The two candidates that will be competing in a special election in April for town supervisor in Yorktown officially launched their campaigns this week. On Thursday morning, acting supervisor Ed Lachterman, who has been leading the town since the unexpected
Read MoreTwo positive cases of toxoplasmosis stemming from one of two events at the American Legion Hall in Mount Kisco last month prompted the Westchester County Health Department to issue an urgent alert last Wednesday. Health officials are calling on anyone
Read MoreAny musical group with the name the Slambovian Circus of Dreams might be difficult to define or pigeonhole into a convenient genre. Back in their early days more than 30 years ago, the six-piece band originally called The Ancestors, confounded
Read MoreThe speed limit throughout the City of White Plains will be reduced to 25 miles per hour later this year. On Monday, the White Plains Common Council amended a traffic ordinance in the city to drop the speed limit from
Read MoreIn extraordinarily difficult times, there’s no telling what people will do to survive. For Leo Ullman, who was born in the Netherlands in 1939 just before the outbreak of World War II in Europe, it was his parents’ decision to
Read MoreThe fiscal challenges keep on mounting for the Bedford School District. A few weeks after district officials learned that they stand to lose more than $1.7 million in total state aid under Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed state budget, last week
Read MoreTwo Westchester County departments have collaborated to launch what is believed to be a first-in-the-nation program that trains former prisoners with addiction to become peers to help others facing similar challenges. The program, “Lives Forward,” brings together the Department of
Read MoreIf you’re looking for a high-quality steakhouse in northern Westchester, there aren’t many options. But one of the few choices has been a local steak lover’s destination now for 15 years. Augie’s Prime Italian has occupied the same free-standing structure
Read MoreA proposal to preserve the historic structures and surroundings at the Underhill Farm property in Yorktown was overwhelmingly supported during a more than four-hour public hearing last week. Under local preservation law, the Town Board was required to hold the
Read MoreThis column marks the seventh installment in a series exploring topics that provide new insights into the boundaries of established science. By Adam Stone Colin McPhillamy was a little boy growing up in England, just four years old, when he
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