By Sydney Stoller With calls for police reform making the headlines in recent months, the Yorktown Police Department hopes to implement a new tool that will detain suspects in safer, less lethal from. Over 100 community members gathered opposite Town
Read MoreThe Yorktown Town Board passed a resolution Tuesday night declaring October 13 a day to honor the town’s Police Department and other first responders. The declaration, which urges residents to express thanks to emergency workers by shining a blue light
Read MoreLegislation recently signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo will soon be raising additional revenue for upgrades at recreational facilities in the Town of Yorktown. The bill, which was introduced and sponsored by State Senator Pete Harckham (D/Mt. Kisco) at
Read MoreThe search for the spookiest home in Yorktown began Thursday with the launch of a Halloween home decorating contest. The Halloween Crawl encourages residents with scary decorating skills to submit digital photographs of their handiwork to the Town of Yorktown’s submission
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Over the last year-and-a-half Kim Rosenbaum has witnessed firsthand the positive impacts that her family’s four-year-old Yellow Lab-Golden Retriever mix Autumn has had on her household. But Autumn isn’t really a pet. She was trained and adopted by Rosenbaum from
Read MoreThe COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge, to say the least, and for non-profit organizations such as Yorktown-based Support Connection, the hurdles have been trickier than ever. “When COVID hit, we knew that one thing had to remain constant. We had
Read MoreBust out those wallets and put on a face mask because a new farmers market will be opening in Yorktown. The new outdoor market, called Farmers Market at The Valley, will be held at the Jefferson Valley Mall starting Wednesday
Read MoreOne of Yorktown’s more prominent events will have a different feel this year. With health concerns stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic leading officials to cancel the Yorktown Grange Fair, an alternative event will still take place virtually from Sept. 10
Read MoreA cash reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person driving a vehicle that fatally struck a bicyclist in the area of the North County Trailway and Birdsall
Read MoreBy Madeline Rosenberg When Lourdes Vivanco graduated from Lakeland High School in 2018, she thought she would say goodbye to her classmates and leave her old school district for good. But Vivanco is now part of a group of former
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