Residents spent more than four hours recently expressing their views on a proposed mixed-use development on Underhill Ave. in downtown Yorktown. More than 30 speakers addressed the Yorktown Planning Board June 13 during a public informational meeting on Underhill Farm
Read MoreThe Westchester County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) recently voted preliminary approval of financial incentives for three energy-related projects proposed in Briarcliff Manor, Ossining and Yorktown. “The Westchester IDA is pleased to offer financial incentives for these projects that will provide
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Yorktown for Justice is sponsoring the second annual Northern Westchester-Yorktown Pride Day on Saturday, June 11, a full day of festivities celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. “We are thrilled to host this event for Yorktown for Justice to further our mission
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Three Croton Harmon High School students have been charged with painting racist and hateful graffiti that was discovered last month on the northbound overpass on the Taconic State Parkway on Croton Dam Road in Yorktown. The case was designated as
Read MoreI am writing in response to Stephen Brown’s outrageous May 24 letter to the editor. (“Is Underhill Farms Hiring Politicians Above Board?”) Claims of special favors from the town to the developer are so clearly untrue. The Yorktown Town Board
Read MoreBy Melvyn R. Tanzman As a group of community members gathered at the First Presbyterian Church in Yorktown to commemorate the lives lost in the white supremacist murders in Buffalo on May 22, little did we know that at the
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When new congressional district lines were redrawn last month for what will be New York State’s 26 seats starting next year, a lot of scrambling took place among incumbent representatives and potential challengers. Westchester County Legislator Vedat Gashi (D-Yorktown) had
Read MoreA stretch of Route 202 is quickly becoming the fast-food capital of Yorktown. With McDonald’s and Popeye’s already drawing regular customers and a Taco Bell in the works, Wendy’s is now looking to cash in on the cravings of fast-food
Read MoreAuditors who recently reviewed Yorktown’s 2021’s financial records found that the town is in solid fiscal shape. O’Connor Davies representatives informed the Town Board at a work session revenues were $3 million above projections, leading to a $2.8 million increase
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The Justin Veatch Fund will award six new music scholarships to graduating high school seniors at Yorktown Town Hall on Thursday, June 16 at 6 p.m. Ossining singer/songwriter K.J. Denhert will deliver the keynote . The program is open to
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