Health experts continued to condemn the discharge of radioactive wastewater that may be dumped into the Hudson River as part of the decommissioning of the Indian Point nuclear power plants in Buchanan. During a Feb. 16 online forum, health professionals
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Health experts raised concerns last week over the discharge of radioactive wastewater that may be dumped into the Hudson River as part of the decommissioning of the Indian Point nuclear power plants in Buchanan. During a Jan. 26 online forum,
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Plans are underway to possibly relocate the spent nuclear fuel rods currently housed in dry casks at the Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan. During an Indian Point Decommissioning Oversight Board meeting at Linda Puglisi Town Hall in Cortlandt earlier
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In October, Cortlandt resident Angela Outhouse was sworn in as the first female President in the 116-year history of the Westchester County Volunteer Firemen’s Association (now firefighter’s association — more on that later). A career nurse who volunteers as an EMT for
Read MoreThe State Legislature has passed two bills allowing spent nuclear fuel rods at the Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan to be taxed as real property. Two years ago, legislation, also introduced by Senator Pete Harckham and Assemblywoman Sandy Galef,
Read MoreThe Village of Buchanan Board of Trustees has reached an agreement with the new owners of the Indian Point Energy Center to secure funding for at least the next three years. Village officials announced Friday Buchanan will receive $1.4 million
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Buchanan Mayor Theresa Knickerbocker was reelected to a fifth term Tuesday night as voters sent mixed messages at the polls. Knickerbocker, who served five years as a trustee before first being elected mayor in 2014, thwarted off a challenge from
Read MoreThe mayoral seat and two trustees’ positions are up for grabs in the Village of Buchanan March 15 election. The main event features eight-year incumbent Mayor Theresa Knickerbocker against Trustee and former Mayor Sean Murray. Knickerbocker, who served five years
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For nearly six decades, Buchanan residents lived with a nuclear power plant operating in their backyard. Indian Point, which generated approximately 25 percent of the Lower Hudson Valley and New York City’s annual electricity consumption, powered off its last remaining
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo State Senator Pete Harckham and State Assemblywoman Sandy Galef condemned the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in a letter for downgrading safety standards at the closed Indian Point nuclear power plant in Buchanan. The NRC recently announced it
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