Yorktown’s Justin Mabus lunges over the goal line for a touchdown during a Section 1 Class AA football semifinal at New Rochelle. New Rochelle won 21-16. See more photos of Yorktown at New Rochelle football
Jamie Loeb of Ossining stops a serve to Ilyssa Schneidman of Ardsley due to falling leaves during day two-of-three of the Section 1 sectional girls tennis championships at Anthony F. Veteran Park in Ardsley on Oct. 29, 2010. Loeb won the match. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )... Read More →
Yorktown’s Leo and Elks clubs have joined forces to help raise funds for children with disabilities. Together, they’ve planned a pancake breakfast open to everyone in order to raise money for charities benefiting children with disabilities. The breakfast will be held on Nov. 7 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m…. Read More →
The Yorktown Veterans Day Parade is set for Sunday, Nov. 14, at 2 p.m. in Shrub Oak. The parade begins lining up at 1:30 p.m. at Lakeland High School and marches down East Main Street to the John C. Hart Memorial Library for a concluding ceremony. Anyone who would like… Read More →
The local band Tossing The Apple Core and Yorktown High School student Melissa Frabotta will share the stage together at Peekskill’s 12 Grapes restaurant Nov. 7. 12 Grapes, at 12 N. Division St., was awarded “Best New Live Music Spot” by Westchester Magazine ‘09. The performance runs from 6-8:30 p.m…. Read More →
Teacher Michelle Reuter’s students organized a blood drive in the main cafeteria at Lakeland-Copper Beech Middle School Monday, Oct. 18 in the school’s main cafeteria.
Kindergarteners from Benjamin Franklin Elementary School in the Lakeland School district, parade Oct. 29, 2010 during the third annual Word-O-Ween event. The entire school celebrates words and vocabulary by either creating a hat or costume depicting a word each student finds interesting. According to principal Patty McIlvenny, the idea was… Read More →
It will be even easier for Yorktown residents to be on the move now that bike racks, designed and built by students at Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES’s Tech Center and commissioned by the town have been installed in several areas around town. The functional art pieces were placed this week near… Read More →
Houlihan Lawrence Real Estate has posted a new video featuring several recognizable local figures extolling the town’s virtues as a place to live, work and play. Councilman Nick Bianco, Peter Pratt’s Inn owner Jonathan Pratt and John C. Hart Memorial Library Director Patricia Baressi are among those who appear. The… Read More →
Comedy Central funnymen Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will host a Rally to Restore Sanity and a March to Keep Fear Alive, respectively, this Saturday at the Washington Mall in D.C. Are you making the hike up to our nation’s capital? Reporter Briggette Sayegh is looking for locals to talk to… Read More →