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Regardless of the results of a Democratic primary in September, two open seats on the Cortlandt Town Board will be contested in November. Domenic Volpe and Brian Pugh, who fell short for the Democratic nomination in April, recently secured the
Read MoreSoil below a cafeteria window at Ben Franklin Elementary School in Shrub Oak has tested positive for harmful PCBs and will be cleaned up this summer. Lakeland School District officials received a verbal report Thursday that a small area of dirt
Read MoreConstruction work on the Somers Town House parking lot will take place from June 3 through 28. During construction the lot will be closed for both residents and town employees. Employees will park across the street in the top lot
Read MoreThe chairman of Cortlandt’s Hudson Valley Veterans Committee was recently inducted into the New York State Senate Veterans’ Hall of Fame by Senator Greg Ball (R,C.I/Patterson). William “Willy” Nazario, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War
Read MoreThe Alliance for Safe Kids (ASK) and the Town of Yorktown will host the 24th annual Yorktown Community Day on Saturday, June 1 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Jack DeVito Memorial Field behind the Yorktown Community and CulturalCenter.
Read MoreYorktown Councilman Nick Bianco came out swinging during his campaign kickoff for supervisor last week, contending the current administration had turned the town into “Gracetown” where no regulations are followed and political supporters are given special treatment. Standing between Town
Read MoreA 90-year-old World War II Army veteran from Ossining is the first recipient of a joint program to provide free home audits and energy makeovers to veterans in Westchester. A group of local certified energy efficiency contractors joined forces to
Read MoreHalfway through a four-year contract, Peekskill Superintendent of Schools James Willis announced last week he was leaving the district, effective July 12. Willis, who revealed his decision a day after the budget and Board of Education vote, said he was
Read MoreThe Lakeland Education Foundation (LEF) awarded more than $51,000 in grants last week for programs, projects and equipment in the district. “This was a busy and very successful year and it feels good to keep writing bigger and better checks
Read MoreA state Supreme Court justice has backed the Peekskill Planning Commission’s approval last year of a controversial methadone clinic off Highland Avenue. Judge Lester Adler last week dismissed the Common Council’s Article 78 proceeding against the Planning Commission that the
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