North Salem News

Democrats have decided not to challenge Supervisor Warren Lucas for election to his first full term in November, leaving him a clear road to office unless an independent candidate emerges.

Jane Bradley likens the way most people move through life to light bulbs left on needlessly around a house.

A Yorktown woman who was charged with drunken driving last night in Somers is among several motorists charged with that offense.

Members of an immigration-reform group formed in the wake of 9/11 came to Brewster yesterday to decry the recent deaths of a mother and daughter who police say were killed by an illegal immigrant driving drunk.

The state comptroller's audit of the North Salem Central School District found problems in controls over issuing checks and tracking equipment, such as laptops, and in consistently seeking competitive bids for supplies and services.

On land or at sea, the mermaids in Coney Island were soaking wet Saturday. The annual Mermaid Parade stepped off in a downpour, with actor Harvey Keitel presiding over a soaking wet crowd of half-naked crazies whose spirits were hardly dampened.

A surveillance camera on the Gateway Dental Center building on Route 22 in Brewster captured the horrific crash last week in which an allegedly drunk driver struck and killed a mother and daughter, a prosecutor said today in Putnam County Court.

BREWSTER - The man who police say was driving drunk when he struck and killed a mother and her daughter Monday was in the U.S. illegally and didn't have a driver's license.

SOUTHEAST - State police today said they were continuing to investigate the actions of Zacaria Conses-Garcia leading up to the moment when, police say, he struck and killed a mother and her young daughter as they were walking out of the child's dance class yesterday.

Route 6: Robert Barry, 48, of Mahopac was charged May 29 around 2:20 p.m. with driving while intoxicated, a felony; and resisting arrest, a misdemeanor, police said.

A winding artery situated high above serpentine streets that slither past expansive farms, Deveau Road in North Salem is home to the Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden.

PLEASANTVILLE: Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson Inc. will sponsor a summer garden tour, Rhapsody in Bloom, on July 11.

CROTON FALLS - A southbound accident near Exit 8 on Interstate 684 was cleared at 8:15 a.m. today, police said.

NORTH SALEM - As the universities and pension funds that invested with Paul Greenwood wait to find out how much money they will get back as the securities fraud cases against him proceed, North Salem residents are still divided over the allegations that he took millions from investors and surrounded himself with luxury.

The state Department of Transportation has blocked off the shoulder of a stretch off Route 202 near Stoneleigh Avenue that Putnam and northern Westchester commuters use as parking for the Croton Falls train station.

Georgina Bloomberg, daughter of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and her dogs Mabel and Hugo.

Taxpayers have sent a resounding message to school leaders this year: Don't even try to get away with the kind of spending we've seen over the past few years.

NORTH SALEM: Nine Pequenakonck Elementary School students received honors in the recent Somers Women's Club Creative Writing Contest, with one student winning an award at the state level.

North Salem, NY - May 13, 2009 - Following an amazing debut at the southeastern Winter Circuits The Pooch Paddock, the first on-premise 'doggie day care' service for horse show exhibitors, is giving northern Spring Circuits at Old Salem Farm a real treat.

A North Salem, N.Y., man was injured when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed Monday afternoon on Route 7. State police said Michael Gress, 45, was riding north about 3:40 p.m., when he lost control on a curve near Saddle Ridge Road, crossed the center line and put the bike down on its side.