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The Yorktown Republican Party this week unveiled its slate of candidates for the 2017 election. Leading the GOP team is Supervisor Michael Grace, who will be seeking a fourth two-year term after delivering an optimistic State of the Town address
Read MoreTwo longtime administrators in the Yorktown School District announced this week they would be retiring this summer. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Ralph Napolitano, who has led the district for the last 11 years, was celebrated by more than 100 staff
Read MoreMichael O’Hanlon, a retired NYFD career firefighter and world class musician, will lead the 28th Annual Peekskill St. Patrick’s Parade on Saturday, March 11. The parade steps off at 3 p.m. near Assumption Church, makes its way down Union Avenue,
Read MoreThe Peekskill Common Council last week unanimously passed a resolution allowing Peekskill Fire Chief Vincent Malaspina to finish the final 18 months of his term after he had submitted his resignation over a so-called nepotism policy. Malaspina, who first
Read MoreYorktown Supervisor Michael Grace delivered an optimistic message about Yorktown’s future during his first State of the Town Address at Town Hall Thursday night. Speaking in front of about 90 fellow elected officials, employees and residents, Grace, who is seeking
Read MoreBy Anna Young State Senator Terrence Murphy (R-Yorktown) and a large group of local, county and state officials pledged their support last Thursday to the local community that faces the damaging financial effects of Indian Point’s scheduled closure. Murphy was
Read MoreAn Ossining man is facing at least two years behind bars after pleading guilty Friday of being involved in a large scale fraudulent operation that involved forging checks. Devante Rainey, 24, of Snowden Avenue, is scheduled to be sentenced May
Read MoreThe Yorktown Town Board unanimously approved a tax abatement program last week with the goal of helping new small businesses in town survive the early pitfalls that often lead to failure. Under section 485b of the New York State
Read MoreState Senator Terrence Murphy (R/Yorktown) was joined by several local officials last week in Yorktown to publicize two proposed acts that would assist municipalities in improving water quality and upgrading storm water and wastewater infrastructure projects. “There are two things
Read MoreJohn C. Hart Library will soon be making several upgrades thanks to a former patron who left the 96-year-old institution in Shrub Oak $390,854 in her will. Library Director Patricia Hallinan notified the Yorktown Town Board last week of
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