The Yorktown Town Board approved new rules Tuesday for bank-owned properties known as zombie homes. The new law applies to properties whose owners are in mortgage default. Under the legislation, within 10 days of the date that a bank declares
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Danielle Marie Coletta, a sixth-grade English teacher at Mildred E. Strang Middle School in Yorktown, died unexpectedly on Feb. 22 with her family holding her hands. She was 48. Coletta was born Jan. 11, 1973. She attended George Washington Elementary
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By Lindsay Emery After 75 years of marriage, Yorktown residents George and Gloria Personick always remember to hold each other’s hands and kiss one another at night just before bed. “If you’re arguing or anything, always kiss at night before
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Westchester County Legislator Colin Smith last week kicked off his reelection campaign for a second term representing District 1, which contains parts of Cortlandt, Peekskill, and Yorktown. Smith, a Democrat, won the seat that had been occupied for decades by
Read MoreThe developer of a proposed mixed-use project on the former Soundview Preparatory School site on Underhill Avenue in Yorktown is offering town residents access to a park that is planned near an existing pond. Paul Guillaro, president of Unicorn Contracting,
Read MoreEarlier this week, I watched the presentation to the Yorktown Town Board about the Underhill Farms project planned for the former Soundview Preparatory School property. For weeks, I’ve read letters about this project that suggested it would somehow jeopardize the
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The Yorktown Republican Committee has selected its 2021 slate, with Supervisor Matt Slater heading the ticket. Joining Slater, who is seeking a second two-year term and will likely face no opposition, are Town Board hopefuls Sergio Esposito, who is president
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Former Yorktown Highway Superintendent Eric DiBartolo could spend up to seven years in prison after working with an accomplice to steal about $15,000 in merchandise from a Home Depot. DiBartolo, 59, and Cortlandt Manor resident Tyrone Bass, 58, were both
Read MoreThe Committee for a Sound Plan for Soundview is continuing to apply pressure on the Yorktown Town Board to remove a proposed mixed-use project on the former Soundview Preparatory School site on Underhill Avenue from a potential Planned Design District
Read MoreGovernment on all levels can always do a better job simplifying and communicating important issues to its constituents. For local governments, budgets are often the most complicated issue to explain and digest. Recently, a prior Yorktown supervisor questioned the information we
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