Former Westchester Democratic Chairman Reginald LaFayette, one of the leading Democrats in the county, died early Saturday. He was 69. A cause of death was not immediately known. LaFayette, who was still serving as the county’s Democratic elections commissioner at
Read MoreGov. Kathy Hochul pledged last week to help New York recover from COVID-19 with policy priorities that restore the ranks of health care workers and educators, provide middle-class tax relief and make green initiatives a priority. In her first State
Read MorePutnam County is distributing thousands of rapid COVID tests to CAP, food pantries, shelters, libraries, senior citizen centers and houses of worship in an effort to stem the spread of the Omicron variant and keep schools and businesses open. The
Read MoreA social services agency that helps domestic abuse victims has been struggling to keep its shelter open after all of the facility’s full-time employees recently tested positive for COVID-19. The Hawthorne-based Hope’s Door has been on the verge of having
Read MoreA former Westchester Community College assistant teacher who altered a COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card to obtain a full-time position at the college was recently arraigned. According to Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah, Sonya Tarter Wilson, 50, of Mount
Read MoreYorktown officials have written to Gov. Kathy Hochul asking to open a mobile testing site in FDR State Park to help fight the latest spike in COVID-19 cases that have ravaged the state. Hochul has announced that the state plans
Read MoreA 16-year-old Fox Lane High School student “voluntarily jumped” from a third-floor window at the school Monday morning suffering a broken leg and a teacher’s aide was injured rushing to help, Bedford police said. The incident forced the school to
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo The City of Peekskill is proceeding with plans to usher in 2022 with a downtown New Year’s Eve Ball Drop, while the Town of Yorktown has canceled festivities over rising COVID-19 cases. The free Peekskill celebration kicks
Read MoreMount Pleasant school officials are arranging a community forum with elected officials at every level of government after several parents recently expressed concern that COVID-19 vaccines might be mandated for children to attend school. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Peter Giarizzo
Read MoreThe Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Board of Trustees has announced three new members, Donald Friedman, Margie Lewis, and Eon Nichols, who bring with them decades of expertise and service to benefit the hospital. Friedman, a Fairfield County resident, joined the board
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