Cortlandt Manor News

A Cortlandt Manor teen's joyride in a stolen car ended with a crash after a late-night police chase through two towns Friday, State Police at Cortlandt said.

The Historical Society serving Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown has been sponsoring their Hall of Fame Essay Contest, in which sophomores at Sleepy Hollow High School research and write an essay nominating an individual who has contributed to the villages of Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown, since 2003.

Whiz Kid:A Lee Meadvin School: A Hendrick Hudson High School Accomplishment: A Being nominatedA as anA outstanding instrumentalist by The High School Theater Awards, presented by the Helen Hayes Youth Theatre.

A Cortlandt Manor teenager was charged with misdemeanor aggravated driving while intoxicated after crashing a Jeep into a neighbor's front yard on Crescent Drive in Cortlandt Manor, at about 6:30 a.m., Sunday.

A 16-year-old Cortlandt Manor boy crashed into his neighbor's front yard while driving drunk, New York State Police report.

The New York Z Car Club paid tribute to the Sullivan family of Carmel saturday morning, renaming their "Fun Run" to the Sullivan Family Memorial Road Run Around The Mighty Hudson River.

A Westchester contractor cited for a construction error that led to a natural gas explosion that destroyed one West Haverstraw home and damaged others pleaded guilty today to reckless endangerment.

Barbara Savatteri is director of infection control at Hudson Valley Hospital Center in Cortlandt, and was a recent contributor to an "American Journal of Medicine" article.

PhysiciansA Endoscopy is partnering with GI physicians and HudsonA Valley Hospital Center in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., on a new endoscopy center, according to news release .

Lakeland school district residents turned out in small numbers through midday today to render judgment on a proposed $157 million budget and three vacancies on the board of education .

In-person applications will be accepted Monday, May 14, to Friday, May 18, from 10 a.m. to noon and 2-4 p.m. Applications can be downloaded from their website.

Back in 1887, on weekdays from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m., you could visit The Field Library A on the upper floor of the 'Round House' on Smith Street and read "four daily papers and the principal magazines"-after your stagecoach made its scheduled stop at its doors.A The library was advertised as "free to all" and was made possible through an endowment of ... (more)

A Brooklyn jury acquitted the man who pushed New York City Police Officer and Cortlandt resident Alain Schaberger over a railing of murder, but convicted him on the charge of aggravated manslaughter last week.

A Peekskill woman is facing a felony grand larceny charge after New York State Police say they received a complaint from Payless ShoeSource in Cortlandt that the woman rang false returns into the cash register to take the cash.

Adam G. Meth, 22, of Buchanan, was arrested early Sunday on a charge of second-degree assault following a report of a stabbing at a Somers restaurant.

This is the first in a series about the upcoming Lakeland school board election and budget vote on May 15.

An Iraq combat veteran returns to Peekskill City Court today facing a tough choice: plead guilty to driving under the influence of drugs, ending a protracted, costly round of appearances, or demand a trial, which could leave him in legal limbo for another year or more.

Whiz Kids: A Julia and James Meslener School: A Walter Panas High School Accomplishment: A The siblings are recipients of the 2012 Youth Special Recognition Salute by the Salvation Army.

Bargain hunters won't have to go far to find a good deal this weekend. There are plenty of tag sales happening in the the local area.

Press release fromA National Solid Wastes Management Association's :A WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Tuesday, May 1, Cortlandt resident Andy Moss of Progressive Waste Solutions, A received the National Solid Wastes Management Association's Special Governor's Award for his years of service to NSWMA's New York City Chapter.