Like millions of other high school seniors through the generations, Rebecca Bachenheimer was looking forward to life as a college student. She made it through the balance of her junior year at the outset of the pandemic and was excited
Read MoreBedford school officials are meeting with the district’s unions to determine if there is support to make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Joel Adelberg said that the district and the unions were scheduled to begin a conversation before
Read MoreThe New Castle Town Board has scheduled a public hearing for next week to consider an indoor mask mandate in all public and commercial spaces. At its Sept. 14 meeting, the board will hear feedback from the public on whether
Read MoreBy Jim Roberts A six-year battle over a proposed 92-bed luxury drug and alcohol rehab specialty hospital on 20 acres in Cortlandt pits a neighborhood of owners of million-dollar homes against an undisclosed group of investors headed by a mysterious
Read MoreAs many as five deaths are now blamed on Hurricane Ida’s torrential rain and flooding in Westchester County as the area tries to return to normal for the Labor Day weekend. A Rye Brook couple, Ken and Fran Bailie, both
Read MoreDr. Howard J. Luks, an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in sports medicine, believes that because human beings are social, health care, by extension, is as well. “Each injury or issue has its own personality,” Luks said. “A certain issue in
Read MoreThe Hudson Valley Renegades and the Alzheimer’s Association Hudson Valley Chapter are partnering to educate the community about Alzheimer’s disease during Alzheimer’s Awareness Evening to be held at the Sept. 10 game. The same evening the Renegades, the high Class
Read MoreWhite Plains Hospital recently added life-changing hyperbaric medical therapy to its services for traumatic, postoperative and chronic wounds. The newly expanded Carl Weber Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine functions as a regional referral center to treat the most
Read MoreArea school districts are taking similar approaches to try to keep students and staff safe as the new year kicks off this week. With Labor Day and Rosh Hashanah both occurring the second week of September, school districts are getting
Read MoreThe Putnam County Department of Health will be holding a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for Moderna-only recipients to receive a recommended booster shot on Wednesday, September 1. The clinic will take place from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Department of
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