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A proposal that would have outlawed gas-powered leaf blowers year-round by 2023 in Croton-on-Hudson will be pushed back and undergo a complete revision as officials look to narrow the scope of the law. While the original proposal – drafted by
Read moreJohn “Jack” Kibbe, who served two terms as Yorktown Supervisor in the 1960s, died peacefully in Yorktown on March 21. He was 96. He was born June 6, 1924, in Waterloo, Iowa to Kyle and Elizabeth Marie Curran Kibbe. His
Read moreWestchester County school districts will be receiving a chunk of the more than $2.5 billion set aside for New York State schools in the federal American Rescue Plan recently signed by President Joe Biden. “Everyone wants schools to reopen completely
Read morePeekskill Mayor Andre Rainey and Pedro Palacios Ullauri, Mayor of the City of Cuenca in Ecuador, signed a new sister city agreement Friday. The sister city partnership, the first of its kind between a Westchester County municipality and a non-European
Read moreThe Village of Ossining broke ground Saturday on a COVID-19 Remembrance Memorial at Nelson Sitting Park. When completed, the memorial will have benches and a wall for people to visit and reflect on loved ones who have succumbed during the
Read moreFormer Mayor Sean Murray and running mate Anthony Capicotti defeated incumbent trustees Duane Jackson and Cesare Pasquale in the March 16 Village of Buchanan election. In a low voter turnout, Murray, who served as mayor from 2010 to 2014, was
Read moreThe Peekskill Planning Commission last week reacted favorably to a conceptual plan to build 231 affordable rental units on a former waste generating site on Lower South Street. Kearney Realty & Development Group, Inc., which constructed the well-received Lofts on
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Croton-on-Hudson Village Trustee John Habib, a prominent civic and community leader who friends described as a warm, positive and caring person who tirelessly advocated for his hometown, died last Thursday. “He was a very caring and passionate person, uniquely positive
Read moreA 40-year-old Yorktown man was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Route 6 in Shrub Oak Wednesday evening. Demetrious Doupis was declared dead at the scene after Yorktown Police arrived at about 7 p.m. following reports of a subject lying
Read moreIf everything goes as planned, all students in the Yorktown School District will be allowed back in the classroom by mid-April. Yorktown Superintendent of Schools Dr. Ron Hattar optimistically talked about the plan of action last week as parents take
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