For nearly everyone across the nation, Tuesday, Nov. 3 will mark the end of a long and nerve-racking election season. For the 989 property owners in Somers’ Lake Lincolndale and Lake Shenorock, that anxiety, and in some cases divisiveness, will
Read MoreSomers High School and Middle School will close for the next two days and transition to virtual learning after individuals from both buildings tested positive for COVID-19. Superintendent of Schools Raymond Blanch sent a letter to the community Sunday night
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Janet Goudey, formerly of Somers, passed away peacefully at home in Venice, Fla. on Sept. 14. She was 87. She was born in Oneonta, N.Y. to Lincoln and Lucile Darling. Graduating from SUNY Oneonta, she taught school for many years,
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Walter L. Lipman, a Somers resident, died peacefully at his home in the company of his family on Oct. 1. He was 99. Lipman was born Oct. 30, 1920, in New York City to Walter Sr. and Florence Albert Lipman,
Read MoreSomers Central School District officials announced another school building will shutdown temporarily after exposure to COVID-19. In a Facebook post Monday night, the district stated Primrose Elementary School will move to eLearning starting Tuesday to undergo contact tracing after officials
Read MoreSomers High School will close for the next two days after an individual entered the facility while infected with COVID-19. Superintendent of Schools Raymond Blanch sent a letter to the community on Thursday explaining that students, faculty and staff are
Read MoreA former Somers Central School District bus driver has pleaded guilty to driving drunk with several students in the vehicle, according to the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office. Somers resident William Mendez, 62, appeared in Westchester County Court before Judge
Read MoreSomers residents will soon have the opportunity to vote on whether a new sewer district will be created in the Shenorock and Lake Lincolndale communities after officials opted to move the controversial project forward. Following several divisive meetings and a
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By Logan Schiciano Paul Foxen is no stranger to facing adversity. He was born with cerebral palsy. People sometimes struggle to understand him due to his speech impediment. At 15, he fell off his bicycle and knocked out all of
Read MoreIn the 1960s, when Judith Schmidt was living in Greenwich Village, she protested every Saturday in support of the civil rights movement and against the Vietnam War. She would stand on Sixth Avenue in lower Manhattan with countless others holding
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