State Assemblyman Matt Slater (R/Yorktown) has introduced legislation that would authorize bail for anyone charged with aggravated cruelty to animals. Under the 2019 bail reform laws in New York State, individuals charged with the offense are not eligible to be
Read MoreBy Abby Luby State funding for public schools reached a milestone when New York allocated more than $34 billion of the Fiscal Year 2024 budget to schools across the state. The sum that will be disbursed represents about a $3
Read MoreThe North Castle Town Board will be faced with whether to rezone 32 acres in Armonk to accommodate a reconfigured residential project after a public hearing on the issue was convened last week. Applicant Maddd Madonna Armonk LLC is proposing
Read MorePerhaps the best decision Becky Pfeifer ever made was to open her own business in early 2019. For the last 18 years, Pfeifer has worked as an esthetician, but it wasn’t until just over four years ago that she made
Read MoreEditor’s Note: Due to the forecast of heavy rain on Saturday afternoon, the organizers of the MultiCulture Fest announced late Thursday they have canceled the event. The Town of New Castle may appear to be a largely homogenous community from
Read MoreBudget and Board of Education elections in Putnam County school districts produced some close results Tuesday. In Carmel, where several high school students were disciplined in Feb. for creating and posting fake, inappropriate videos using artificial intelligence and impersonating different
Read MoreBudgets and propositions in six school districts in northern Westchester were approved easily by voters Tuesday. The following is a summary of results of the Board of Education races where seats were contested: In Hendrick Hudson, where district parents, teachers
Read MoreArea school budgets were easily approved Tuesday night and voters in the Chappaqua and Bedford each elected two new Board of Education members who will take over for retiring incumbents this summer. In Chappaqua’s four-candidate race for two board seats,
Read MoreOne of the oldest family-owned businesses in the City of Peekskill will be changing hands shortly. Bertoline & Sons, a prominent wholesale distributor of domestic, craft and imported beers, fine wines, spirits and non-alcoholic products since 1933, is in the
Read MoreThe Route 9A engineering study between Croton-on-Hudson and Mount Pleasant has commenced and there will soon be community workshops for state transportation officials to receive public feedback. The $3 million engineering study that was funded last April started in late
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