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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.

Bonding measure fails for new Lewisboro town office building

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

By Rob Sample | 7/16/25

An artist's rendering of the solar energy project slated for the town's highway garage.

North Salem to power up with new solar array

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

By Carol Reif | 7/15/25

The solar site between Routes 6 and 6N in Jefferson Valley

Board hears solar recommendations

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

BY MIRANDA FERRANTE

Staff Reporter | 7/15/25

Assemblywoman Levenberg hosts annual senior forum

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

By Halston Media Staff | 7/14/25

The Town of Carmel maintained its strong financial rating after its most recent independent audit.

Town receives glowing praise after financial audit

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

BY BOB DUMAS

Editor-at-Large | 7/14/25

Mount Kisco moves to ban battery storage systems

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

BY CAROL REIF

Staff Writer | 7/9/25

Town Supervisor Ed Lachterman and Deputy Supervisor, Councilman Sergio Esposito

Yorktown hears public input on Lake Osceola overlay expansion

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

By Miranda Ferrante

Staff Reporter | 7/3/25

Town of Carmel officials are considering revisions to the zoning code after changes made in the Comprehensive Master Plan put some previously approved projects in peril.

Town looks to remedy problem caused by new zoning code

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

BY BOB DUMAS

Editor-at-Large | 7/2/25

Town officials and Meals on Wheels volunteer drivers meet at town hall. From left, they are: the rec department’s Kimberly O'Brien, driver Barry Haitoff, Town Board members Andres Castillo and Bobbi Bittker, Supervisor Ellen Calves, drivers Monique Klares and Lingyun Lou and board members Stephanie McCaine and Tom Catoliato.

Bedford honors Meals on Wheels volunteers

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

By Tom Bartley | 7/2/25

Officials commend conservation officers in Lewisboro dumping case

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

Halston Media Staff | 6/29/25

Byrne’s 'Talking in Putnam Libraries' begins this month

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

. | 6/26/25

Carmel Republicans head to the polls

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

Emile Menasché | 6/23/25

Three vie for two Town Board seats in Carmel GOP primary

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

Bob Dumas | 6/22/25

Revitalization or rezoning to profit a developer?

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

Susan Siegel | 6/20/25

Slater, Harckham announce portion of state highway system to be named in honor of Jake Arcara

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

Office of Assemblyman Matt Slater | 6/20/25

League of Women Voters of Northeast Westchester to disband

WESTCHESTER, N.Y. - It’s the end of an era.After nearly six decades of educating, informing, and registering voters -- as well as welcoming new citizens -- the League of Women Voters of Northeast … more

Carol Reif | 6/20/25

Yorktown to commemorate Juneteenth

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y.—The Yorktown Town Board worked through a routine agenda Tuesday during a two-and-a-half-hour meeting that included a Juneteenth proclamation, remarks from the chief of … more

Miranda Ferrante | 6/18/25

Garrity to leave Somers Town Board after 18 years

SOMERS, N.Y. - Somers Councilman Thomas A. Garrity Jr., a fixture on the Town Board for the past 18 years, will be stepping down at the end of September.“I find that all good things must come to an … more

Carol Reif | 6/18/25

Courtroom named after Mahopac’s Judge Reitz

CARMEL, N.Y. – County Executive Kevin Byrne and state Sen. Peter Harckham welcomed the naming of the James F. Reitz Memorial Courtroom at the Putnam County Supreme and County Court on … more

BY HALSTON MEDIA STAFF | 6/17/25

Protesters gather in Mount Kisco for 'No Kings' demonstration

MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. - Taking part in a nationwide “Day of Defiance,” more than 1,000 people gathered peacefully in Mount Kisco on Saturday to decry what they called the Trump administration’s … more

Carol Reif | 6/15/25