Somers News

A 72-unit affordable senior citizen housing project dubbed the Mews at Baldwin Place got a needed financial boost with a nearly $2 million award from the Housing Trust Fund.

THE trash talk on the boccie court at the Hamilton Township Senior Center was heating up.

SOMERS - Jean Reidy, a longtime librarian and storyteller, is thrilled to be recognized for her love of reading, especially children&#';s books.

Shifting his attention from Congress to the state Senate, Assemblyman Greg Ball is touting a poll that shows him leading his possible opponents in 2010.

A Putnam County man faces several charges related to the use of stolen credit and debit cards, state police said.

As 2009 comes to a close, the Putnam Valley Lions Club's yearly accomplishments have truly exceeded their own expectations.

SOMERS - Herb Oringel heard his wife's warning loud and clear. "She said, 'You're not going to sit around here watching ball games,' " Oringel said of his wife, Sandy, after he retired from a 44-year career at IBM.

SOMERS - There wasn't much actual tea on hand, but there was certainly plenty of anger brewing.

Local residents plan to rally Saturday to protest rising and new taxes in these tough and uncertain economic times.

Re "Hall promotes health-care reform from Somers kitchen," Nov. 10 article: The Journal News credulously reports on Rep.

Troopers charged 14 motorists with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs after recent traffic stops and investigations in Westchester and Putnam counties, state police said today.

Dr. Richard Klein recently earned a black belt in tae kwon do. His next sparring partner may be wearing a white lab coat.

Ardsley spends $24,625 per pupil in its schools, slightly less than the downstate average and 85th among the districts in the area.

SOMERS - No one in town earned more in 2008 than longtime engineer Guy Gagne, but his compensation would hardly stand out in many communities.

SOMERS - Heritage Hills resident Deborah Moldow is hoping the Spirit of the United Nations Award she just got will help her peace efforts.

Bob Stuart, who has run his family's farm, Stuart's Farm, in Granite Springs since 1972, says the overabundance of rain for nearly four months this year made for an extremely trying growing season.

Cycling advocates are scrambling to prevent the state from expanding its use of rumble strips etched alongside roads to rouse dozing drivers - but the Department of Transportation says it has not yet formed any such policy.

Share + Nov 6, 2009 7:59 pm US/Eastern SOMERS, N.Y. It almost seems like an epidemic.

James Borck has a simple philosophy for Election Day: He always votes against incumbents.

SOMERS - State police are on the scene at three separate motor vehicles accidents, all with possible injuries.