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If you’re looking for a high-quality steakhouse in northern Westchester, there aren’t many options. But one of the few choices has been a local steak lover’s destination now for 15 years. Augie’s Prime Italian has occupied the same free-standing structure
Read MoreA proposal to preserve the historic structures and surroundings at the Underhill Farm property in Yorktown was overwhelmingly supported during a more than four-hour public hearing last week. Under local preservation law, the Town Board was required to hold the
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By Barbara Kay When relating the Black experience in America to the public, attention is often focused on the stories that have familiarity to the masses. But this year’s exhibit at Bethany Arts Community (BAC) in Ossining that opened Friday
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Copland House, an award-winning creative center for American music and the arts that has been based at the former Cortlandt home of iconic composer Aaron Copland for the last 25 years, is planning to expand its broad range of activities
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A special election will be held April 16 in the Town of Yorktown to fill the supervisor’s seat left vacant by the unexpected death of Tom Diana in early January. During a special meeting Wednesday at Town Hall, the Town
Read MoreThe three elementary schools in the Hendrick Hudson School District will be reconfigured once again for the 2024-25 school year. In early December, the Board of Education voted 5-2 to change the Princeton Plan structure in the primary-level buildings. “We
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Combating the fentanyl and opioid epidemic is a global battle. In the U.S. more than 100,000 people died in 2022 from overdosing on prescription opioids and fentanyl-laced drugs. In Westchester and Putnam counties, 2022 drug overdose death rates also rose,
Read MoreThe Ossining Board of Education recently adopted a resolution aimed at enhancing student safety that addresses the secure storage of firearms in homes. The resolution was spearheaded by Interim Superintendent of Schools Mary Fox-Alter, who noted 4.6 million children in
Read MoreVoters in the Yorktown School District will be asked to approve $57 million in capital projects next month. Two propositions will be on the ballot Tues., Feb. 13 at French Hill School from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. The first
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When Councilman Ed Lachterman was reappointed as deputy supervisor on Jan. 2, he anticipated taking on more responsibility as Supervisor Thomas Diana had expressed a desire to take more time off in the coming year. What Lachterman and the Yorktown
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