Five Westchester Events You'll Want To Attend
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Here are five of Westchester's biggest upcoming events. 1. Dobbs Ferry Egg Hunt at Gould Park, Saturday, April 19 at 10 a.m. Bring your kids along to Gould Park in Dobbs...
View Article'Undercover' Boss Hires College Student At White Plains Youth Summit
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Joshua Mercado of Yonkers walked away from the 2014 Westchester County Youth Workforce Summit Tuesday with a job at Robinson Oil. Unbeknownst to the approximately 150 youth from...
View ArticleYorktown's Guiding Eyes For The Blind Helps Autistic Children
YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- Yorktown's Guiding Eyes for the Blind is assisting children with autism. With April marking National Autism Awareness Month, the nonprofit will welcome six families to its Yorktown...
View ArticleShopping Spree In Yorktown Led To Identity Theft, Fraud Conviction
YONKERS, N.Y. -- A 26-year-old Newburgh man was convicted recently of stealing cash and going on a shopping spree in September and October 2012 in Peekskill, Yorktown, Yonkers and White Plains....
View ArticleBid To Bring Back New York's Empire State Games Fizzles
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- A Brighton, N.Y.-based not-for-profit's efforts to bring back the Empire State Games has come up short, according to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. The Empire State...
View ArticleNorthern Westchester Residents Happy With Boston Marathon Security
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER, N.Y. -- There will be double the number of police officers patrolling the 26.2-mile Boston Marathon on Monday, April 21, which eased the minds of many Northern Westchester...
View ArticleSaw Mill Parkway Reopens After Thursday Afternoon Closure
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The southbound Saw Mill River Parkway in Mount Kisco has reopened after an accident resulted in its closure for nearly an hour. The closure, south of Exit 34 (Route 133),...
View ArticlePopular Farmer & The Fish Restaurant Reopens After Fire
NORTH SALEM, N.Y. -- The Farmer & the Fish, a farm-to-table restaurant in North Salem, reopened for lunch Thursday after a chimney fire Wednesday night. The Croton Falls Fire Department was...
View ArticleChappaqua's Clintons Will Be Grandparents, Chelsea Announces
CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- Chappaqua resident Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, announced that she is pregnant on Thursday. Clinton...
View ArticleMetro-North Commuters Long For The Return Of The Bar Car
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- With the introduction of the new M-8 trains to Metro-North's New Haven Line, the popular "Bar Car" has become something fondly remembered but rarely seen, but hope may be...
View ArticleYorktown Councilman Wants To Step Up Fight Against Heroin
YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- Yorktown Councilman Terrence Murphy has called for the state to begin training and arming Yorktown first responders with the heroin antidote Narcan. "The war on heroin is real,"...
View ArticleTight Inventory Leads To 26 Percent Decline In Yorktown Home Sales
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Westchester County real estate saw another quarter of double digit sales growth and median price increases, but that may not last for the rest of the year. Figures showed...
View ArticleFive Places For Gluten-Free Dining In Westchester
WESTCHESTER, N.Y. -- Increasing amounts of people are giving up gluten, by necessity or choice. So much so that, nowadays, it's pretty easy to find gluten-free products at your local grocery store....
View ArticleWestchester Home To Three Of The Richest Neighborhoods In America
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Business Insider recently released a list of the 25 richest neighborhoods in America with sections of Rye, Scarsdale and Harrison making the cut. Rye's coastal neighborhood...
View ArticleHappy Birthday To Yorktown’s Susan C. Faludi
YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- Happy Birthday to Yorktown’s Susan C. Faludi! Faludi, who grew up in Yorktown Heights, turns 55 on Friday. Susan C. Faludi, a humanist, journalist and author, was born April 18,...
View ArticleSpring Temperatures Will Finally Return To Yorktown This Weekend
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The wintry burst that brought frost and freeze warnings to the area will finally break as seasonable spring temperatures return to Westchester County this weekend,...
View ArticleYorktown Entrepreneur Honored By AllState Agency
YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- David Cohen, who owns and operates insurance agencies in Yonkers and Yorktown, has been named an Allstate Premier Agency for 2014. This designation is being presented to Cohen for...
View ArticleMount Vernon's Anthony Sawyer Wins $1M In Powerball
MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. – Mount Vernon has a new millionaire. Anthony Sawyer, a Mount Vernon resident, is officially a New York Lottery Powerball winner, after being introduced to the masses on Friday at...
View ArticleFamily Services Of Westchester Set For Diamond Anniversary Gala
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – Family Services of Westchester (FSW) will celebrate six decades of service this year, culminating with a Diamond Gala that honors past volunteers and spotlights the organization’s...
View ArticleOpen Houses In Yorktown This Weekend
YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- House hunting in Yorktown? There will be several open houses on the market this weekend. The houses on display include a four-bedroom house at 247 Sara Court in Yorktown Heights...
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