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Visitors toured fire apparatus, including Engine 274, Ladder 51, Rescue 55, Rescue 16, and the district’s utility UTV, while firefighters demonstrated vehicle extrication techniques to show how they safely remove trapped occupants.
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BY HALSTON MEDIA STAFF
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10/8/25
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Yorktown Police Chief Robert Noble delivers the keynote address at the 2025 Back the Blue Prayer Walk at Carmada Park in Carmel on Sept. 14. Noble was joined by fellow officers and hundreds of community members in what has become an annual...
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By Halston Media Staff
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10/2/25
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Hundreds of people showed up at Camarda Park on Sunday (Sept. 14) to pay tribute to area law enforcement at the sixth annual Back the Blue Prayer Walk.
Event organizer and founder Marianne Chaluisan, a longtime Mahopac resident, said the crowd...
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BY Bob Dumas
Editor-at-Large | 9/25/25 |
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Police said 73-year-old Gregory Candredi crashed on Strawberry Road, where officers recovered a gun near his overturned vehicle, on Aug. 2. Investigators allege he did not have a valid pistol permit at the time. He was taken to a hospital for injuries from the crash.
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 9/23/25 |
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Yorktown police said officers were called to a home late Friday night, Sept. 12, after getting a report of an incident. When they arrived, they investigated and determined that 55-year-old Jacquelin Mulroy had allegedly struck the victim with a purse, causing injury.
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 9/18/25 |
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The New York State Police launched the Autism Awareness Visor Card Program, designed to help law enforcement officers and individuals with autism communicate more effectively during public interactions.
A Sept. 18 press release estimated that one...
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 9/18/25 |
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A 33-year-old Ossining man was arrested Sept. 10 and charged in connection with a hit-and-run crash that left a person seriously injured, Yorktown police said.
Police said officers responded Sept. 8 around 5:54 p.m. to reports of a two-car crash...
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 9/16/25 |
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The New York State Police, according to a Sept. 10 press release, issued a total of 9,912 tickets statewide during the Labor Day weekend enforcement campaign, including 591 by Troop K, which serves Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess and Columbia counties.
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 9/10/25 |
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Marcus Powell, 39, was arraigned Sept. 8 in Yorktown Justice Court on charges of second-degree grand larceny, a class C felony; third-degree grand larceny, a class D felony; and fourth-degree grand larceny, a class E felony. He was remanded to Westchester County Jail and was scheduled to return to court Sept. 9.
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 9/9/25 |
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SOMERS, N.Y. — A road rage incident on Route 6 in Somers has an off-duty New York City cop facing menacing charges for allegedly pulling a gun on a car full of teenagers after they stopped short in traffic while he was driving behind them.
In a...
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By Emile Menasché
Editor | 9/3/25 |
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A Yorktown man was arrested last week and charged with second-degree assault, a Class D felony, after allegedly striking another person with a ‘hard-plastic toy’ during a domestic dispute, according to the Yorktown Police Department.
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 8/29/25 |
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New York State Police issued 76 tickets Wednesday during an “Operation Hard Hat” traffic enforcement detail along the Taconic State Parkway in Yorktown.
The four-hour operation was conducted by Troop K’s Traffic Incident Management Unit in...
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
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8/21/25
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YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. — Residents of the Yorktown Heights Fire District have the opportunity to weigh in on a proposal to build a modernized firehouse at 1916 Commerce St., the site of the existing facility.
Fire district officials held...
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 8/21/25 |
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The Yorktown Police Department released new details about a fatal accident involving a bicyclist. Authorities responded early Thursday morning (Aug. 14) to a crash on Route 134 involving 44-year-old Jeremy Solomon of Irvington, who police said was struck by a car while riding his bicycle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 8/15/25 |
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A Katonah man is facing multiple charges after allegedly driving under the influence.
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By Tom Walogosky
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8/15/25
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A bicyclist was killed Thursday morning, Aug. 14, after being struck by a car on Route 134, according to Yorktown police.
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 8/14/25 |
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State Police and local law enforcement will be out in force through Labor Day weekend as part of the national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign to prevent drugged and drunk driving. The national enforcement period started on Wednesday, Aug 13, and runs through Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1.
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8/14/25
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A 43-year-old Cortlandt Manor man is facing a felony charge after allegedly using a hidden cellphone to record someone undressing in a bathroom, Yorktown Police said Wednesday.
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 8/13/25 |
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A 35-year-old Yorktown man was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 6 following a domestic incident in which he allegedly threatened someone with a kitchen knife, according to the Yorktown Police Department.
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BY MIRANDA FERRANTE
Staff Reporter | 8/12/25 |
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A swastika carved into a tree along a trail on Turkey Mountain has drawn the ire of Yorktown officials who have resoundingly condemned the racist vandalism.
Officials said they learned about the hateful graffiti late Saturday night after seeing...
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BY HALSTON MEDIA STAFF
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8/10/25
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