On Sunday, Jan. 21, the winning field skills at the First Lego League, FLL, competition were coding, communication and cooperation. There, the STEM Alliance’s HMX Roaring Robots team scored big, earning a spot in the Hudson Valley FLL Robotics semi-finals in February. After months of preparation, the Hommocks Middle School […]
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Dems look to revive gun, immigration bills
Under a new Democratic regime, legislators will reincarnate two vetoed bills, including a piece of controversial gun legislation, that were nixed under former County Executive Rob Astorino, a Republican. The legislative agenda on Jan. 22 will feature the reintroduction of a bill to ban gun shows on county owned property […]
Feds help move forward Army Corps plan
According to village of Mamaroneck officials, a multimillion dollar flood mitigation plan will enter into the final stages before construction after calls from federal and state lawmakers to speed up the review process. A village press release states that last month, a chief engineer in charge of overseeing the flood […]
Cuomo continues pursuit of $55B Westchester-Long Island tunnel
In his annual state of the state address, Gov. Andrew Cuomo once again pressed for the construction of a long-debated tunnel that would connect Long Island to either Westchester County or Connecticut. On Wednesday, Jan. 3, Cuomo, a Democrat, said the state Department of Transportation, DOT, completed a final analysis […]
Astorino vetoes budget; legislators ready for override
After the inclusion of a tax rate increase and restoration of several cuts by county lawmakers, County Executive Rob Astorino, a Republican, officially vetoed a revised budget. “Such an action by the legislature was unnecessary and unacceptable to county taxpayers, already burdened with the highest combined property taxes in the […]