Members of a group called Fight Lawler are demanding an ethics probe after accusing Putnam County Legislator Erin Crowley of using a false name to infiltrate a Signal chat in the run up to and during a local town hall conducted by Congressman Mike Lawler. Crowley, whose district includes part of Mahopac, is Lawler’s representative in the area, and often meets with constituents on his behalf. Members of the group and other Lawler opponents staged a demonstration outside the Carmel Town Hall, on Thursday, July 17, calling for Crowley’s resignation and demanding an investigation into her actions. more

North Salem stakeholders will get the chance to weigh in on the town’s proposed short-term rental regulations. more

Lawn signs, Bedford’s largely unregulated, most often innocuous support of such things as positive values and civic institutions, are about to get official scrutiny. Early next month, the Town Board is expected to consider a draft local law that... more

Rep. Mike Lawler will not run for governor in 2026. The second-term Republican from Rockland County — whose district includes all of Rockland and Putnam counties, as well as much of northern Westchester and Dutchess County — told the New York Times on Wednesday he’ll forgo a run for governor next year, and instead, seek a third term in the U.S. House of Representatives.   more

The folks who use the Somers Public Library will be more comfortable, educated, and entertained thanks to a state grant. The $20,000 in “bullet aid” funding was secured by Assemblyman Matt Slater (R,C-Yorktown) and announced on Monday, June... more

SOUTH SALEM, N.Y. - A bonding resolution by the Lewisboro Town Board to buy a new town office building at 892 Route 35 failed to gain a supermajority of votes. The vote took place at the Board’s June 23 bimonthly meeting. The purchase will move... more

NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - North Salem is adding a renewable energy project to its already long list of climate friendly initiatives. The solar array, destined for the town’s highway garage and salt shed on June Road, is expected to cost $458,333 and... more

After a lengthy public hearing last week that fueled a 4.5-hour meeting, the Yorktown Town Board returned Tuesday for a work session that covered solar law recommendations, plans for a new firehouse, a stormwater pollution prevention plan for a Foothill Street property, and it approved a handful of resolutions.  more

CORTLANDT, N.Y. — Assemblywoman Dana Levenberg (AD-95) welcomed local seniors to Cortlandt Town Hall earlier this month for her third annual senior forum, themed “Sustaining Our Seniors: Happy, Healthy Hobbies.” more

The finances of the town of Carmel have received a gold star – and an Aa1 – as the town maintains one of the highest credit ratings possible after a recently completed independent audit. more

After having twice extending its moratorium on battery energy storage systems, aka BESS, Mount Kisco has finally crafted proposed changes to its local zoning code that would offer a more permanent solution if adopted. The proposed local law seeks... more

There wasn’t an empty seat in Town Hall on Tuesday as residents packed the board room — with many standing along the walls — to weigh in on a proposal to add a parcel of land to the Lake Osceola Planned Design District Overlay Zone. The amendment would update the town’s zoning map by including the 49.6-acre property at 3000 Navajo St.   more

The Town Board adopted its revamped zoning code last March, a project that had been in the works for seven years, but it recently realized that the revised ordinance created some unintended consequences and is now looking to pass an amendment that... more

For more than half a century they have been the last link in an important nutritional lifeline for some Bedford seniors. Over those years, volunteer drivers in the town’s Meals on Wheels program have come to the doors of untold numbers... more

LEWISBORO, N.Y. - State Senator Pete Harckham and Assemblymember Chris Burdick joined DEC Commissioner Amanda Lefton at Lewisboro Town Hall last week to present official certificates to Environmental … more

CARMEL, N.Y. - County Executive Kevin Byrne has implemented a new initiative designed to raise awareness about the county’s public libraries with series of public events where Byrne will … more

CARMEL,  N.Y. — Registered Republicans will head to the polls on Tuesday (June 24) to choose candidates for the Town Board and supervisor race. Democrats plan to field candidates in the … more

CARMEL, N.Y.—Republican voters will go to the polls on Tuesday, June 24, to pick their party’s candidates for Carmel Town Board. Three candidates are vying for two seats on the board. The two … more

Mark your calendar. Tuesday, July 1st. That’s the date for the long anticipated public hearing on the controversial plan to expand the Lake Osceola Overlay District (LOOD) to make way for a … more

YORKTOWN, N.Y. - Assemblyman Matt Slater (R,C-Yorktown) and New York State Sen. Peter Harckham announced today that a portion of the state highway system in Yorktown will be renamed in honor of Jake … more