Somers News Archives

A Peekskill man who was stopped for driving erratically on Route 6 in Cortlandt this morning is among 17 motorists troopers charged in recent days with driving while intoxicated, state police said today.

Fall is ideal for picking perfect pumpkins, hayrides and haunted houses, and of course, finding fabulous falling leaves.

Perhaps only in the upside-down world of Westchester would county legislators, in the midst of rampant unemployment, gripping recession and widespread economic dislocation, feel compelled to issue apologia for agreeing to build affordable housing.

Police arrested a 57-year-old Somers, N.Y., man after he was allegedly seen by ShopRite personnel taking items that he later refused to pay for.

SOMERS - A handful of Republican lawmakers and political candidates lambasted a $51.6 million settlement that calls for building hundreds of affordable-housing units in wealthier, mostly white communities like this one.

SOMERS - Larry and Marian Cross give this summer's wet weather a Bronx cheer, for the buckets of rain that fell on their Somers farm have left them without any raspberries.

WHITE PLAINS - What will they do? As a court-ordered deadline on a controversial housing settlement quickly approaches, the Westchester County Board of Legislators must decide whether to approve it or go to trial.

Several hundred Muslim families packed a ballroom in the Renaissance Westchester Hotel celebrating the end of the Muslim holy month of spiritual purification.

A man who said he was beaten outside a Yonkers hotel bar because he was a Red Sox fan has filed a federal lawsuit against his assailant, the Yonkers Ramada Inn, and the bar where the altercation began.

Nyack 3, Clarkstown South 2: At Clarkstown South, Jodi Judman had nine kills and 10 aces in a 23-25, 24-26, 30-28, 25-13, 25-19 win.

State police charged four motorists with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated over the weekend in northern Westchester and Putnam counties.

Jamaica : I am a proud student at the City College of New York and an avid Daily News reader.

With many teams and individual runners coming off strong seasons, it looks to be a interesting cross country season.

State Police at Somers are currently investigating an incident at a private residence in the Watergate Drive section of Amawalk in the Town of Somers about 10:45 last Friday evening.

SOMERS - Dozens of antiques vendors came to Lasdon Park and Arboretum yesterday, hawking teacups, wooden chests, rocking chairs, beer steins, old cookbooks and lots of other items.

First I received a notice in my electric bill that the State of New York was assessing me a 2 percent-a-year levy on my electric bill to go directly to the state.

A 49-year-old Somers, N.Y., man was charged with drunken driving Friday in Ridgefield, police said.

Prudently, Rockland takes a page out of Westchester's play book Rockland County legislators, looking to thin the deer herd, plan to form a task force to study the effectiveness and practicality of allowing bow hunting in county parkland.

SOMERS - A man who broke into a Dunhill Road house to sleep in a bathtub yesterday was caught hours after state and local police launched a manhunt to track him down.

LEWISBORO - Investigators with the state police in Somers charged two Lewisboro teens with breaking into a home in the Katonah section of town earlier this summer, state police said today.

YORKTOWN - A Somers teen faces felony and misdemeanor charges after a six-month investigation into graffiti done to the outside of several local businesses, police said today.