Tuskers Tee Off in Support of Somers Football Program

Camillo Astrologo is finally home.

For more than half a century, Astrologo racked up accolades for his eponymously named barber shop in Bedford Hills, but this month he re-located the business to Somers where he’s lived for just as long.

He brought with him his two 120-year-old barber chairs and antique cash register to 261 Route 202 where he’ll continue being a master barber.

Though ...

The public will get another chance to put its two cents in this Thursday, Dec. 13, when Somers continues its hearing on its proposed 2019 spending plan.

There was only one taker during the public comment portion of the Town Board’s Dec. 6 work session.

Marc A. Bergman, a resident of Heritage Hills and a real estate attorney, told the board that while Somers’ taxes are more affordable than ...

If it ain’t broke, why fix it?

That is the question some Somers folks are pondering in light of the school district’s move to go to a hybrid block schedule at the high school next year.

The answer is both simple and complex, said Somers High School Principal Mark Bayer during a recent Facebook Live chat. The event was just one part of letting everyone know how it’s going to work and how it ...

Somers school officials are hoping that parents and other community members will complete a tough homework assignment—helping them keep kids safe and out of trouble.

Administrators drew fire on social media recently after a video showing two boys fighting and a student vaping in a high school bathroom went viral.

The burgeoning e-cig epidemic among youths has had school officials all over ...

SOMERS, N.Y. - Ali Kalayjian and Katrina Kurtz grew up on the same street in Somers and began playing soccer together when they were 5 years old. Over the years, they’ve gone on to different teams, Katrina to the New York City Football Club and Ali to FC Fury in Bay Shore, Long Island, but their friendship has remained strong, as has their love of the game.

So much so that, when other kids ...

NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - North Salem athletic director Henry Sassone and Somers athletic director Roman Catalino told members of the Somers/North Salem ice hockey team earlier this month that their merged squad will not be hitting the ice this season due to a low number of players.

The team had only 15 players on the roster, Catalino said, compared with more than 20 for most Section 1 hockey ...

The Somers Democratic Town Committee honored Bob and Betsy Stuart at a wine tasting held at Anglebrook Golf Club on Oct. 25. 

The Stuarts were presented with the Somers Democratic Town Committee’s Community Appreciation Award. 
County Legislators Michael Kaplowitz and Kitley Covill presented the Stuarts with a proclamation declaring October 26, 2018, Bob and Betsy Stuart day in Westchester ...

The Somers Volunteer Fire Department battled three chimney fires in recent weeks, something they say is totally preventable with yearly cleaning.

First Assistant Chief John Mackey said all three fires were due to a buildup of creosote, a byproduct of burning wood.

“This is the time of year people are using their chimneys and aren’t getting them professionally cleaned,” Mackey said.

It was not too long ago that we were told we would be living and working in a paperless society. 

I envisioned my desk not having a shred of paper on it. As I look around my office today, I think it is safe to say that the predictions of a “paperless society” were as accurate as those of the Y2K computer apocalypse.

Perhaps, most illustrative of how paper intensive a society we have become ...

Residents have a choice between two former fire chiefs in the upcoming election for Fire District commissioner.

Incumbent John Markiewicz is running against Jody Leverich. 

Leverich has lived in Somers for 11 years and has been a member of the Somers Volunteer Fire Department for 13 years, serving in several different leadership positions. Markiewicz has lived in Somers since 1980 and has ...