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Voters in 16 villages in Westchester, six in Rockland and two in Putnam will go to the polls March 16 to elect trustees and in some cases mayors and village justices. Find candidate information, news coverage and more at LoHud.com's Election Central.

NORTH SALEM — The school district is looking at eliminating security guards from the high school/middle school from 2 to 8 p.m., laying off the assistant principal at Pequenakonck Elementary and eliminating more than a dozen other positions to keep spending at a reasonable level next year.

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Voters in 16 villages in Westchester, six in Rockland and two in Putnam will go to the polls March 16 to elect trustees and in some cases mayors and village justices. Find candidate information, news coverage and more at LoHud.com's Election Central.

Gov. Paterson, as portrayed by Fred Armisen two weeks ago on "Saturday Night Live," was down on Peekskill, but the TV network HBO is up.

CARMEL - What was he thinking? A local man asked to empty his pockets before passing through a metal detector on his way to Town Court was arrested on Tuesday after taking a bag of marijuana out of his pocket, according to town police.

SOUTHEAST — Troopers from the Brewster barracks charged two men with driving while intoxicated during separate incidents Wednesday night on Routes 6 and 312, state police said today.

Toward the end of his State of the County address Wednesday night, Putnam County Executive Robert Bondi asked residents if they thought they even needed county government.

SOUTHEAST — While a defense attorney has never called a police dog to testify at trial, the work they do is often challenged in court.

With a budget crunch forcing schools to do more with less, Lakeland teachers are using a modest investment in technology to span great distances, right in their classrooms.

CARMEL — Putnam County Executive Robert Bondi will deliver his 2010 State of the County speech at 7 p.m today inside the historic county courthouse on Gleneida Avenue.

A Chappaqua man who was stopped for driving erratically on Route 9 in Cortlandt is among five motorists charged in recent days with driving while intoxicated, state police said today.

PUTNAM VALLEY — A fire Tuesday afternoon caused moderate damage to a house on Peekskill Hollow Road, fire officials said today.

SOUTHEAST — Police officers and their K-9 partners from throughout the Lower Hudson Valley are gathering today at a vacant store off Independent Way for a large-scale training session.

More than 40 percent of Yonkers students didn't graduate in four years, according to state figures for 2009. But the data also revealed brighter spots for the district and for the entire region.

The Brewster High School Marching Band is marching in its third New York City St. Patrick's Day parade and also raising money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to honor its band director, whose son is recovering from leukemia.

Levels of PCB contamination in the Hudson River are far greater than first estimated and General Electric's dredging operation must improve before the next phase of the toxic cleanup starts in 2011, according to a new report from federal regulators.

GOLDENS BRIDGE — A 56-year-old physician who ransacked his house and waved a machete at troopers was under armed guard at Northern Westchester Hospital after he drove his SUV through a closed garage door, dragging two investigators who were trying to calm him down, authorities said.

SOUTHEAST — Brewster firefighters put out an attic fire in a home before the blaze could spread to the rest of the house.

Despite a year that included emergency reactor shutdowns and siren problems, Indian Point has earned a top safety rating from federal regulators. A green designation means the inspection findings were considered of "very low safety significance."