A large crowd turned out last week for a public forum in front of the Indian Point Decommissioning Oversight Board in Cortlandt. Two hours before the session, a rally was held outside Linda D. Puglisi Town Hall where environmental activists
Read MoreThis piece is the first installment in a new Stone’s Throw series about issues impacting our local environment. Environmentalists Decry Ecological ‘Neglect’ at Park; County Says Grasslands to be Tended By Adam Stone Like so many people navigating 2020
Read MoreA partnership between a Westchester nonprofit organization and WIN Waste Innovations that assists people with developmental disabilities is not only beautifying downtown Peekskill but program critical skills to an important population. Community Based Services, which operates a job skills development
Read MoreArea representatives continue to press for more federal help to assist the hard-hit areas of the lower Hudson Valley that were devastated by a barrage of heavy rainstorms and in the past couple of weeks. On Saturday, President Biden approved
Read MoreBy Quinn Muller– Elected officials and town residents gathered Saturday to celebrate the addition of a new aeration device to improve the quality of water at Mohegan Lake. The unveiling of the advanced water system was part of Lake Day,
Read MoreBy Ryan Raicht Liberty Coca-Cola broke ground last week on a state-of-the-art facility that will generate its own heat and electricity and recover carbon dioxide, making it the first plant of its kind in the U.S. to have that capability.
Read MoreYorktown Supervisor Tom Diana declared a state of emergency Monday in response to significant damage from a storm that dumped more than seven inches of rain throughout the town. Damage from the storm included a sinkhole behind Town Hall, compromised
Read MoreThe Cortlandt Planning Board earlier this month unanimously approved the site plan and a special permit for a proposed luxury drug and alcohol rehabilitation specialty hospital that has been reviewed for the last eight years. Only two of the seven
Read MoreLegislation that would prohibit the dumping of radioactive waste from decommissioning nuclear plants into the Hudson River has hit a snag in the State Assembly. On Friday, the Senate unanimously passed the bill that was introduced by Pete Harckham (D/South
Read MoreElectric vehicles may be the wave of the future, but there still seems to be a sizeable portion of the population that’s a bit skittish about charging and costs. Last Saturday, the New Castle Sustainability Advisory Board in collaboration with
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