YORKTOWN, NY — June 8, 2020 – Yorktown unveiled a new municipal website this week that is designed for ease of use. The new town website follows the parks department’s recent launch of an online registration page on the Community Pass platform. With the new Community Pass page, residents don’t have to come to the Parks and Recreation Office to …
Yorktown Launches Independence Day Decorating Contest
YORKTOWN, NY — July 2, 2020 – Yorktown residents and business owners are encouraged to decorate their properties for Independence Day and submit photos to a holiday contest. “The 4th of July Patriotic Decorating Contest is an opportunity for residents and business owners to demonstrate their creativity while at the same time boosting our community’s spirits during this difficult year,” …
Yorktown Alliance for Safe Kids (ASK) Release Diversity Resource
YORKTOWN, NY — June 19, 2020 – The Yorktown Alliance for Safe Kids (ASK) released a diversity guide today designed to help residents discuss racism and take positive action to eliminate racial inequality. The Yorktown Together! Resource Guide for Diversity & Inclusion is posted on the group’s website. The guide offers tools and resources to encourage mindful listening, facilitation of …
Yorktown Planners Approve Reuse of Empty Bank Building in Heart of Yorktown Heights
YORKTOWN, NY — June 17, 2020 – The Yorktown Planning board yesterday approved the renovation of an empty bank in the heart of Yorktown Heights. The Ohio-based owner of 1961 Commerce St. submitted an application to the Planning Board to convert a former M&T Bank into a home improvement showroom for CST Kitchens & Baths, which is relocating from its …
Yorktown Condemns Death of George Floyd
YORKTOWN, NY — June 3, 2020 – Yorktown’s elected officials condemned the death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd and rejected all forms of racism during Tuesday’s Town Board meeting. “The vast majority of those who have exercised their constitutional rights following the death of George Floyd have done so peacefully in the spirit of America’s great civil rights leaders, while …
Yorktown Talk Focuses on Limiting Coronavirus Spread
YORKTOWN, NY — May 9, 2020 – Officials from the Lowe’s home improvement store donated thousands of KN95 masks to emergency responders in Yorktown on Yesterday morning. A video of the event is posted on the town’s Facebook page. Pele Edwards, the store manager at the Yorktown Heights Lowe’s, said the donation was made in gratitude to first responders. “We …
Yorktown Talk Focuses on Limiting Coronavirus Spread
YORKTOWN, NY — April 13, 2020 – Supervisor Matt Slater welcomed a physician from Hudson Valley Hospital to discuss the coronavirus’ local effects and best practices for avoiding infection. Dr. Michael Ford, a primary care internist with New York-Presbyterian Medical Group Hudson Valley, joined Supervisor Slater during his Thursday night Facebook Live broadcast. Their discussion ranged from the rising use …
Yorktown Public Library Enhances Online Services
YORKTOWN, NY — April 10, 2020 – The John C. Hart Library has enhanced its online service so that the public can access more of the library’s resources remotely. Effective immediately residents can apply for a library card online by emailing their name, address and phone number to jchart@wlsmail.org. The Hart Library staff will process the requests and respond by …
Yorktown Supervisor Slater welcomes Dr. Michael Ford to his Facebook Live Broadcast Tonight April 9, 2020 @ 6pm
YORKTOWN, NY — April 9, 2020 – Dr. Michael Ford a primary care internist with NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Hudson Valley, joins Supervisor Matt Slater during his Facebook Live broadcast today at 6 p.m. Dr. Ford, whose practice is in Sleepy Hollow, is an assistant attending physician at NewYork-Presbyterian and assistant professor of medicine in the department of internal medicine at Weill …
Yorktown Merchant to Distribute Face Masks and Sanitizers to First Responders and Public
YORKTOWN, NY — April 7, 2020 — The owner of a local gas station will distribute donated face masks and hand sanitizers to first responders and the public on Tuesday. On Tuesday, April 7, from 1 p.m. to 4 p,m., Yorktown residents can drive through the Shrub Oak Shell gas station’s convenience store to pick up their sanitizer and masks. …
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