Because of bad weather, the Cortlandt Engine Company No. 1 and the Montrose Fire Department postponed their annual holiday visit to 1 p.m. on Sunday. Firefighters will be visiting various locations throughout the Montrose Fire District by firetruck, distributing candy canes and coloring books to the children of the community…. Read More →
Art Lander, Special Projects Director of the Yorktown-based Alliance for Safe Kids (ASK), and Detective Brian Shanahan, of the Yorktown Police Department, presented at the 13th Annual National Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Leadership Conference. The Aug. 11 event was sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and… Read More →
We’ll be bringing you updates into the weekend on Hurricane Irene’s approach here on our local blogs but also over on our main site, http://LoHud.com. For our Twitter friends, follow our Hurricane Irene coverage and tweets @LoHud or by searching for—and using—the hashtag #LoHudIrene. Find us on Facebook at Facebook.com/LoHud…. Read More →
YORKTOWN — Westchester County Police have charged a pair of thrill seekers who posted online videos of themselves jumping from a 40-foot former railroad trestle into the New Croton Reservoir. John Schoenfelder, Jr., 20, of Purdys, and Alex Puszka, 21, of Millwood, were issued appearance tickets Monday at their homes… Read More →
High School staff and students returned to class and district administrators were back at work by noon today after police gave the all-clear following a bomb threat there this morning. Yorktown Police and the Westchester County Bomb Squad and K-9 unit swept the parking lots and the building itself and… Read More →
Police in Peekskill and Yorktown released information on several recent arrests. PEEKSKILL Nelson Avenue: Benito Triglia, 23, of Peekskill was charged about 9 p.m. May 17 with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor, after he was found with a prescription drug but no prescription during a traffic… Read More →
Village of Irvington Police Officer Luigi Osso, Jr, is congratulated by Irvington Police Chief Michael P. Cerone during the annual Westchester County Law Enforcement Memorial Day Service and Awards Ceremony at the Westchester County Center in White Plains today. Officer Osso was honored for injuries he sustained in 2010 when… Read More →
PEEKSKILL Highland Avenue: Marquis Robinson, 22, of Peekskill was charged about 9:30 a.m. May 12 with false personation, a misdemeanor, after he gave a false name to Officer James Knapp to avoid arrest on a burglary charge from July, police said. He was positively identified through photos and fingerprints and… Read More →
CORTLANDT East Main Street: State police made six arrests on charges of misdemeanor petty larceny recently at the Cortlandt Town Center. Robert L. Davis IV, 16, of Mahopac was charged about 5:40 p.m. May 17 after he took two Xbox controllers valued at $93 from the Wal-Mart without paying for… Read More →
YORKTOWN Police released information on several recent arrests. Scenic View: Joseph P. Fragano Jr., 40, of 51 Scenic View, Yorktown, was charged about 1:30 a.m. May 8 with second-degree menacing, a misdemeanor, after he threatened another person with a mop handle during a domestic dispute, police said. He is due… Read More →