A proposed change to the starting time at Church Street School in the White Plains School District has many families up in arms. More than 340 people have signed petitions opposing a plan under review by Superintendent of Schools Dr.
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Putnam County Executive Kevin Byrne and the Putnam County Legislature finalized the vast majority of the 2025 budget last week that reduces property taxes to the lowest rate in 18 years. The budget reduces the property tax rate to $2.7
Read MoreThe neighbor of a contractor’s yard and concrete plant near the Cortlandt Train Station in Montrose is continuing his full-court pressure on the town’s handling of the property. Ralph Mastromonaco, a well-known licensed engineer who has worked with many clients
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A 63-year-old woman was murdered Saturday night in an apartment complex in Jefferson Valley. The victim, Geraldine Krecmer, was found dead by Yorktown Police lying on a walkway in front of a unit at the Coach-n-Four Apartments on East Main
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A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Nov. 1 for a refurbished children’s playground at Ryder Park in the Town of Ossining. The improvements made to the children’s playground feature a new set of ADA-accessible playground equipment modules and a new
Read MoreThe tentative 2025 town budget proposed by Yorktown Supervisor Ed Lachterman last week calls for an 8.6% tax increase. In an Oct. 31 press release, Lachterman, who is presenting his first spending plan since being elected supervisor last April, attributes
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Westchester County Executive George Latimer was swept into Congress on Election Day with a landslide victory over Republican Dr. Miriam Levitt Flisser. The 70-year-old Democrat received 70% of the votes cast (186,555) to earn the right to represent the 16th Congressional
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Putnam County Executive Kevin Byrne has extended a temporary burn ban in the county due to the ongoing threat of wildfires created by severely dry conditions. Byrne originally issued the ban on Oct. 28 for five days following a brush
Read MoreLast year, an estimated 48 million people played pickleball in the United States, which is one-fifth of the adult population. Outdoor pickleball courts have been popping up in communities throughout the region, but indoor facilities remain scarce. Kevin Kaye, managing
Read MoreCortlandt Town Justice Maritza Fugaro-Norton will be achieving a major professional goal when she joins Westchester County Family Court in January. Fugaro-Norton, who became the first Hispanic elected official in Cortlandt when she became town justice in 2019, is one
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