Bust out those wallets and put on a face mask because a new farmers market will be opening in Yorktown. The new outdoor market, called Farmers Market at The Valley, will be held at the Jefferson Valley Mall starting Wednesday
Read MoreOne of Yorktown’s more prominent events will have a different feel this year. With health concerns stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic leading officials to cancel the Yorktown Grange Fair, an alternative event will still take place virtually from Sept. 10
Read MoreA cash reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person driving a vehicle that fatally struck a bicyclist in the area of the North County Trailway and Birdsall
Read MoreBy Madeline Rosenberg When Lourdes Vivanco graduated from Lakeland High School in 2018, she thought she would say goodbye to her classmates and leave her old school district for good. But Vivanco is now part of a group of former
Read MoreYorktown officials announced a proposed overlay zone Tuesday and an accompanying marketing campaign designed to attract developers and new businesses to help the town revitalize its business hamlets. Supervisor Matt Slater said the Town Board was scheduled to introduce legislation
Read MoreLakeland School District alumni and students were joined by community members for a protest march and rally Tuesday afternoon to demand changes to weed out systemic racism in the school system. Chanting continuous slogans, several hundred people marched from the
Read MoreBy Ariel Markowski It was at a young age that Susan Berliner discovered her passion for literature. As early as her elementary school years, she was writing plays and stories. The 40-year Yorktown resident has eight published books under her
Read MoreThe Town of Yorktown’s summer full- and half-day camps will be canceled due to continuing efforts to protect public health. “We are disappointed as a department to cancel these programs, but we will be working within the structure of the
Read MoreEric S. Bender, a longtime resident of Yorktown and later Mahopac, passed away unexpectedly on May 5. He was 28 and had struggled with substance abuse for many years. Eric was born on Apr. 9, 1992, in Corpus Christi, Texas,
Read MoreBy Ariel Markowski Susan LaCalamito understands the importance of good veterinary care. She has two dogs and three cats. Her dog Eddie, 14, has inoperable bladder cancer; her other dog, Coco, 12 has Cushing’s disease. One of her cats, 18-year-old
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