Buchanan News

The three-judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board panel handling the Indian Point license renewal proceeding has ruled that a number of area governmental entities may participate in the renewal process.

Federal regulators yesterday gave Indian Point and the four counties within 10 miles a preliminary satisfactory grade for the emergency-preparation drill held Wednesday.

Gasoline prices in the Lower Hudson Valley and across the United States keep falling, a help to recession-battered consumers at holiday time.

BUCHANAN - Local emergency responders got to test their skills yesterday in a mock Indian Point disaster involving everything from power outages to an overheated nuclear reactor and radioactive plume blowing ...

Clerks at stores in Cortlandt and Montrose were arrested during an underage-drinking initiative conducted by state and Westchester County police, state police Investigator Sean Morgan said today.

After reading about how the slumping economy is leaving local food pantries with bare shelves, Buchanan firefighters decided to turn a routine fundraiser for the department into one to benefit the needy.

CORTLANDT - Firefighters from Mohegan Lake, Peekskill and Buchanan worked quickly today to douse a fire that apparently started from a plumber's soldering torch.

BW: Wasn't it the case that a lot of your records were illegal? SS: They were never available.

The Indian Point nuclear power plant in Buchanan is pledging millions to follow the operational advice of an independent safety evaluation panel.

A weak world economy has brought a consumer benefit: Gasoline prices are in sharp decline.

An early morning fire wrecked part of the dining room and kitchen area of Portofino restaurant on Route 9A today.

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The town of Cortlandt is instituting a hiring freeze and putting off purchases of large new vehicles in an effort to keep municipal spending down, a strategy that is yielding a proposed 2009 spending plan that ...

Two people were killed in a house fire last night on Lindbergh Avenue. Firefighters from Peekskill and neighboring departments responded to the blaze at No.

BUCHANAN, N.Y. : In an Oct. 18 story, The Associated Press reported that the U.S. Environmental Protection Administration says the number of fish eggs and larvae killed each year in cooling systems at the ...

Dara Gray, environmental supervisor for at Indian Point nuclear power plant, talks about the plant's system of returning fish, caught in their water intake system, back to the Hudson River that Friday, Oct.

CROTON-ON-HUDSON - Students in Croton-Harmon High School's Art Club put paint to the metal as part of the Croton Rotary Club's recent 24th annual Classic & Collectible Car Show.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has rejected calls from environmental groups to overhaul its review process before processing applications for license extensions by reactors in New York, Vermont, ...

Indian Point officials promised yesterday to build an emergency operations center outside the nuclear plant's 10-mile evacuation zone, a move welcomed by local officials.

Brian J. Howard The Journal News Cortlandt has big plans under way as it tackles the challenges and opportunities that come with being a large and diverse bedroom community.