The adaptive playground at Airport Park in Mahopac is now officially open. more

A hacker disrupted a Pound Ridge Town Board meeting this week with a so-called “zoom bombing” that displayed graphic sexual images. more

Mount Kisco has revamped parking regulations that had been met with pushback from the business community earlier this year. more

Yorktown Town Hall got loud last Friday as supporters and protesters filled its main meeting room for a presentation by Congressman Mike Lawler, who was in town to tout his advocacy for raising the cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions—a provision he said was essential to his support for President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. more

Town Hall got loud last Friday (Aug. 1) as supporters and protesters filled its main meeting room for a presentation by Congressman Mike Lawler, who was in town to tout his advocacy for raising the cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions—a provision he said was essential to his support for President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. more

The Yorktown Town Board met Monday (Aug. 4) for a session that honored military service, recognized local Purple Heart recipients, and covered standard agenda items. The meeting was held on Monday instead of the usual Tuesday to accommodate the... more

At a special meeting on Monday, July 28, the Town Board approved a zoning code amendment to include new provisions regarding breweries, paving the way for the proposed project at 1735 Front Street.  more

The Lewisboro Town Board engaged in a lengthy discussion about expenditures and debt financing at a recent meeting. more

A resident sued Pound Ridge, alleging that local officials had violated the state’s Open Meetings Law by not discussing the pros and cons of recreational cannabis dispensaries. more

North Salem has joined the growing list of municipalities that are taking a formal stand against two controversial natural gas pipeline projects. more

A whole stage-full of “amazing” women gathered in New Castle recently to receive their well-deserved “Women of Distinction” awards from state Assemblymember Chris Burdick. more

A whole stage-full of amazing women gathered in New Castle to receive their well-deserved “Women of Distinction” awards from state Assemblymember Chris Burdick. more

The blue tarps draping North Salem’s Delancey Hall are a sure sign that the historic building’s reconstruction is finally fully underway. more

Several Putnam County and Yorktown community organizations have received state grant money that will help fund youth workforce training, substance abuse prevention, and domestic violence outreach programs. State Sen. Pete Harckham helped secure $604,500 in an end-of-year resolution for the funding, which was distributed to 15 different recipients. more

The town of Yorktown is in good fiscal shape, a recently completed independent audit said.  The audit, which was begun earlier this year, by Alan Kassay, a partner with the PFK O’Connor Davies accounting, gave the town an “unmodified (clean) opinion” for 2024.   more

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