Members of two Putnam County Legislature committees clamped down on the Sheriff’s Department last week on a pair of contentious issues. The Protective Services Committee announced the county will get rid of its two marine patrol boats stemming from the
Read MoreWestchester County Police Friday morning investigated the death of a man who jumped from the Kensico Dam in Valhalla. Police, who referred to the incident as an “apparent suicide,” said the man jumped from the dam around 11 a.m. The man,
Read MoreIt was a painful part of her past that only a select group of people were aware of, but Erin Lee Crowley has no regrets having been forced to go public with the details of being a domestic violence victim.
Read MoreWestchester District Attorney Mimi Rocah announced Thursday that her office is launching a review of two fatal police-involved shootings in the county from a decade ago. Scrutiny of the deaths of Pace University student Danroy “DJ” Henry, and former Marine
Read MoreAssemblyman Kevin Byrne (R-Mahopac) is sounding the alarm to get a proposed bill passed in Albany that would allow volunteer fire departments that operate ambulance services to recover costs from insurance companies. Last Friday, Byrne stood with emergency responders throughout
Read MoreA Croton-on-Hudson man will spend 17 years in prison for fathering a child with a 12-year-old girl after sexually abusing her for years. According to the Westchester District Attorney’s Office, Pablo Dure was sentenced June 1 to 17 years in
Read MoreBy Michael Gold Area residents donated 93 pints of blood, potentially saving 279 lives during the Pleasantville Volunteer Fire Department Blood Drive at the village’s firehouse last Thursday. The blood drive exceeded the New York Blood Center’s (NYBC) goal of
Read MoreSix years after Westchester County was contracted to take over policing responsibilities in Mount Kisco, village officials are likely to hold a referendum this fall to officially disband the local department. Under the state constitution and Municipal Home Rule Law,
Read MoreThe Peekskill man who stabbed and killed a 17-year-old Peekskill High School student on North Broad Street last year will be sentenced to nearly two decades in prison later this summer, according to the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office. Jahliv
Read MoreGreenburgh Police Chief Chris McNerney said he’s confident an arrest will soon be made in the case involving a vandalized Black Lives Matter sign on Knollwood Road. McNerney explained to town officials last week that the department has been successful
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