Peekskill City Manager Matthew Alexander is proposing the city exceed the state recommended tax cap for the second straight year in 2025. Alexander’s tentative $55 million budget, which the Common Council reviewed Oct. 1, calls for a 4.65% tax increase.
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It’s been 30 years since Support-A-Walk was first held to provide support to individuals and family members coping with breast and ovarian cancer. The non-profit organization Support Connection, based in Yorktown, was created a year later, and with more than
Read MoreYorktown Supervisor Ed Lachterman ordered the suspension of water fluoridation in the town last Thursday following a recent federal court ruling that reviewed studies outside the United States. Fluoride was added to the water of about 40,000 residents in Yorktown
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Peekskill Councilman Ramon Fernandez is adamantly declining a public request from most of his council colleagues to resign over his alleged involvement in fixing tickets that led to the departure of City Court Judge Reginald Johnson. Johnson, the first Black
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Tears and smiles filled the lobby of Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital in Valhalla last Friday morning while 21-month-old Hadley Frusciante basked in the attention, enjoying the sounds of an accompanying guitarist. Family members of the Mohegan Lake toddler and hospital
Read MoreA $210 million bond was overwhelmingly approved in the Ossining School District Tuesday. According to the district, the bond passed 1,126 to 338. The bond will cover several planned facility projects in the district. One project is the construction of
Read MorePeekskill City Court Judge Reginald Johnson has turned in his gavel after being formally charged with acts of misconduct. According to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Johnson, the first African American judge in Peekskill’s history, who has
Read MoreA Bronx woman was charged last week by Yorktown Police in connection with the death of a man four years ago near the Westchester County Bike Path. Glenys Manana-Rodriguez, 41, surrendered Sept. 16 at Yorktown Police headquarters and was arrested
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Leslie Grace Mansell was a beloved substitute teacher in the Lakeland School District who lived a healthy lifestyle. After feeling a bit fatigued, she decided to see a doctor. Her bloodwork revealed she was suffering from anemia and her doctor
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Living on a remote island in a foreign place with 17 strangers, with no running water or restroom facilities, may not seem appealing to most people. But for Putnam Valley resident Sue Smey, it was a dream come true. Smey,
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