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MAHOPAC, N.Y. - Two controversial cell towers once planned for residential neighborhoods in Mahopac have been relocated in an out-of-court settlement with Verizon Wireless and Homeland Towers.

The Town Board voted 3-0 to accept the settlement at its May 13 meeting. Councilman Mike Barile, citing a potential conflict, abstained and Councilwoman Suzi McDonough was absent.

Barile said he ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y. Mahopac News sat down last week with Supervisor Ken Schmitt for a phone interview to discuss how town business is proceeding with the coronavirus shutdown in effect.

Topics ranged from how Town Board meetings are now being conducted to how the pandemic could impact the town budget to the supervisor’s personal health as he recuperates from open-heart surgery.

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MAHOPAC, N.Y. - Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Mahopac School District voters will have to vote on the 2020-21 school budget and Board of Education candidates by mail this year. An executive order from Gov. Cuomo last week decreed that there will be no in-person voting.

Additionally, voters will have but one opportunity to pass the budget. Should it fail, the school district will be ...

Mahopac News will have more on this story as details develop.

CARMEL,N.Y. - The one constant with COVID-19 seems to be the rapidly changing evolution of information and science. Experts continue to research and learn more about the novel coronavirus. Recent studies have confirmed that individuals who are ill but have no symptoms can still spread the virus to others and yesterday Gov. Cuomo issued an executive order requiring face coverings for everyone ...