- Shannon Wong, director of the New York Civil Liberties Union’s Lower Hudson Valley Chapter, criticized County Executive Rob Astorino over the remarks he made following a pre-Christmas Mass hosted by Archbishop Cardinal Timothy Dolan at the Westchester County Jail last week, claiming that Astorino’s remarks and very participation in the Mass went too far in endorsing one religion.
- Amid the investigation into the death of Katonah's David Cuse, Bedford Police announced that they are seeking witnesses and security camera footage of the area near his home.
- Seamless, a Manhattan-based online food delivery service, has launched a new ad campaign that takes potshots at Weschester County and the notion of cooking at home.
- Hudson Valley native son, former Gov. George Pataki announced he is dropping out of the Republican presidential race.
- Yonkers Fire Department Lt. Danny Nee is gaining national attention for risking his own life to save a teenage girl from a fire on Christmas morning.
- Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones and other women were in the news again as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who owns an estate in Bedford, said the fact that Bill Clinton had affairs with them makes them "fair game" in his ongoing fight with the Clintons.
- A report that an Iranian hacker group infiltrated the control system of Rye’s Bowman Dam in 2013 has left local officials and residents questioning why they were not informed sooner and seeking answers from the national government.
- Pound Ridge native Ari Fleischer has been hired by Peyton Manning to help manage the ongoing crisis the NFL quarterback faces.
- The Pelham Memorial High School Yearbook Pelican is among finalists to receive the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Crown Awards.
- The Oath Craft Beer Sanctuary in Tarrytown has rated a write-up in The New York Times.
- Scarsdale Public TV's "Senior Options" profiles Weinberg Nature Center.
- The three surviving members of the Hastings-on-Hudson family involved in the fatal head-on crash involving a tractor-trailer and an SUV in Killington, Vt., on Tuesday are being treated at University of Vermont Medical Center.
- The Westchester Conservatory of Music, which works with special needs students in Eastchester, has received an award from the ASCAP Foundation.
- Fire crews said a malfunctioning furnace caused a carbon monoxide leak at the Mamaroneck CVS that sent one person to the hospital and forced the evacuation of the store on Tuesday.
- Andrew S. Martin, 29, of Bronxville, was charged with DWI after he was involved in a single-car accident on the Sprain Brook Parkway on Monday.
- Assemblyman Tom Abinanti (D-Greenburgh/Mount Pleasant) recently sponsored a new state law that authorizes Westchester County to bond sewer and water capital projects more than $10 million without the need for a referendum.
- The Village of Port Chester will begin a series of seminars to inform residents on how to qualify as a candidate for the upcoming 2016 Village election.
- Police say New Rochelle resident Jesus Rodriguez Gonzalez was stabbed by a woman with a knife in a possible domestic dispute early Monday morning and was taken to the hospital and later released.
- Outgoing Mount Vernon Mayor Ernie Davis delivered his farewell address Tuesday night during a special meeting of the Mount Vernon City Council.
- Thousands of fellow police, U.S. servicemen, top public officials and friends attended Wednesday's funeral services for Tech. Sgt. Joseph Lemm, 45, of West Harrison at St. Patrick's Cathedral.
- New York Knicks player Cleanthony Early, who attended Pine Bush High School in the Hudson Valley, was robbed and shot in Queens early Wednesday, according to multiple reports.
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