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By Rick Pezzullo State Assemblyman Kevin Byrne (R, C/Mahopac) held a press conference last week to call on the state Department of Education to scrap any effort to tie financial assistance for school districts to the controversial “Diversity, Equity, and
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Since her move to Mahopac in 2011, Johanne Morin has spent hours observing and photographing the wildlife in her backyard. The birds and other animals have such different personalities, and she has sensitively depicted them in a series of paintings
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At Chamber Park in Mahopac, just steps away from Lake Mahopac, there is a new bench honoring Howard “ Howie “ Beyersky. The Beyersky Memorial Bench was dedicated last week to the long-time street maintenance worker for the Town of
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Gone are the days where a family that’s headed out of town is willing to bring their dog to the kennel with cold, hard concrete floors and chain-link fences that encloses their pens. Laura Laaman, who opened Wiggles Pet Resort
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William, a sixth-grader at Mahopac Middle School, was walking through the hallway with a friend during change of class on Friday, Nov. 12 when the friend suddenly stopped and started motioning toward his throat. Then the boy’s face turned red,
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If you want to know anything about Greek and Roman mythology, just ask Luke, a fourth grader at Lakeview Elementary School in Mahopac. “There’s Poseidon, the god of the sea, and Chronos, the god of time,” Luke said. “Percy Jackson
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A Mahopac man pled guilty last week to charges relating to his involvement in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C. According to a published report, Robert Ballesteros, 27, appeared before District Court Judge Dabney
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Mahopac Superintendent of Schools Anthony DiCarlo surprised the community last week when he announced he would be retiring at the end of the current school year. DiCarlo, who resides in Mahopac, has worked in education for 40 years. He
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A decorated Vietnam veteran from Mahopac was recently awarded a New York State Liberty Medal from Senator Pete Harckham (D/Mt. Kisco) at a Veterans Advisory Council meeting in Yorktown. John Fratangelo, who last year was inducted in the New
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By Rick Pezzullo A Mahopac man was charged last week as one of the individuals that stormed the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. on Jan. 6 and unlawfully entered the building. Anthony Vuksanaj, 52, was arrested by the FBI on
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