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Calling it “a sham” and politically motivated, Yorktown Supervisor Matt Slater has vowed to vigorously defend the town against a lawsuit recently filed over the implementation of an Overlay Zoning District in downtown Yorktown Heights. “Here we go again,” Slater
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Deb Milone, the longtime president of the Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce (HVGCC), will be retiring at the end of July after serving 12 years in her post. The announcement of Milone’s departure was made last week in a
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When Dennis Antonucci and his good friend Phil Visconti were 23, they decided to buy JV Hot Bagels on Lee Boulevard in Jefferson Valley. Both had worked there while attending Lakeland High School. They learned the nuts and bolts of
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Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, who wrote and performed “Ashokan Farewell,” the theme song for the Ken Burns PBS-TV series on the Civil War, will headline the entertainment at a Lincoln Lawn Party on Saturday, May 14 in Peekskill. The
Read moreIncreased traffic from a mixed-use development on Underhill Ave. proposed under Yorktown’s recently adopted zoning overlay district was the main concern expressed recently by members of the town’s Planning Board. During an April 25 work session, planners focused on how
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The Yorktown Town Board recently voted to approve changes to the Town Code that will allow free electric-vehicle charging stations at local malls. The changes allow Volta Charging, a San Francisco-based vehicle-charging company, to apply for the installation of four
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The race to replace retiring longtime Assemblywoman Sandy Galef in the 95th District is down to three Democratic hopefuls as former Peekskill mayor Andre Rainey was removed last week from the June 28 primary ballot. Rainey was informed by the
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Yorktown Supervisor Matt Slater and State Assemblyman Kevin Byrne launched a petition drive last week urging state lawmakers to impose a more stringent spending cap. Standing in front of the Putnam County Courthouse in Carmel, Slater, who is running for
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NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital recently celebrated the launch of its interventional cardiology program and the opening of its new cardiac catheterization laboratory, designed to support cardiac health and provide quality interventional cardiology care. “NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital and New York-Presbyterian
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Administrators, teachers and students celebrated the grand opening of the new Fitness and Strength Training Center at Van Cortlandtville Elementary School in Mohegan Lake last week with State Senator Pete Harckham. The new fitness center at the school is the
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