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MAHOPAC, N.Y. - The Mahopac Knights of Columbus Father Mooney Council 5743 held its annual car show on Sunday, Oct. 7, in the parking lot of Arturo's Tavern. The show featured classic cars, muscle cars, hot rods, lowriders, antiques, trucks and more. The K of C's Bob Olszewski, who chaired the event, said nearly 100 cars were on display - a record for the fledgling show. He said that money raised ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y. - The Planning Board is entertaining two site-plan applications for cell towers in Mahopac—one on Dixon Road near McDonough Park, the other on Croton Falls Road—which Verizon says are needed to fill in coverage gaps.

Homeland Towers will build the towers for Verizon but other providers will also be allowed to rent space on the structures. Representatives from Homeland went before ...

RIVERDALE, N.Y. - Rose and Jim Paciullo know their way around a home remodel. And they have the resume to prove it.

The couple owns New Visions Kitchen and Baths, and while their showroom is located on Mosholu Avenue in Riverdale, they draw customers throughout Westchester and Putnam counties.

“People are always traveling to shop, and our showroom location has never been a hindrance,” Rose ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y. - The second annual Color-a-Thon, hosted by MSA Cheerleading, was held last month at Austin Road Elementary School. Students paid an entry fee to enter the race, in which coaches and parents dusted them with colored powder at various intervals throughout the course. The runners also gained donations via pledges. Proceeds benefited the MSA cheerleading squads and the kids had a ...

CARMEL, N.Y. - Carmel High School scored a touchdown on its first offensive play of last week’s annual Bryan Higgins Trophy game, forcing Mahopac to chase the Rams all Friday night in what turned out to be a 34–21 loss.

The host Rams scored twice early, putting Mahopac in a 13-point hole that set the tone and ended up being the difference in the game.

Carmel’s Sam Duke took a pitch from ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y. - In honor of the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” Mahopac Public Library sent out a call for entries for an exhibit entitled, “MASKS: Images of Ritual, Images of Disguise.” The work received for the show by local and regional artists explores the theme through painting, ceramics, photography, and mixed media; the imagery is festive, freakish, ...

Donald J. Trump is the embodiment of the Republican Party.

Though not all Republicans are racist, too many tolerate and indulge Trump’s blatantly bigoted and hateful views.

Though not all Republicans are misogynists, too many disregard Trump’s seedy past and turn a blind eye towards his serial exploitation and ill-treatment of women.

Though not all Republicans are xenophobic, too many ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y. - The Kmart store in Lake Plaza Shopping Center in Mahopac and the Sears in the Jefferson Valley Mall in Yorktown have been targeted for closure in the wake of Sears’ Chapter 11 filing on Monday, Oct. 15.

Kmart Holding Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co. merged into a new retail company named Sears Holdings Corporation in 2005.

Sears filed for bankruptcy on Monday and ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y. - Mahopac High School held its annual pep rally Sept. 28, coinciding with its Homecoming football game, in which the Indians defeated Ramapo, 42-6. Members of the fall sports teams, the marching band, and the cheerleaders got together and ignited the school spirit of the student body.

MAHOPAC, N.Y. - Nicholas Leone was born with racing in his blood. Since he was 2 years old, he’s had the need for speed.

Leone, 19, grew up in Mahopac and graduated from Lakeland High School in 2016. Coming from a “very Italian family,” Leone’s father and uncle seamlessly passed their passion for Formula 1 racing onto the young boy, indelibly stamping it on his DNA.

“My father and my uncle ...