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A Friday morning fire destroyed a building behind Charles Cook Pool on Furnace Dock Road in Cortlandt that was home to the Croton Cortlandt Center for the Arts. About 100 firefighters from area departments responded to the 10:30 a.m. blaze.
Read MorePeekskill Councilwoman Drew Claxton will continue to serve as deputy mayor after being unanimously selected last week by the Common Council. Claxton, the longest serving member of the council, was reelected to a new four-year term in November. Her fellow
Read MorePeekskill Mayor Frank Catalina hit the ground running by calling for an independent audit of the city’s finances just minutes after being sworn in before a throng of well-wishers at City Hall. During his campaign, Catalina was highly
Read MoreThe new Peekskill Common Council appointed Reginald Johnson as city court judge during its first meeting on New Year’s Day. However, the repeated call for a spirit of cooperation amongst the four Democrat, three Republican board quickly turned into a
Read MoreThe new Peekskill Common Council will get to appoint a city court judge on January 1, but it appears likely the Democratic majority will get its way in naming Reginald Johnson to the 10-year post. On December 23, Putnam County
Read MoreCait Chivonne Polhill was a healthy, vibrant woman with a successful job at a law firm, living in a nice apartment overlooking the Hudson River in New York City when her life was suddenly taken from her in October 2011
Read MoreA group of Lakeland School District parents believe the state’s Common Core is detrimental to their children and they are planning a major lobbying campaign to convince state officials to change them. Parents for a Common Cause was recently formed
Read MoreBy Evan Lefkowitz When people in Yorktown hear the word “museum,” the first thing they think of is The Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Yet, they do not realize a great and informative museum is
Read MoreThe Yorktown Town Board unanimously agreed last week to rezone the front portion of a 100-acre site on Route 202 that is being envisioned for commercial development. The board’s much anticipated action, which rezoned about 30 acres from R-160 (four-acre
Read MoreA former local girls’ basketball coach pled guilty Tuesday to three counts of predatory sexual assault of a child. Richard Dinizo, 58, of Cortlandt, committed the offenses in his home between March 1, 2008 and July 31, 2010. Two
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