Voters in local school districts will have plenty of choices to make when they head to the polls on Tuesday, May 18 as all board of education elections in northern Westchester will be contested. The Croton-Harmon School District has the
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The race for supervisor in the Town of Somers is set as Democrat Stephanie Keegan will be squaring off against Republican Robert Scorrano in November. Somers Supervisor Rick Morrissey announced in January he would not be seeking a fifth two-year
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State legislators gathered with ArtsWestchester Friday to celebrate a $1 million award that will be regranted to arts groups in Westchester and Rockland counties through a new ReStart The Arts Grant Program to be administered by ArtsWestchester to help organizations
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The quest to attract Trader Joe’s to come to Yorktown appears to have paid off. The specialty grocer, which also has Westchester stores located in Hartsdale, Larchmont and Scarsdale, recently submitted plans to Yorktown’s Building Department to construct a 12,500-square-foot
Read MoreA custodian who works with the Lakeland Central School District is being called a hero after recently rushing to help a third-grade student who was choking during lunch. Angelo Alessandro, who has worked part-time at George Washington Elementary School since
Read MoreA Philipstown resident was charged Tuesday with animal cruelty for allegedly killing a bat in a cave in Putnam Valley. According to the Putnam County SPCA, it was contacted in April by an officer of the New York State Department
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Despite having four years advanced notice of its planned departure, local elected officials and union leaders gathered Friday a short distance from the gates outside the Indian Point nuclear power plant in the Village of Buchanan to lament its official
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The Progress 4 Peekskill slate of Democrats running for Peekskill Mayor and Common Council have released the “forward-thinking” environmental segment of their campaign platform. The four members of the slate — Conor Greene, Councilwoman Vanessa Agudelo, Amy Perlow and Amy
Read MoreVoters in Putnam County school districts will be deciding on annual budgets and board of education races when they head to the polls on May 18. In the Mahopac Central School District, six candidates are running for three available seats,
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A downtown business owner in Peekskill has been chosen to lead the “Stand-up for Peekskill” slate endorsed by the Republican and Conservative committees. Emiliano Perez, owner and operator of the bakery/restaurant Perla de Oriente Panaderia for the last 14 years,
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