Cortlandt Deputy Supervisor Announces Candidacy for Supervisor 

All information on this page was written and submitted by Dr. Richard Becker. River Journal North, as a matter of policy, does not endorse candidates.   With the November presidential election still in our […] Read more »

Cortlandt Republican Town Committee Endorses 2021 Slate of Nominees

All information on this page was written and submitted by the nominees. River Journal North, as a matter of policy, does not endorse candidates. Laurie Ryan Nominee for Supervisor  Laurie […] Read more »

Sleepy Hollow Trustee Candidates Speak Out

River Journal reached out to each of the four candidates for the Sleepy Hollow Board of Trustees, offering an opportunity to express why residents should elect them. All four responses follow.  Village elections […] Read more »

Working Families Party Endorses Progress 4 Peekskill Candidates

The Westchester/Putnam Chapter of the Working Families Party has announced their endorsement for the Progress 4 Peekskill slate of candidates for Mayor and Council of Peekskill. Progress 4 Peekskill released […] Read more »

Peekskill Democratic Committee Calls on Challengers to Accept Primary Results

This morning, Peekskill Democratic Chair Drew Claxton sent a letter to a slate of candidates challenging Peekskill’s endorsed Democratic candidates asking that they pledge to support the winner of the Democratic Primary in […] Read more »

Westchester County Legislators Catherine Borgia and Colin Smith Endorse Vivian McKenzie for Peekskill Mayor

Westchester County Legislators Catherine Borgia and Colin Smith today announced their endorsement of Vivian McKenzie for Mayor of Peekskill, calling her hands-down the most accomplished and experience candidate in the […] Read more »

Candidate Forum for Sleepy Hollow Board of Trustees Set for Wednesday, March 10, 7 pm

The Rivertowns League of Women Voters and Mothers Out Front Westchester Rivertowns are co-sponsoring a candidates forum for the Sleepy Hollow Village Board of Trustees election. Four candidates are running […] Read more »

Peekskill Democrats Nominate Rob Scott to Fill Sudden Vacancy on Endorsed Slate

Following the withdrawal of candidate Steve Kollias due a family medical emergency, the Peekskill Democratic City Committee unanimously (with one abstention) endorsed downtown business owner, community leader, and longtime Peekskill […] Read more »

Linda’s Legacy – ‘What this Town Needs Is a Town Hall’

A Monthly Retrospective of Linda Puglisi’s 30 Years as Town of Cortlandt Supervisor When Linda Puglisi was elected to her first term as Cortlandt Supervisor in 1992, she had just […] Read more »

As Entergy Eyes the Exit, Cortlandt Eyes the Exit Fees

Since 1962, the Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan has been a familiar sight to residents of Westchester’s River Towns. In 2017, it was decided that the power plant’s time along the Hudson River would come to […] Read more »