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A White Plains man pleaded guilty last week for making a series of bomb threats in a Greenburgh building last September, according to Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. David Prieto, 22, made the bomb threats at 660 White
Read moreBy Jade Perez Community members and representatives of various organizations urged the area’s state senators to increase funding for senior care and tobacco control along with improving state roads during a public hearing last Friday afternoon. Westchester’s state Senate delegation
Read moreA 43-year-old Valhalla man was arraigned on Tuesday for allegedly stealing nearly $94,000 from his homeowners’ association. John Pacor, an attorney and a former board member of the Pleasant Ridge Homeowners Association where he lives with his wife and children,
Read moreThe Pleasantville community is mourning the death of Pleasantville High School senior Quentin Lupo who apparently committed suicide on Wednesday. “We are heartbroken over his passing,” said Pleasantville Superintendent of Schools Mary-Fox Alter. “Quentin was a bright shining student athlete,
Read moreDuring the past few months, most Americans following politics and public policy matters have likely been fixated on Washington. But New York residents will be faced with a critical decision next fall that could potentially reshape state government, the courts,
Read moreDespite Friday’s cancellation of the scheduled American Health Care Act congressional vote, Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic and its supporters vowed to continue fighting against future efforts to defund the organization. Democratic elected officials from throughout Westchester and Planned Parenthood representatives
Read moreEducation issues was the major concern last Friday at a public hearing held by Westchester-based state Assembly members on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2016 executive budget at the Greenburgh Public Library. Assemblymen David Buchwald (D-White Plains), Thomas Abinanti (D-Pleasantville), Gary Pretlow
Read moreGov. Andrew Cuomo joined hundreds of Regeneron employees Thursday morning at the pharmaceutical company’s Tarrytown campus to celebrate the recent addition of nearly 300,000 square feet of lab space and to announce another expansion project. Employees began moving into the
Read moreBy Jon Craig Con Edison silenced debate over the fate of an outdoor shooting range in Ardsley last week by announcing its 57-year-old lease is being terminated in 30 days. The gun range at 693 Ardsley Road drew heightened public
Read moreBy Jon Craig An embattled Ardsley shooting range has issued a “call to arms,” so to speak, inviting supporters to Tuesday’s work session of the Greenburgh Town Board to shoot down plans for a new ordinance that would close the
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