Now that the dust has settled in terms of who is hauling away garbage in Yorktown, the cost of switching companies has been the subject of some trash talking. The Democratic slate of candidates contended last week Yorktown will be
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Mount Kisco Democratic Chairman William Serratore and his son were indicted Wednesday on felony forgery charges connected to alleged falsification of signatures on nominating petitions that they carried for the party’s endorsed mayoral candidate. Serratore, 59, and Carmelo Serratore, 24,
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It looks like voters who head to the polls in November will have a decision to make on who will serve as the Town of Carmel’s highway superintendent. Late last month, New York State Supreme Court Justice Hal Greenwald ruled
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Next month’s Mount Kisco candidate’s forum was suddenly canceled last week by the local chapter of the League of Women Voters and now it’s uncertain whether the Democratic and independent candidates will reschedule a forum. The Oct. 3 event, which
Read MoreIn a first-of-its-kind challenge in New York, five Hispanic Mount Pleasant residents have alleged they are being disenfranchised because the town’s method of voting for at-large Town Board seats has denied them representation on the council. The law firm of
Read MoreState Assemblyman Matt Slater (R/Yorktown) has introduced legislation that would prohibit convicted killers of police officers from making parole. Slater’s bill was triggered by the New York State Parole Board’s recent decision to release Scott Cobb, who drove the getaway
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The North Castle Republican Committee announced last Thursday it has replaced one of its original Town Board candidates who was indicted on charges connected with her brother’s murder-for-hire plot of his estranged wife. Jaclyn Goldberg, 40, had informed the committee
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Some Republicans and Conservatives lashed out last week at a New York appellate court decision that ruled the state’s congressional maps to once again be redrawn by the Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC). In a split 3-2 decision that was released
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Former congressman Mondaire Jones made it official Wednesday morning announcing that he will run next year in hopes of recapturing his old 17th Congressional District seat. His entry into the race had been widely anticipated by many Democrats in the
Read MoreTwo new supervisors will be leading the towns of Southeast and Patterson following last week’s Republican primary. In Southeast, Nick Durante, a 48-year town resident and retired lineman for Verizon, defeated Putnam County Legislature Chairman Paul Jonke, 501-357. Durante will
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