Pace University Banquet Honors Senior Student-Athletes
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Pace University's athletics department will host its Senior Banquet to commemorate student-athlete accomplishments on Saturday, May 10, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Holiday Inn...
View ArticleState Police Issue More Than 40 Tickets In Distracted Driving Detail
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- New York State Police conducted a distracted driving detail on Routes 6 and 9 in Cortlandt on Monday, March 31, police officials said. Troopers issued more than 40...
View ArticleForum On Drugs, Heroin Set For Walter Panas High School
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The town of Cortlandt and Lakeland Central School District will hold a panel discussion on "Prescription Drugs and Heroin" on Wednesday, April 9 from 7-8:30 p.m. at Walter...
View ArticlePolice ID Woman Who Died On Saw Mill Parkway
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Westchester County Police have released the name of the woman who died following an accident on the Saw Mill River Parkway on Monday, March 31. Mirta Madison, 67, of...
View ArticleNew Lead Could Spell Trouble In Case Of Missing Westchester Man In Mexico
PELHAM, N.Y. -- Family and friends of missing Pelham man Harry Devert, a world traveler and blogger who went missing in Mexico in January, are concerned after an unconfirmed development in the case....
View ArticleWork Continues On Metro-North Track In The Bronx
WESTCHESTER, N.Y. -- Metro-North workers are set to continue work on a track in the Bronx that will be out of service until May. This work will be on Track 1 between Melrose and Woodlawn Stations. New...
View ArticleNew York Ends InBloom Student Data-Sharing Contract
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The New York state Education Department recently severed ties with inBloom, the Web-based cloud service that would store identifiable student data, according to LoHud.com....
View ArticleState Exam Opt-Out Numbers Vary In Westchester
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The number of students opting out of the English Language Arts exams this week hit double digits in a few Westchester school districts, while most said only a few refused...
View ArticleWestchester Senior Citizen Bowling Tournament Registration Due Monday
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The deadline to register for the Westchester County Senior Citizen Bowling Tournament is Monday, April 7. The tournament is open to Westchester County resident senior...
View ArticleYorktown Man, 42, Charged With DWI
YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- A 42-year-old Yorktown man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, according to state police. Walter R. Mogrovejo was arrested and charged with DWI at 10:52 p.m....
View ArticleAstorino Honors Commissioner Mae Caprenter At Women's Hall Of Fame
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino honored Mae Carpenter after she was named a recipient of the 2014 Women's Hall of Fame Award from the Women's Research and Education...
View ArticleSing Sing Visitor Charged With Contraband In Ossining
OSSINING, N.Y. -- A 19-year-old visitor to Sing Sing State Prison in Ossining was arrested and charged with promoting prison contraband after allegedly bringing marijuana into the prison, according to...
View ArticleBall Hails Limits on EBT Use in State Budget
CORTLANDT, N.Y. -- State Sen. Greg Ball, R,C,I-Patterson, recently announced that the state's budget includes a provision to prevent recipients of public assistance from using electronic debit...
View ArticleWestchester Medical Center Encourages Organ Donations
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- April is Donate Life Month, and Westchester Medical Center is encouraging New York residents to register as an organ or tissue donor. “One person who donates their organs...
View ArticlePace Names Daily Voice Founder Innovator Of The Year
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Pace University has named Daily Voice CEO Carll Tucker the 2014 recipient of the university’s Innovator Award. The award will be presented at the Spirit of Pace Awards Dinner on...
View ArticleWestchester Sports Hall Of Fame Seeks 2014 Nominations
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- The Westchester Sports Hall of Fame is seeking nominations for induction in 2014. The Hall of Fame honors outstanding professional and amateur sportsmen and sportswomen, living...
View ArticleHelen M. Brozman, 93, Of Yorktown Heights
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. - Helen M. Brozman of Yorktown Heights died April 2. She was 93. Brozman was born June 9, 1922, in Yonkers, to William and Ann Byrne. She worked for Otis Elevator and later for...
View ArticlePace University To Host Young-Adult Novelist Cerreto
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Novelist and Pace University alumna Amanda Cerreto will be reading from her young-adult novel "Fall from Grace" on Tuesday, April 29. The event, which is free and open to the...
View ArticleWhite Plains' La Bocca Ristorante Offers Authentic Italian Cuisine
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- La Bocca Ristorante's storefront on Church Street in downtown White Plains blends in with its surroundings, but its logo is definitely an attention grabber. A round disc carved...
View ArticleGreat Blue Heron Colony A Rarity In Westchester
BEDFORD, N.Y. -- A colony of great blue heron has made Bedford its home for the season in a remote, yet visible wooded area that Naturalist Tait Johansson says is the only place in all of Westchester...
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