Daniel Papes and Bill Swertfager go back a long way. At Horace Greeley High School, Papes, Class of 1979, and Swertfager, Class of 1978, played football and baseball together, with Swertfager being the captain of both squads when Papes was
Read MoreThe Yorktown Town Board recently voted to rezone an approximately 50-acre parcel on Catherine Street to pave the way for 118 age-restricted, three-bedroom townhomes in a clustered subdivision near the former Field Home. The board’s Dec. 10 4-1 vote rezoned
Read MoreA 42-year-old Mohegan Lake woman died Friday after being hit by a car on Route 6 near Mohegan Ave. According to Yorktown Police, Jake Barak, 24, of Cortlandt, was traveling westbound on Route 6 on Jan. 3 at about 8:06
Read MoreThe only homeless shelter in northern Westchester has unveiled plans to renovate the facility it has called home for the last 37 years in the City of Peekskill. Caring for the Hungry and Homeless of Peekskill (CHHOP), which operates the
Read MoreThe 2021 brutal military coup in Myanmar killed an estimated 50,000 people and displaced about three million, half of them children. Before the coup, the country, formerly known as Burma, enjoyed a working democracy for 10 years after enduring more
Read MoreIt’s been three months since Yorktown Supervisor Ed Lachterman ordered the suspension of water fluoridation in the town, but the debate among residents and town officials continues. More than half of the Dec. 17 Town Board meeting was spent discussing
Read MoreA Cortlandt man could face up to five years in prison after pleading guilty last week to orchestrating a decade-long, $145 million tax fraud scheme. According to Edward Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York,
Read MoreThe Village of Croton Board of Trustees last week issued a special permit allowing a proposed 100-unit condominium development near the Croton Harmon Train Station to proceed to the Planning Board. Wilder Balter Partners (WBP) is looking to construct a
Read MoreA group of elected officials and advocates for clean water programs want Gov. Kathy Hochul to increase the annual expenditure to upgrade the state’s aging water treatment and wastewater treatment infrastructure next year to $600 million. State Sen. Peter Harckham
Read MoreTown taxes in Cortlandt will increase 3.6 percent next year in the 2025 budget approved unanimously by the town board last week. For the 13th straight year, the tax hike in Cortlandt fell below the allowable New York State tax
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