YORKTOWN, N.Y. - Yorktown School District voters overwhelmingly approved a $97.9 million budget with a tax rate decrease of 0.22 percent and a tax levy increase of 0.09 percent, according to unofficial results provided by District Clerk Yvette Segal.

BUDGET RESULTS

Yes—470
No—69

The district also asked voters permission to remove $4 million from its ...

SHRUB OAK, N.Y. - Lakeland School District voters have elected Michael Daly, Angela Conti, Karen Pressman and Robert Mayes to the school board, according to results provided by Communications Director James Van Develde.

BOARD OF EDUCATION  RESULTS

Michael Daly (incumbent)—726 votes
Angela Conti—718 votes
Karen Pressman (incumbent)—708 votes
Robert ...

SOUTH SALEM, N.Y. – South Salem resident Peter Harckham is running for New York State Senate, he announced on Saturday.

According to a report in the New York Daily News, it was Gov. Andrew Cuomo who asked the former Westchester County legislator to challenge two-term incumbent Sen. Terrence Murphy.

Harckham, a Democrat, was a county legislator for 12 years. He stepped down in 2015 to ...