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Michael Grace is a familiar figure at Yorktown Town Hall. Since ending his six-year run as town supervisor in 2017, Grace, whose law offices on Underhill Avenue are directly across from Town Hall, has represented several clients appearing before the
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By Brian Kluepfel In the throes of the COVID epidemic, Bill Votava dug deep into YouTube for the roots of the blues that his band, The 3Bs, bring alive. The more he discovered about B.B. King’s historic Sing Sing prison
Read MoreTwo age-restricted housing projects proposed in Yorktown were the subject of public hearings last week that extended the Town Board meeting until 2 a.m. First up at-bat Sept. 3 at the Yorktown Community and Cultural Center was a proposal at
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Yorktown’s code enforcement officer is fighting back over allegations that he wrongly removed a political sign from a candidate’s property earlier this year. Jason Zeif filed a lawsuit in state Supreme Court in mid-July against Jann Mirchandani and two media
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A former longtime Town of Cortlandt employee and owner of a prominent Peekskill-based landscaping company pled guilty last week for their involvement in an illegal dumping and bribery scheme at a town facility on Arlo Lane. Robert Dyckman, 52, former
Read MoreA public hearing will be held Tues., Sept. 3 for an age-restricted housing project at 800 East Main Street in Jefferson Valley. Proposed on the 35-acre site that once was the home of Contractors Register are 250 luxury, multi-family rental
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By Jordan Goodman This Friday, Aug. 23 at River Outpost Brewery in Peekskill, a new local DJ organization known as Sundown Sessions will be bringing its band of tech house, Afro house and Latin house music with a stacked lineup
Read MoreAge-restricted rental apartments with an accompanying wellness center are being proposed on a 21-acre site across from the Argonne Rose Brewery Company (former Seton old stone church) on Route 6 in Mohegan Lake. Representatives of the developer appeared before the
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On Saturday, Aug. 17 from 1 to 7 p.m., Antonia Arts will be holding its fourth annual Oz Land Festival on South Street in downtown Peekskill. With more than 40 artisan and retail vendors in place, and food offerings that
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Former Yorktown Councilman Anthony L. Grasso, a longtime leader in the town’s Republican Committee, died peacefully Aug. 13. He was 96. Grasso served one term on the Town Board from 1985 to 1990, where he was liaison to the Planning
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