Five-term Westchester County Legislator MaryJane Shimsky plans to challenge veteran Assemblyman Tom Abinanti in a Democratic primary next year after announcing her candidacy Tuesday for the 92nd Assembly District seat. Shimsky, the Board of Legislators’ current majority leader, said she
Read MoreA little more than a week ago, Booth Street homeowner Dina DelPriore started to feel her house shake. It certainly wasn’t an earthquake, but rather the heavy machinery used by the state Department of Transportation’s (DOT) contractor for the Saw
Read MoreMount Pleasant school officials are planning a $9.7 million athletic facilities referendum early next spring, a similar proposition to one that had been canceled two years earlier during the first few weeks of the pandemic. The Board of Education may
Read MoreA Bronx man wanted on an attempted murder charge in New York City was arrested Wednesday after he led officers on a wild chase along two parkways through Westchester and onto local streets in Yonkers. Dwayne Tucker, 27, of East 224th Street
Read MoreThe Mount Pleasant Planning Board last week accepted the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the North 60 project near the Westchester Medical Center as complete and scheduled a Feb. 3 public hearing on the document. Acceptance of the FEIS
Read MoreA longtime Mount Pleasant Conservation Advisory Council (CAC) member received one of the most prestigious planning awards that can be presented to a local resident. Steven Kavee, who has served on the CAC for close to 30 years, including the
Read MoreThe Mount Pleasant Town Board unanimously approved a commercial vehicle restriction on three key roads that are used as a shortcut, but many residents are also pressing for the town to consider closing off those streets to through traffic. Town
Read MoreThe Thornwood community is grieving the loss of a 26-year-old volunteer firefighter who died after a fire in his family’s home in the pre-dawn hours on Thanksgiving morning. Sean Carroll, who had served in the Thornwood Fire Department for the
Read MoreMount Pleasant’s preliminary 2022 town budget has a proposed tax levy increase of 2.9 percent as officials look to stay under the tax cap despite a nearly 13 percent spike in health insurance costs for next year. The $56.5 million
Read MoreFor those in the world of journalism, knowing and working with veteran reporter Herbert Hadad was a special honor. An award-winning journalist and storyteller, Hadad’s news stories always put the reader at the scene with the people involved, backed by
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