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A presentation on the long planned Mohansic Trailway along the town-owned abandoned railroad right-of-way from Route 118 to Baldwin Road will held on Monday, March 19 at 7 p.m. at Yorktown Town Hall. The meeting will be held by the
Read MoreBy Anna Young A group of environmentalists gathered in Peekskill Sunday afternoon commemorating the seventh anniversary of the nuclear tragedy in Fukushima, Japan and cautioning if Indian Point could be next. Throughout the five-hour ceremony, members of the Indian Point
Read MoreMembers of Advocates for a Better Yorktown (ABY) met with the Town Board at the February 27th work session to discuss the need to strengthen the 2016 Tree Law. According to Linda Miller, the group’s spokesperson, as written, the current
Read MoreThe 29th Annual Peekskill St. Patrick’s Parade will be held on Saturday, March 10, at 3 p.m. in downtown Peekskill. This year’s Grand Marshal is WHUD Radio’s Kacey Morabito Grean. The 2018 Aides are James Bertoline from D. Bertoline &
Read MoreHendrick Hudson High School has been recognized as a Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Distinguished School for providing broad access to transformative learning opportunities for students through PLTW [Computer Science, Biomedical Science, Engineering]. It is one of just 133 high
Read MoreThe Peekskill Common Council last week approved the appointment of Lieutenant Donald Halmy as provisional police chief. Halmy, who will earn an annual salary of $153,873, has worked for the city’s Police Department for 19 years and will succeed Eric
Read MoreThe Peekskill Common Council last week approved the appointment of Lieutenant Donald Halmy as provisional police chief. Halmy, who will earn an annual salary of $153,873, has worked for the city’s Police Department for 19 years and will succeed Eric
Read MoreThe principal at Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School has been replaced, but district officials are remaining tight-lipped about the circumstances surrounding his ouster. In a statement on the district’s website, which was posted Friday, no mention is made of what
Read MoreEnvironmental activists gathered outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Mount Kisco home Sunday afternoon urging him to release a risk assessment study he ordered on the Enbridge/Spectra AIM pipeline project near Indian Point two years ago. The group of activists, Healing and
Read MoreAn 11th hour resolution introduced by Yorktown councilmen Tom Diana and Ed Lachterman that some residents contended would make the town a so-called sanctuary municipality if it was not adopted was soundly rejected by the three Democrats on the
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