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Clarkstown schools host legal review of transgender rule; meeting stirs own controversy
WEST NYACK – Clarkstown’s school board held a special "informational" meeting Thursday to dig into the district’s policy regarding transgender and gender non-conforming students that has become a singular focus for many in the walkup to Tuesday’s school elections. The meeting, addressing a policy that has...
Town of Fishkill drafts position paper on future use of former prison
FISHKILL – Ozzy Albra and the Fishkill Town Board are drafting a position paper with their thoughts on the redevelopment and use of the former Downstate Correctional Facility that was shuttered two years ago as a state cost-saving measure. A little less than a year ago, the state sought...
Mahopac battery farm moratorium in the offing
CARMEL – The Carmel Town Board has decided to conduct a public hearing next month over a potential zoning change that would limit the scope of battery storage systems including one proposed for a 90-acre parcel of land off Miller Road at the Carmel-Somers town line that has resulted in an uproar from local residents.
Review: Looking at the historic bonds of animals and humans in 'Our Kindred Creatures'
A 19th-century pet cemetery in Westchester County, New York, with poignant epitaphs: "Born a dog/Lived like a gentleman/Died beloved." A metropolis adjacent to a metropolis, with teeming Chicago stockyards next to a luxurious hotel. Manhattan's equine ambulance, which preceded the city's first human ambulance by a couple of years.
WATCH: Upgrades to Metro-North Repair and Support Shops Completed
CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. – Project upgrades to a maintenance and operations hub at Croton-on-Hudson in New York have finished. The site was inherited by Metro-North in 1983, and at the time, the site’s ability to function as a maintenance site was inadequate. Starting in 2001, the project utilized state and federal funding to make upgrades. These include equipping the facility with “a dozen car-hoists, four pedestal tracks, and multiple door level and roof level platforms to assist in the preventive maintenance.” According to the release, the second floor was designed to create a better and more streamlined distribution process through the integration of a service corridor between three buildings.
Metro-North paid $1M to engineer in Valhalla crash that killed 6 in 2015. Families ask why
Metro-North agreed to pay $1 million to the engineer operating the train that collided with an SUV at a Valhalla crossing in 2015, killing six in the deadliest accident in the railroad’s history, The USA Today Network has learned. The payout to Steven Smalls came after he sued the railroad and the estate of SUV driver Ellen Brody for emotional distress in 2017, claiming Metro-North’s negligence contributed to the Feb. 3, 2015 crash. ...
NYPD Cop From Mahopac Back in Court Over Manslaughter Charges
BRONX, N.Y. - A New York City police sergeant from Mahopac accused of throwing a cooler and killing a man during a drug arrest last summer in the Bronx was back in court earlier this week for a hearing in which prosecutors said they are still awaiting evidence discovery from the defense. Erik Duran of Mahopac, an undercover member of the NYPD Narcotics Borough Bronx Tactical Response Unit, who faces myriad charges in the August 2023 death of Eric Duprey, was surrounded by more than a dozen fellow officers as he appeared before a judge, according to published reports.CLICK HERE TO...
Nearly 99% of unionized Phelps Hospital nurses, caregivers OK strike
SLEEPY HOLLOW - Registered nurses and other caregivers at Phelps Hospital voted with 98.9% support to authorize a strike while the 1199 SEIU-unionized workforce negotiates a first contract with the Northwell Health-run hospital. Workers at the 238-bed hospital, who held an informational picket earlier this month, have said they want...
Leafology Cannabis Company: The First Dispensary in Westchester Reopens!
This family-owned business, which offers a comprehensive range of cannabis products from vapes to edibles, concentrates, and flower, is a funky and fun gathering place where everyone is welcome. “Leafology is not your typical dispensary,” said Raphael Bassalobre, partner. “We are a family business, and every one of our team...
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