Police & Fire

WESTCHESTER, N.Y. - In response to Tuesday’s mass shooting of 19 children and two adults at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, Westchester County police boosted patrols at Somers, North Salem, and other districts where they have School Resource Officers.

There will also be additional emergency service units deployed to supplement the safety and security provided by the SROs, it ...

SOMERS, N.Y. - A former college lacrosse team captain has been sentenced to six years in prison after being convicted in the near-fatal stabbing of his housemate, Somers native Justin Corpolongo.

Matthew Stockfeder, 24, of Melville, Long Island, also received five years’ post-release supervision in Queens Supreme Court, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Friday, ...

SOMERS, N.Y. - The driver of a car that rear-ended a Somers school bus and left is being sought for questioning, state police said.

The bus was stopped in the southbound lane of Route 139 (Primrose Street) around 3:30 p.m. on Monday, May 2, when the accident occurred.

The driver of the passenger vehicle – possibly a "red Kia" – fled the scene, said Troop K’s ...

GOLDEN'S BRIDGE, N.Y. - When fire, medical, storm-related and other 9-1-1 emergencies are sounded in its fire district – which includes Golden’s Bridge and small swaths of Somers and North Salem – the Golden’s Bridge Fire Department is almost always first on the scene. An Albany state legislator is now answering the call of Golden’s Bridge Firefighters.

State ...

SOMERS, N.Y. - Is there a fire in you?

That’s the question that members of the Somers Volunteer Fire Department are asking the community. On Saturday, April 23, the company will host an open house at the Lincolndale Firehouse, located across the street from Somers High School at 119 Primrose Street.

This year alone, the SVFD has already responded to 145 fire incidents and 468 EMS ...