Fundraisers were the order of the day on a bright, sunny Saturday morning in Yorktown, as young people took advantage of the weather to promote causes near and dear to them. Jessica D’Amato and friends staged a tag sale in front of her family’s Gomer Street home from 9 a.m…. Read More →
The Town Board is poised to appoint its first female police sergeant. Officer Julieanne Vicinanza will be appointed Tuesday, retroactive to Monday, when she begins supervisory training for her new assignment. Currently Vicinanza is the school resource officer at Lakeland-Copper Beech Middle School and the wife of Yorktown Police Sgt…. Read More →
The Garden Club of Yorktown announces its annual plant sale next Saturday, May 7th, from 8 am to 2 pm, in the Yorktown Green (K-Mart) Shopping Center, in front of Suburban Wines & Liquors. Unique plants specially selected by the Club’s Master Gardeners will be available for sale. Garden Club… Read More →
On Yorktown High School’s Civic Interns, Krissy Kopans and Ciara Galligan, will host a Volleyball Tournament benefiting Yorktown’s three food pantries. All net proceeds benefit our food pantries. The event runs from 2 to 4 p.m. on the grounds of Sports Barn sporting goods, 2918 Crompond Road (Route 202) and… Read More →
The Board of Education will hold the 2011-2012 Public Budget Hearing on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the Lakeland Administration Building, 1086 East Main Street, Shrub Oak. The public will be able to comment on the budget at the public hearing. The Lakeland Central School District Board… Read More →
The Yorktown Leo Club and the Yorktown Police Department will be selling hot dogs at the police0 station to raise money for town’s D.A.R.E. program. The event runs from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, April 30. The station is at 2281 Crompond Road (Route 202). Proceeds will benefit the… Read More →
The “Shop Cortlandt Weekend” is kicking off at Cole’s Market at 3 p.m. Friday. The market is on Route 9A in Montrose. The initiative to encourage residents to shop at local businesses is a partnership between the town of Cortlandt, the Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce and the Corltandt… Read More →
As staff writer Dwight R. Worley reported today, 53 of Westchester, Rockland and Putnam’s public school districts have proposed spending a combined $4.5 billion 2011-12, an increase of about 2 percent, according to new data from the state. Should voters approve all of those budgets, tax levies would rise by… Read More →
On Sunday, we report the findings of a three-month investigation into the reconstruction of Interstate 287 through Westchester, a project two years behind schedule and millions of dollars over budget. The report examines the contractors, the bids, the overruns and an entire system that has allowed construction practices like those… Read More →
Don’t bother trying to figure out the anagram. The sign outside the Yorktown Community Cultural Center originally advertised the Yorktown Museum’s latest exhibit, “Time Passes.” But vandals not only rearranged a few letters but removed a few as well to leave this disconcerting display. The offending result was quickly removed,... Read More →