The Yorktown Town Board voted last week to continue waiving fees for businesses for sidewalk sales and outdoor dining. The permit-fee waiver began in 2020 as part of the town’s effort to help local retailers during the pandemic. “Our small
Read MorePolice services in the Town of Cortlandt were enhanced last week with the addition of a new uniformed law enforcement officer from the Westchester County Department of Public Safety who will serve as a community resource officer (CRO). The new
Read MoreA Mahopac man was sentenced Jan. 26 to seven years in state prison after pleading guilty to charges of drug sales and weapons possession. Kyle Novotny, 27, was arrested by investigators from the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Enforcement Unit
Read MoreFrom high tech to hijinks, the Mahopac High School Drama Club’s three-day production of the comedy/murder mystery “Clue” was a student-run affair. Drama Director Christopher Purr, an English teacher, said 63 students worked on the production, including actors, stage crew
Read MoreThe owner of the Somers Commons shopping center in Baldwin Place is looking to revitalize the longtime retail-only property by bringing in multifamily housing. Willing Biddle, president and COO of Urstadt Biddle Properties, presented the Somers Planning Board on Jan.
Read MoreFrom the time that Adam Cohen first saw the Michael John LaChiusa musical “See What I Wanna See” after its 2005 debut, the music and the story has never left him. Cohen, the artistic director at Pleasantville’s Arc Stages, now
Read MoreA White Plains man was recently sentenced to 10 years in state prison for violently forcing himself into a home and demanding a female victim perform a sexual act. Derrick Toone, 35, was also sentenced on Jan. 13 by Westchester
Read MoreThe towns of Kent and Putnam Valley have been awarded federal funding for the planning and design of projects slated to improve dam safety. The two Putnam County municipalities were among nine in the Mid-Hudson, Capital and Southern Tier regions
Read MoreOn Jan. 1, there was a major change to the well-known youth mentoring organization Big Brothers Big Sisters but the outfit’s mission hasn’t changed at all. For the first time in 65 years, the local chapter of Big Brothers Big
Read MoreWestchester County Executive George Latimer, the County’s Office of Energy & Sustainability and ‘Mothers Out Front’ are teaming up to host an electric school bus webinar. The webinar will be held via Zoom on Thursday, January 27, from 1 to
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