrification of their entire vehicle fleets by 2030 in order to cut carbon emissions to zero. County Executive George Latimer was joined by Suffolk
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New York State is ramping up efforts to vaccinate as many residents as possible by requiring students who attend the state’s public university systems to be vaccinated in order to return to in-person classes in September. Gov. Andrew Cuomo made
Read moreThe New Castle Town Board last week approved to convert the Council on Race and Equity (CRE) to a permanent town committee nearly a year after the body was created. Under the plan, the committee, which will be formally known
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