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This Labor Day weekend, families and friends will be celebrating the end of the summer. Sadly, this festive time has also become a dangerous time for America’s roads, as many drunk drivers get behind the wheel after celebrating. For this
Read MoreA day before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, three members of the New York State Supreme Court Officers Association who lost their lives trying to rescue people in the World Trade Center will be
Read MoreThe United States field hockey team may have fallen short in the quarterfinals at the Rio Olympic Games Monday, but Lakeland High School graduate Melissa Gonzalez played an integral part in the squad’s success. The 27-year-old midfielder from Mohegan
Read MoreThrowing unwanted and expired prescription drugs in the household trash does not ensure that curious children will not get at them. There are an increasing number of incidents involving accidental poisonings from medicines in our homes – and children are
Read MoreA coalition of 21 plaintiffs, including several environmental groups, have taken their case against the controversial Spectra Energy natural gas pipeline expansion project to the nation’s highest court. On July 29, a brief was filed in the U.S. Court
Read MoreThrowing unwanted and expired prescription drugs in the household trash does not ensure that curious children will not get at them. There are an increasing number of incidents involving accidental poisonings from medicines in our homes – and
Read MoreCheryl Higgins (DOB 12/23/64) of Mohegan Lake, was arraigned on August 4, on a felony complaint charging her with one count of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a class “C” Felony. During the period between December 18, 2007 and
Read MoreOver the objections of a local resident representing six homeowners, the Somers Town Board voted unanimously for a series of resolutions requested by the developer of the proposed Crossroads at Baldwin Place on Aug. 4. The development would be located
Read MoreIn 2012, Cortlandt Councilman Frank Farrell was visiting Poughkeepsie and he noticed a rowing race taking place in the Hudson River. It suddenly struck him that rowing would be an ideal sport to introduce in Cortlandt, especially with the immediate
Read MoreA Peekskill man was sentenced to 15 years in prison last week for distributing more than a kilogram of heroin in and around Westchester during 2014 that led to the overdose death of a 23-year-old Buchanan man. Lakuan Rhyne, who
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