Editor’s Notebook: Week In Review (July 19-July 25)

Here is an overview of the big news in Yorktown this past week:

A Yorktown resident, along with NBA stars, teaches youngsters all over Westchester how to play basketball. Read the story here. Our student writer had a movie review of "Grown Ups." The town board continued to have their summer outdoor meetings, and we had a link with directions to the historic colony and a tentative agenda schedule.

Two Lakeland/Panas ice hockey players were headed to the Empire State Games. Read the story about the Belger brothers here. In other sports stories, Lakeland's girls' lacrosse team beat Harrison 4-0. Several Northern Westchester town supervisors gathered to endorse Mary Beth Murphy for State Senate, Yorktown supervisor Susan Siegal remains neutral.

The Yorktown Leos beautified the town by helping with garden maintenance. Read the story and see the pictures here. Yorktown and Lakeland/Panas girls' lacrosse players got together on one team to compete in the prestigious Empire State Games. The Yorktown town board moved through a lot of business during their Tuesday's meeting. Some of the matters on the agenda were retirement incentive, fire codes, and the dog park. Read about them and the rest here.

The Senior Center received a five-passenger van through grant and donations and we had the story and pictures to show you. Lakeland's baseball player Jonathan de Marte wins Louisville Slugger State High School Player of the Year Award. Yorktown lacrosse player Justin Mabus commits to Towson University, where he will join a firmer Yorktown player John Fennessey.

Are you bored with your current workout routine? Watch trainers show you how to get fit with TRX and find out how you can change your workout. The Millwood Fire District will move forward with new headquarters. Their Station No. 2 is located on Route 134 at the Yorktown-Ossining-New Castle border. Read coverage of the girls' lacrosse team at the Empire State Games here. Mary Kennedy pleads guilty to a lesser drunk driving charge. Read the Yorktown Police Department arrests for July 14-July 19 here.

With AMC's hit TV drama "Mad Men" airing on Sunday, Patch explored aspects of Westchester's Junior League chapters that have changed—and remained the same—since 1963. Yorktown's Darren McAuliffe helps his team secure a 5-4 victory in the Westchester Putnam Baseball Association's 18-and-under division. The Yorktown Teen Center hosted a fun-filled family event at Downing Park. Read about it here. The Hilltop Hanover Farm and Environmental Center in Yorktown Heights is and its supporters worry they might lose the programs.

Check out seven fun and free things you can do with your kids during the summer, including free movies, wild animals, New York's steamships, and Indian culture. Monday is a painful anniversary for four families as they lost loved ones after a wrong-way car crash on the Taconic. Jefferson Village fights with town over storm run-off and we had the latest update. Get some classic cocktail recipes as a 2007 Barnes and Noble title attempts to resuscitate classic drinks.