Westchester County Executive George Latimer is proud to announce the promotion of Blanca Lopez to serve as the county’s new assistant director of operations. Currently, Lopez serves the county as an adviser on Fair and Affordable Housing. She also serves as liaison to various county departments such as Planning, Probation, […]
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State, county legislators address Local Summit
By NINA RECIO – Contributor After a week of unprecedented upheaval in our nation, local legislators New York State Sen. Shelley Mayer, New York State Assemblyman Steve Otis and Westchester County Legislator Catherine Parker spoke, via Zoom, at the Local Summit’s first program of 2021 on Tuesday, Jan. 12. The […]
WLS surpasses 1 million ebook, audiobook checkouts
Westchester Library System, WLS, announced on Jan. 13 that it reached a record-breaking one million digital book checkouts through OverDrive in 2020. For the WLS this accomplishment illustrates the continued growth and importance of library digital lending of ebooks and audiobooks, especially in a year with building closures due to […]
Westchester County Executive Latimer announces re-election bid
Westchester County Executive George Latimer has announced his plans to seek re-election in the midst of a first term filled with fixing problems—both large and small. “When I took office in 2018, we inherited a County Government plagued with fiscal mismanagement, budget gimmicks, and stalled projects,” Latimer, a Democrat, said. […]
New York State updated COVID numbers
Today’s update on the numbers: Total COVID hospitalizations are at 8,771. Of the 246,507 tests reported yesterday, 13,842 were positive (5.61% of total).
