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The candidates fielded questions on issues ranging from the cost of living and Israel to data centers, including from Yorktown’s Tom and Jessica Gorman, who asked whether they supported reversing a state law affecting local cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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By Miranda Ferrante
Editor | 9/29/26 |
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U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly joined Democratic congressional candidate Cait Conley and local supporters Sunday, Sept. 27, at the Albert A. Capellini Community & Cultural Center in Yorktown for a campaign event ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
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By Miranda Ferrante
Editor | 9/27/26 |
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Carmel shred day rescheduled for Oct. 3
The Town of Carmel’s residential shred day has been postponed because of the impending storm and rescheduled for Saturday, Oct. 3.
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9/25/26
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A group of Putnam County voters has filed a lawsuit against County Executive Kevin Byrne and his re-election campaign, alleging the campaign accepted nearly $20,000 in contributions above limits permitted under state Election Law.
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BY BOB DUMAS
Editor-at-Large | 9/21/26 |
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Potholes, ruts and subpar patchwork have rendered a stretch of Route 172 increasingly unsafe, the Town Board told Albany last month in urging state officials to repave the heavily traveled thoroughfare.
From Sunnyfield Farm’s entrance and running...
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By Tom Bartley
Contributing Writer | 9/18/26 |
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There are four candidates in the upcoming contests in Somers this fall.
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By Carol Reif
Staff Writer | 9/18/26 |
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Democratic district leaders and candidates from across Putnam County gathered Sunday, Aug. 30, to celebrate the opening of the party’s 2026 coordinated campaign headquarters in Mahopac.
The office is part of the New York State Democratic...
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9/7/26
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Rep. Mike Lawler and Democratic challenger Cait Conley offered competing diagnoses of the pressures facing Hudson Valley families and businesses during an Aug. 19 forum hosted by the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce, even as a closing round revealed significant agreement between the candidates.
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By Brett Freeman
Publisher | 8/25/26 |
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Democrat Gwen Burke believes a career as an environmental engineer will be an asset on the Putnam County Legislature, where she is running against Republican and former Mahopac School Board Trustee Tanner McCracken to represent District 8.
The...
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By Halston Media Staff
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8/7/26
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The campaign for Putnam County executive took a contentious turn this week as Democratic challenger Brett Yarris filed a formal complaint with the New York State Board of Elections alleging that Republican incumbent Kevin Byrne's campaign accepted...
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By Bob Dumas
Editor-at-Large | 8/6/26 |
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A group of protesters demonstrated outside Rep. Mike Lawler’s satellite office at Carmel Town Hall in Mahopac on July 15, accusing the Republican of making health care less accessible by voting for the 2025 federal budget reconciliation law,...
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EMILE MENASCHÉ
Editor | 7/23/26 |
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John C. Hart Memorial Library will receive $20,000 in state bullet aid funding to support improvements to library services, community spaces and programming for residents of all ages.
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By Miranda Ferrante
Editor | 7/10/26 |
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Democratic Yorktown supervisor candidate Jann Mirchandani will also appear on the November ballot on the independent Community First line after submitting enough valid signatures to qualify, her campaign announced.
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By Miranda Ferrante
Editor | 7/7/26 |
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Tanner McCracken’s landslide primary victory for Putnam County Legislature over endorsed candidate Frank Lombardi has left local Republicans debating whether the result signals a broader shift in GOP politics—or simply the success of a stronger...
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Two candidates will run as independents in the upcoming Mount Kisco Village Board election.
Teacher Jennifer Vallejos and former assistant Yonkers fire chief and police officer Sean Moran’s name will appear on the MTK United line this...
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CAROL REIF
Staff Writer | 6/28/26 |
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Military veteran and former national security adviser Cait Conley has won the Democratic primary for New York’s 17th Congressional District and will face Republican incumbent Rep. Mike Lawler in November.
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BY EMILE MENASCHÉ
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6/23/26
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Mahopac Board of Education Trustee Tanner McCracken has defeated Town of Carmel Councilman Frank Lombardi to win the Republican nomination in the race to represent Putnam County Legislative District 8. McCracken, 26, earned more nearly 75 percent...
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BY EMILE MENASCHÉ
Editor | 6/23/26 |
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With early voting already underway ahead of primary day on June 23, Mahopac Republicans have a choice to make as Carmel GOP-endorsed Town Councilman Frank Lombardi faces Board of Education Trustee Tanner McCracken.
We asked both candidates to...
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BY BOB DUMAS
Editor-at-Large | 6/17/26 |
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Don Scott thinks he has a chance to become Bedford’s next town supervisor.
"Just like the Jets had a chance to win the Super Bowl,” said Scott, a Republican running in a town he describes as roughly two-thirds Democratic
But winning, he said, is...
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BRETT FREEMAN
Publisher | 6/17/26 |
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Former U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney has endorsed Democratic candidate Cait Conley in the race for New York’s 17th Congressional District, her campaign...
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6/16/26
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