Somers Tax Receiver Joan Ribaudo Retires

The Somers School District is moving forward on a number of fronts in its battle to maintain a safe and healthy environment for all students and staff.

Not only has it formed a task force and engaged Altaris Group as school safety consultants, it has hired two more School Resource Officers (SROs), purchased safety vests, implemented single points of entry for each school, and is installing new ...

People living with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) now have a way to fight back. 

Lexington Avenue Gym and the Michael J. Fox Foundation sponsored an informational meeting on Sept. 14 for people with PD. The program emphasized the importance of exercise in improving both the physical and mental condition of those suffering with the disease. Specifically, the meeting highlighted the Rock Steady Boxing ...

The potential closure of a cable access studio in Peekskill has hosts of local shows reeling and worrying about the future of community-generated television.

The studio, located on Park Street in the city’s bustling downtown, has been around for decades and is the only one left in the area.

The studio had been owned by Cablevision Systems Corp., but became Altice USA’s after the ...

YORKTOWN, N.Y. – More than 100 men and women joined Drug Crisis in Our Backyard at FDR Park in Yorktown Heights on Saturday, Sept. 22, for the organization’s fifth annual Run 4 Recovery 5K run/walk, which raises funds to combat drug and alcohol addiction.

Drug Crisis was founded in the summer of 2012 after the Salomone family of Mahopac and the Christiansen family of Somers lost sons to ...

Somers High School has been named a National Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education. The distinction as an Exemplary High Performing School is one of the most prestigious awards in education.

“The Blue Ribbon award is recognition of the value we place on student achievement and our efforts to ensure that all students can find success,” said High School Principal Mark ...

The Girl Scout Fundraiser Bingo Night was a huge success! The Girl Scouts sold out at 100 tickets and the surprise superstar callers made it feel like a star-studded event. 

The first caller was Matt Carr, the Somers school district Director of Human Resources and Student Services, who is “famous” for his recording of the school cancellation message. The audience went wild when he came in and ...

During the summer months, many judges throughout Westchester County do not sit in their regularly assigned courts. The reasons are varied. They may be on vacation, required to attend Judge School or Seminars, reassigned temporarily to sit in County Court (City Court Judges are permitted to do that), or they are conflicted and cannot hear certain cases.

As a result, Ninth Judicial District’s ...

The following was sent to parents from Superintendent Dr. Raymond Blanch on Tuesday:

"We were notified this afternoon that a Somers High School student athlete has a confirmed case of a skin infection called Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). MRSA is a type of “staph” infection that is resistant to many antibiotics and frequently causes skin infections. The school is taking ...

At first it looked like a skirmish might be developing between a local organization and Somers school officials over new restrictions on the use of district football fields.

But in the end, all agreed to put their heads together to work out a solution that everyone can live with by next season.

Nearly a dozen folks representing the Somers Youth Sports Organization appeared before the Somers ...

The town’s Zoning Board of Appeals has laid down a new ground rule for folks who keep chickens: If it crows, it goes.

The issue came up last week after a homeowner asked the board to define what counts as a “mature cockerel” because he was fed up with hearing a rooster in his neighbor’s flock sounding the alarm. 

Previously, the town’s building inspector had defined mature cockerel by age.