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A proposed miniature golf course at Heritage Hills in Somers has some residents teed off about how it could affect the quality of life in the condominium community. The Somers National Golf Club, operators of an 18-hole golf course at
Read moreA decision on a proposed expansion of an existing Sinclair gas station and convenience store on Route 6 in Cortlandt appears near after the town’s Planning Board closed the public hearing on the project last week. Palisades Enterprises LLC is
Read moreNo sooner did Assemblywoman Sandy Galef announce she would be retiring at the end of 2022 after 30 years in Albany did two familiar faces in local government toss their hats in the ring as possible successors. Former Peekskill Mayor
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As Assemblywoman Sandy Galef looks back on what will be 30 years in the state Assembly, she will tell you just how much the political landscape has changed. On Monday, Galef announced she was retiring from public office at the
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The City of Peekskill has been awarded more than $2.5 million from the state for two waterfront projects. The projects that received the grant from the New York State Regional Economic Development Councils through the Consolidated Funding Application are
Read moreThe Yorktown Town Board voted last week to adopt overlay district zoning for the Yorktown Heights and Lake Osceola business hamlets. Town officials had been considering the creation of overlay districts for about 18 months with a goal of encouraging
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A new era in Cortlandt government was ushered in Sunday as Dr. Richard Becker was officially sworn-in as town supervisor. During a COVID-19 affected ceremony at Cortlandt Town Hall that limited the number of in-person attendees, Becker, a cardiologist who
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With a constant need to resettle refugees from around the globe, members of four Westchester communities have formed a new organization to help make newcomers’ transition to living in the United States a little easier. Ossining for Refugees, a nonprofit
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Yorktown officials have written to Gov. Kathy Hochul asking to open a mobile testing site in FDR State Park to help fight the latest spike in COVID-19 cases that have ravaged the state. Hochul has announced that the state plans
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Cannabis dispensaries will be allowed to set up shop in the City of Peekskill and Town of Cortlandt. Both the Peekskill Common Council and Cortlandt Town Board voted in December not to opt-out of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act
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