Local Realtor Turns Memoir into Show on Life’s Twists and Turns
When Irene Amato set out to write her memoirs about her successful business career and motivational philosophies, she reached out to her longtime friend Robert Schork, whose ideas and creative energy...
View ArticleLearning CPR Can Provide Others With the Gift of Life
Christine Dunning trains a Northern Westchester Hospital visitor how to deliver chest compressions last week. Anybody who watched the Jan. 2 Buffalo Bills-Cincinnati Bengals football game on national...
View ArticleCounty Advisory Board Recommends Exploring Pocantico Lake Purchase
A resolution recommending Westchester County consider buying a 36.8-acre parcel in an environmentally sensitive area of Mount Pleasant was unanimously approved by a county advisory board last month...
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Ground Broken on New Apartment Complex at White Plains Office Park
The developer of more than 300 market-rate apartments on part of a 70-acre office park in White Plains broke ground
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Art on a Bridge: Sculptures, Mural Brings Life to the Cuomo Bridge
If you’re an art lover, you don’t have to wait until museums reopen to appreciate a series of top-notch work
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The Show, or at Least the Fair, Must Go On
Yorktown Grange Fair organizers have announced the 96-year-old event will go on this year, and it will be free to
View ArticleWacky Times for Cortlandt Inflatable Party Rental Business
The coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on many small businesses, and it couldn’t have struck at a worst time
View ArticleNorth West Test Post 1
This has ‘North West” category only. She packed her seven versalia, put her initial into the belt and made herself on the way. When she reached the first hills of the Italic Mountains, she had a last...
View ArticleSlight Tax Increase Proposed in 2017 Peekskill Budget
City taxes would rise less than one percent next year in Peekskill under the tentative budget submitted to the Common Council by Acting City Manager Richard Leins. If the $37,975,500 budget remains...
View ArticleFunding Sought/Received for New Highway Garage, Depot Square
Funding to relocate the town’s highway garage and construct a mixed use commercial and residential building in its place took center stage in Yorktown last week. On Thursday at Yorktown Town Hall,...
View ArticleSchool Bus Drivers Refuse to Buckle Under Lakeland Charges
Marina Viera and Karen Echeverria have a combined 25 years under their belts as bus drivers transporting school children safely for the Lakeland School District. However, both have found themselves...
View ArticlePeekskill, Ossining School Communities to Participate in Rally for Funding
Officials, parents, teachers and students from the Peekskill and Ossining school districts were scheduled today (October 4) to take part in an 11-day, 150-mile trek to Albany to demand fair funding...
View ArticleGroups Aim to Stop Gas Pipeline over Fears of Indian Point
Riverkeeper and a coalition of environmental groups filed a motion in federal court last week to halt construction of Spectra Energy’s pipeline project before natural gas begins flowing in closing...
View ArticleMudslinging Seeps into Search for Court Judge in Peekskill
As the Peekskill Common Council narrows down its search for a new associate judge to serve in Peekskill City Court, Mayor Frank Catalina is pointing fingers at the Democratic majority for allegedly...
View ArticleYorktown Town Board Repeals Tree Law Despite Public Concerns
The Yorktown Town Board voted last week to repeal the town’s tree ordinance following a lengthy public hearing where many residents expressed concerns and made detailed suggestions. “I think the...
View ArticleFamily Gives Personal Account of Help Given by Support Connection
A few months before she died in 2012 from breast cancer, Marci Werner expressed her gratitude to the help she and her family received from Support Connection in a fundraising appeal to friends in...
View ArticleAll-Purpose Field Unveiled in Town of Cortlandt
A field of dreams for many residents and officials in the Town of Cortlandt became a reality last week. A grand opening ceremony was held September 15 for a lacrosse and all-purpose field on Sprout...
View ArticleStudent Charged with Making Threat at Lakeland High School
A 14-year-old male Lakeland High School student was charged with juvenile delinquency Wednesday afternoon after school administrators reported to a police officer working on site that a threat was...
View Article17-year-old Determined to Win Seat on Ossining Town Board
He just graduated from Ossining High School on Saturday and will be furthering his education in September at Fordham University, but Aaron Spring has set his sights on another achievement in November....
View ArticleYorktown, Ossining Students Secure Top Science Honors
Several area high school students scored top marks in the “Olympics of science competitions” — the recent Westchester Science and Engineering Fair, held at Sleepy Hollow High School. The competition is...
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