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Every student in grades K-12 at Yorktown Schools will qualify for one free lunch per day under the National School Lunch Program, the district announced.
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 8/4/25 |
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Circolo da Vinci, an Italian American organization, held its annual scholarship awards dinner earlier this summer on Monday, June 16 at Miraggio Mediterranean Restaurant in Yorktown Heights.
Eight students from area high schools including...
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8/4/25
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Lakeland field hockey standout Kendal Williams got a chance to play with peers from around the nation at the USA Field Hockey Nexus U16 Junior Championships this summer.
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BY MIKE SABINI
Contributing Writer | 8/2/25 |
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A Connecticut woman and a New Jersey man were arrested by Yorktown Police in two separate cases on July 28 and 29, each charged with grand larceny in unrelated thefts — one involving stolen credit cards, the other a pricey cellphone.
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 7/31/25 |
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The Westchester County Health Department cleared the Mohegan Beach Park District in Mohegan Lake to reopen for swimming on Wednesday and said there has been no Harmful Algae Bloom (HAB) in the swimming area for at least 24 hours.
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 7/30/25 |
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Town officials visited the Triangle Shopping Center on Tuesday as crews continue a $10 million renovation of the retail complex. According to a press release from the town, the 208,000-square-foot shopping center at the intersection of Saw Mill River Road and Maple Hill Street currently has crews updating store facades and installing new sidewalks. The project also includes repaving the 867-space parking lot.
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 7/30/25 |
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Holly Block, a 2017 Mahopac High School grad, is officially a quadruple threat. She’s a singer, dancer (and choreographer), actor and playwright.
Now, a musical that Block co-wrote with her writing partner, Elizabeth Jerjian, is about to have an...
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BY BOB DUMAS
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7/29/25
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A 46-year-old Yorktown man was arrested last week and charged with attempted burglary following a reported home invasion, the Yorktown Police said on Monday. And on Friday, a 55-year-old Yorktown man was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon, a class E felony.
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 7/28/25 |
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The new location in Staples Plaza, near BJ’s at 3333 Crompond Rd., is the third Paris Baguette in Westchester County — joining locations in Hartsdale and Yonkers — and the largest in the area.
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 7/28/25 |
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The Yorktown Police Department will join law enforcement agencies across the country in celebrating National Night Out.
The annual event, set for Tuesday, Aug. 5, is the department’s largest community outreach initiative, aimed at strengthening...
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
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7/28/25
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After 28 years in law enforcement — 26 of them with the Yorktown Police Department — Detective Rich Finn said farewell on Friday, surrounded by loved ones, both family by blood and by work, during a “walk-out” ceremony marking his retirement.
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 7/25/25 |
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MAHOPAC, N.Y.—Patricia “Patty” Rathschmidt, a Mahopac philanthropist who co-founded the iconic local charity United for the Troops with her husband, Jim, has died. She was 69.
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BY BOB DUMAS
Editor-at-Large | 7/25/25 |
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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.
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By Halston Media Staff
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7/25/25
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Hulk Hogan, who died this week at age 71, reconnected with members of a pro wrestling royal family with local roots when the Albanos joined him during his March visit to the Carmel ShopRite.
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By Halston Media Staff
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7/25/25
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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.
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 7/25/25 |
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The annual Lake Day celebration took place earlier this month across six beaches around Mohegan Lake. The festivities kicked off with a morning hike through Tall Timbers Park, followed by a fishing derby for kids at Mohegan Beach Park.
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BY HALSTON MEDIA STAFF
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7/24/25
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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.
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 7/24/25 |
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The Lakeland Central School District Board of Education held its annual organizational meeting on July 2, swearing in Becky Burfeind as president and Michael Daly as vice president for the 2025–26 school year.
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 7/24/25 |
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Yorktown lacrosse will make its mark on the world stage, from a hemisphere away from home, as Australians say “G’day” to a former Husker with Olympic glory in mind.
Katrina Dowd—Yorktown Class of 2006—has been named head coach of the Australian...
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BY MIKE SABINI
Contributing Writer | 7/24/25 |
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The Westchester County Health Department has cleared Mohegan Colony Association Beach in Mohegan Colony to reopen for swimming, following confirmation that a harmful algae bloom (HAB) has not been present in the water since...
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 7/23/25 |