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The two candidates that will be competing in a special election in two weeks for town supervisor in Yorktown squared off for the first and only time at Yorktown Stage last week. More than 100 onlookers watched Yorktown Councilman Ed
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Propaganda and misinformation about war has been around since visual and literary expression became part of the public discourse. It’s still alive and thriving today, especially now in the age of social media. Depicting the horrors of battle wasn’t always
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Yorktown resident Ed Moffett is lucky to be alive. On Aug. 27, 2023, Moffett, 64, tried to prevent a group of mostly teenagers illegally operating ATVs from damaging the Hunterbrook ballfield behind his home. One of the operators, Kyle Frankild
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For Scarlett Antonia, her yellow brick road led her to Peekskill. In 2000, when Antonia, whose accomplished dance career saw her perform at Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center, among other venues, first arrived in Peekskill on a trip from
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Village of Buchanan Mayor Theresa Knickerbocker was reelected Tuesday, fending off a challenge from Deputy Mayor Anthony Capicotti. Knickerbocker, a fourth generation village resident who has been mayor since 2014, received 365 votes, while Capicotti, a trustee for the last
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The most fascinating aspect of the “Remarkable Women in and Around Ossining” exhibit at the Bethany Arts Community is that every woman featured in the show is connected to a place in or near Ossining. The exhibit opened last week
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Celebrating the return of the popular BeanRunner Café Salon in Peekskill last week was a packed house of those eager to hear four women artists speak about their work. This was the first monthly salon held in four years. The
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Three of the five seats on the Buchanan Board of Trustees will be on the ballot when residents go to the polls next Tuesday. The headline matchup features incumbent Mayor Theresa Knickerbocker, who has served 20 years on the board,
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Former Yorktown Supervisor Tom Diana was a lifelong Shrub Oak resident and his name will forever be part of the community following an honor bestowed on him by the colleagues that he last served with. Last week, the Yorktown Town
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By Barbara Kay An important but largely forgotten piece of 20th century American history unfolded in Peekskill in the summer of 1949. Now a local filmmaker and historian has taken an in-depth look at what happened in what is sometimes
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