MAHOPAC, N.Y. - The Town Board unanimously passed legislation last week that bans the sale and possession of synthetic drugs—sometimes referred to as designer drugs—within the town’s borders.

The legislation, which had been proposed by Councilman Frank Lombardi, was modeled after a law that was passed unanimously by the Westchester County Legislature last month.

When he ...

MAHOPAC, N.Y. - The beach at Lake Secor has been closed indefinitely after heating oil from a failed tank in a nearby residence leaked into the lake.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) said that on Tuesday, June 13, at approximately 12:45 p.m., a heating oil tank in a homeowner’s basement failed and the oil entered a sump pump and was then pumped to the storm drain ...