White Plains Police have made an arrest in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash on Feb. 17 that left one man dead and another with serious injuries. According to police, Carlos Riera-Ortiz, 41 of White Plains, faces two felony counts
Read MoreWhite Plains Councilman Richard Payne was appointed to the Transportation Commission at the Common Council meeting on Fec. 7. “As a downtown resident, my appointment to the Transportation Commission allows me to push for better pedestrian and cycling infrastructure, and
Read MoreBethany Itzla, a Mahopac High School senior whose striking print of koi fish is on display at the Young Artists 2022 show at the Katonah Museum of Art, said every gallery show is an education. “I have had my work
Read MoreThe Byram Hills Board of Education will select an interim board member at its Mar. 8 meeting after it met and briefly interviewed two candidates last week for the vacant seat. Residents Melissa Jacobs and Gwen Torre each read roughly
Read MoreAn aspiring educator and accomplished cellist who grew up in Patterson was murdered Friday near the upstate SUNY Potsdam campus where she was a senior. Elizabeth Howell, 21, a 2018 graduate of Brewster High School, was found unconscious with gunshot
Read MoreWhite Plains City School District (WPCSD) Superintendent of Schools Dr. Joseph Ricca underscored that the district’s mask mandate will remain in place until changes are made to state and county guidelines at the Board of Education (BOE) meeting on Feb.
Read MoreNew Castle officials’ consideration of a 10 percent affordable housing requirement in two downtown commercial zones generated both support and skepticism during the opening of a public hearing last week. The Town Board has proposed including the requirement for projects
Read MoreThe president of the Peekskill Business Improvement District (BID) Board of Directors was appointed last week to fill a vacancy on the city’s Common Council. Brian Fassett, who just completed his fourth year as BID board president, was named to
Read MoreThe Peekskill Common Council is searching for a new city manager after Andrew Stewart announced he is leaving in March to take a job as village administrator in Nyack in Rockland County. Stewart, who served three terms as town supervisor
Read MoreState Assemblyman Kevin Byrne picked up what likely could be the golden ticket to becoming the next Putnam County Executive when he received the endorsement of the Republican Committee last week. By a margin of 148 to 76 in Mahopac
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