Medical staff at Hudson Valley Hospital Center and regional paramedics practiced their procedures on how to receive, treat and decontaminate patients who may have been involved in a radiation accident. The event on Thursday, carried out in cooperation with Entergy, involved 50 people. The drill is carried out every year…. Read More →
Monteverde At Oldstone Manor is for sale by bid by NAI Friedland Realty. The restaurant and property was owned by Richard Friedberg, who put a ton of money into refurbishing the inn and its gardens. He also owned Allen & Delancey, the restaurant in the East Village, and had hired chef… Read More →
If you missed it, check out today’s TJN/lohud.com story on the town of Ossining contracting with Westchester County for police services. The decision comes after months of deciding what to do with the town’s Police Department. Town officials had an option of going with the county or with the village… Read More →
At a time when many school districts are scrambling for talented, qualified principals and administrators, the Future School Leaders Academy at Putnam/Northern Westchester Board of Cooperative Education Services is turning them out by the dozen. The two-year program, which leads to both a state certification as a school building and… Read More →
Don’t be alarmed if you see HAZ-MAT teams at the Hudson Valley Hospital Center (HVHC) on Thursday. The hospital and Entergy, the company that runs the Indian Point nuclear facility in Buchanan, are planning to carry out a regular training exercise. The drill helps train hospital staff on how to… Read More →
James Mackin, the principal of Hendrick Hudson High School, Montrose, has announced that six seniors scored in the top rank of the Preliminary SAT. The six semifinalists taking the test represent less than one percent of the United States’ high school population. Pictured are: Jonathan Cohen, Miranda Kephardt, Jeffrey White,... Read More →
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Misconceptions, a new book by Doris Nieves of Yorktown is a conclusion to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Nieves self-published it through Xlibris, though she was originally offered for it to be published through a publishing house a few years back when she was a physical therapy student at Mercy… Read More →
Brendan Tully, the Democratic candidate for state Assemblly in the 99th District, is proposing to close a loophole in state’s DWI law he says puts drunk drivers “back on the road with nothing more than a slap on the wrist and a few fines.” Right now, Tully said, many drunk… Read More →
Although fall was definitely not in the air, members of the Yorktown Leo Club lent a helping hand at this weekend’s Fieldhome Fall Festival. Temperatures reached the high 70s, but the Leos came out in full force. Almost 30 members made it out to the event early Saturday morning to… Read More →