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The Town of Yorktown and area police agencies are mourning the loss of a 37-year-old police lieutenant who died suddenly Jan. 2 from an illness. Kenneth Sgroi worked for the Yorktown Police Department since 2009 and was promoted to lieutenant
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The Lakeland School District recently donated 15 smart boards to the Town of Yorktown and the John C. Hart Memorial Library. Four of the smart boards will be set up in the library for use by patrons and community groups. The
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Former Ossining Town Supervisor Dana Levenberg was sworn-in Sunday as the new State Assemblywoman in the 95th District by her predecessor, Sandy Galef, on what was “Sandy Galef Day in the Town of Ossining.” That declaration was made Dec. 27
Read MoreOn Saturday, December 24, at approximately 1:45 a.m., Peekskill Police received a 911 call in which the caller stated he returned to his home in the Society Hill II complex to find his 75-year-old father missing. The caller explained his
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Years ago, it hadn’t been in Sandy Galef’s long-term plans to serve in elected office. While raising a family, she had been content to help the community in a variety of volunteer capacities, from working with the League of Women
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You could argue that you have to be a little crazy to charge into the freezing water of the Hudson River on New Year’s Day. Then again, the just over 100 brave souls that raced into the river on Sunday
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Former Cortlandt Supervisor Charles DiGiacomo, who led the town from 1980 to 1989, died December 29 following a recent illness. He was 82. He was born June 14, 1940, to Bertha and Charles DiGiacomo, Sr and grew up in Ossining.
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Ossining Councilwoman Elizabeth Feldman will be sworn-in as town supervisor on Jan. 1. Feldman, a lifelong town resident and 1985 Ossining High School graduate, said she is ready to take over the reins from Dana Levenberg, who is leaving after
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Sisters Lauren and Caitlin Brady each struggled with hair loss as teenagers at Peekskill High School but didn’t let many people know they had been diagnosed with alopecia areata—an autoimmune disease. It wasn’t until January 2011 when they were watching
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Yorktown Supervisor Matt Slater will be heading to Albany next week to begin his first term in the State Assembly, but during an emotional sendoff at his final public meeting at Yorktown Hall, the Yorktown High School graduate said his
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