An Elmsford woman was charged last week with orchestrating a $10.5 million loan fraud scheme that included stealing physician identities and falsifying disabilities while working as a nurse practitioner. A criminal complaint against Catherine Seemer, 42, was unsealed Friday by
Read MoreTwo Carmel residents will be squaring off in a June 28 Republican primary for the District 5 seat on the Putnam County Legislature being vacated by retiring Legislator Carl Albano. Pat Sheehy, former director of the Putnam County Office for
Read MoreThe State Legislature has passed two bills allowing spent nuclear fuel rods at the Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan to be taxed as real property. Two years ago, legislation, also introduced by Senator Pete Harckham and Assemblywoman Sandy Galef,
Read MoreMount Pleasant will reconvene the public hearing next week on the Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement (DGEIS) for what officials hope will lead to the town’s first Comprehensive Plan update in more than a half-century. The Town Board has scheduled
Read MoreMore than 250 people filled Peekskill’s Depew Park field to celebrate the city’s 11th annual Juneteenth Freedom Day on Saturday as local performers were joined by youth groups who proudly strutted their talents throughout the afternoon. The focus for this
Read MoreCroton-Harmon Superintendent of Schools Stephen Walker defended the district’s Health Education class curriculum in the high school following criticism from gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino. Earlier this week, Astorino held a press conference in front of Croton-Harmon High School where he
Read MoreThe Westchester County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) recently voted preliminary approval of financial incentives for three energy-related projects proposed in Briarcliff Manor, Ossining and Yorktown. “The Westchester IDA is pleased to offer financial incentives for these projects that will provide
Read MoreBy Nora Lowe This year, the largest annual children’s book festival in the tristate region is expected to be “bigger and better than ever,” according to its founder and Executive Director Dawn Greenberg. On Saturday, Oct. 15, the ninth annual
Read MorePayla Backus, a native of Putnam Valley, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Pensacola operating out of Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida. Backus, a 2013 Putnam Valley High School graduate, joined the Navy
Read MoreThe state Department of Health confirmed the first case of monkeypox in Westchester County on Thursday, one of 21 cases discovered so far in New York State. The cases of orthopoxvirus/monkeypox cases, a designation established by the Centers for Disease
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