The Examiner— If you text and drive, don’t worry about Yorktown High School junior Elizabeth Brennan judging you: After all, she used to do it, too. But after beginning to research the accidents and injuries associated with the practice as part of her Girl Scout Gold Award project, Brennan, 16, said she changed her tune. “Once I went online […]

Yorktown Patch– As I write this, there are eight days left in my high school career. This is crazy to think about… and a few weeks after that is prom and graduation. I am extremely excited about both of these events. When discussing plans for after prom with my group, we saw a void of […]

The Northern Westchester Examiner– Our modern lives are so hectic and fragmented that it can be difficult to remember the real value of community, a virtue on display in spades at Saturday’s Yorktown Community Day and Alliance for Safe Kids Taste of Yorktown event in Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park. The event was an explosion […]

The Daily Yorktown– The spirit of Yorktown was on display Saturday at the 23rd annual Yorktown Community Day and seventh annual Alliance for Safe Kids Taste of Yorktown at Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park. Hundreds of residents took advantage of the sunny skies and warm temperatures to visit booths manned by local businesses and organizations […]

The Daily Yorktown– Every day is Mother’s Day, according to moms everywhere, but this Sunday is when special attention is shown to women with children. In Yorktown, business owners are busy helping kids and husbands choose the right gift. Yorktown Jewelers, located in the Roma Building, is donating 10% of its proceeds from Saturday’s sales to […]

The Examiner— Hundreds of Yorktown residents converged on Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park three community building events on Saturday. The Yorktown Chamber of Commerce started the day’s activities with the HealthYorktown 5K run that benefited the Yorktown and Lakeland education foundations. Following the race the Alliance for Safe Kids (ASK) held organized Yorktown Community Day and the seventh annual Taste of […]

The Alliance for Safe Kids, Inc. invites you to stop by anytime, day or night to visit the newest addition in the lobby of the Yorktown Police Department.  Our community is extremely fortunate to now have a dedicated Prescription Drug Drop-Off Box available to residents twenty four hours a day, seven days a week.  ASK […]

Daily Yorktown– It’s not often a group of teenagers get together to discourage underage drinking, but that’s exactly what the Alliance for Safe Kids (ASK) did. As part of its first Yorktown Sticker Shock Campaign, teams of ASK youth, accompanied by an adult chaperone, placed stickers on multi-packs of alcoholic beverages at participating stores that […]