The Fiscal Year 2024 budget was passed on Tuesday but it was completed without the governor’s Housing Compact. One of the most controversial items during this year’s state budget season was removed by Gov. Kathy Hochul about two weeks ago.
Read MoreThe month of April bringing us Earth Day and environmental awareness and action may be over, but County Executive George Latimer and other county officials are hoping proposals unveiled last week will have an impact for generations. Latimer introduced four
Read MoreCroton resident Elisha Fernandes is a licensed master social worker, career yoga practitioner and the founder of Finding Peace Within (FPW), a foundation dedicated to helping trauma survivors heal through the practice of trauma-sensitive yoga. Fernandes and her foundation were
Read MoreCongressman Jamaal Bowman (D-Yonkers) called for reforms to the U.S. Supreme Court that would increase the number of judges, eliminate the lifetime appointment and enact an ethics code for its members. Bowman, joined by former congressman Mondaire Jones and Fred
Read MoreA bid submitted last summer for property that was a Native American ceremonial ground may be in limbo due to litigation but that hasn’t stopped a grassroots group in its hope to preserve the property. Friends of Buttonhook, a nonprofit
Read MoreHoltec International representatives last week defended its widely criticized plans to release 45,000 gallons of radioactive wastewater from Indian Point’s spent fuel rods into the Hudson River. During an Indian Point Decommissioning Oversight Board meeting April 27 at Cortlandt Town Hall,
Read MoreMahopac School District officials are hoping to be reimbursed for the estimated $500,000 it will cost to change the Indians mascot the district has used for decades. State Assemblyman Matt Slater (R/Yorktown) held a press conference at Mahopac High School
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul announced last week the City of White Plains has been officially certified as a bronze-level Climate Smart Community. Climate Smart Communities (CSC) is a New York State program that helps local governments take action to reduce greenhouse
Read MoreThe Peekskill Rotary 6th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival and Plant Sale will be held, rain or shine, Saturday, May 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Peekskill Riverfront Green. This year’s event will include live music and dancing,
Read MoreA large rally is planned Saturday at 2 p.m. at Cortlandt Waterfront Park in Verplanck to oppose the planned discharge of radioactive wastewater from the Indian Point nuclear power plants into the Hudson River. Leading the charge is Cortlandt Supervisor
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