Man Sentenced In Yorktown Identity Theft, Fraud Case
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A man found guilty of identity theft and fraud was sentenced to up to seven years in prison on Thursday, June 19, according to Westchester District Attorney Janet DiFiore. Justin...
View ArticleMaloney Will Be Second Active Congressman In Same Sex Marriage
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.), who represents portions of Westchester County, will become just the second sitting member of Congress to enter into a same-sex...
View ArticleWestchester Ranks Among Healthiest Counties For Kids
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. – Westchester County ranks number 15 in U.S. News & World Report’s list of America's 50 Healthiest Counties for Kids 2014-15. The rankings are developed with data from the...
View ArticleMan Sentenced In Yorktown Identity Theft, Fraud Case
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- A man found guilty of identity theft and fraud was sentenced to up to seven years in prison on Thursday, June 19, according to Westchester District Attorney Janet DiFiore....
View ArticleWestchester Ranks Among Healthiest Counties For Kids
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. – Westchester County ranks number 15 in U.S. News & World Report’s list of America's 50 Healthiest Counties for Kids 2014-15. The rankings are developed with data from the...
View ArticleSen. Carlucci Praises Medical Marijuana Deal
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- State Sen. David Carlucci, D-Rockland/Westchester, commented on the medical marijuana deal that was reached in Albany. “The positive medical benefits from marijuana will...
View ArticleEnvironment NY Report Finds Toxic Chemicals In Water
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The Environment New York Research and Policy Center found that industrial facilities dumped 5,303,190 pounds of toxic chemicals into New York’s waterways in 2012, making...
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 five-bedroom house at 17 Brianna Lane in Yorktown Heights...
View ArticleMan Arrested For Bringing BB Gun To Lakeland High School
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- An 18-year-old Shrub Oak man was arrested and charged by Yorktown Police after he was accused of having a BB gun at Lakeland High School on Thursday, June 19. The man has...
View ArticleHonors For Yorktown Animal Hospital Tops Week's News
YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- Here are some of the stories that topped the news in Yorktown last week: Yorktown Animal Hospital was recently named among the best animal hospitals in Westchester, according to...
View ArticleMusic Festival At Westcheter Park Honors Legacy Of Pete and Toshi Seeger
CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- Pete and Toshi Seeger may be gone but their legacy continues to live on at Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival, which continues Sunday at Croton Point Park. The two-day...
View ArticleNTSB Cites Poor Visibility In Rockefeller Plane Crash In Westchester
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The single-engine plane crash in Purchase on Friday, June 13, that killed Richard Rockefeller, the grandson of financier John D. Rockefeller Jr., may have been caused by...
View ArticleMissing Man With Dementia, 79, Could Be In Westchester
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The New York State Department of Criminal Justic issued a Missing Adult Alert for a 79-year-old man with dementia that includes Westchester. Lous Blank, a 5-foot-7,...
View ArticleAs Westchester Confronts Heroin Scourge, Treatment Options Increase
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. – As Westchester continues to confront the heroin epidemic, a series of bills intended to combat the problem have passed the New York State Legislature, but some law...
View ArticleScarsdale's Lillian Kaplan Feldshuh, Activist, Volunteer, Dies At 103
SCARSDALE, N.Y. -- Lillian Kaplan Feldshuh, an activist, volunteer, vice president for the Westchester region of Hadassah and mother of actress Tovah Feldshuh, died peacefully Monday at 1:35 a.m. at...
View ArticleState Police Charge Three In Yorktown DWI Detail
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. -- New York State Police made three arrests during a driving while intoxicated enforcement detail in Yorktown on Saturday, June 21, police officials said. Christopher...
View ArticleAccidents Lead To Stop-And-Go Traffic On Sprain Brook Parkway, I-95, I-287
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- A pair of accidents toward the end of the Monday morning commute resulted in stop-and-go traffic. An accident on the northbound Sprain Brook Parkway between Route 100B and...
View ArticlePace Commencement Speaker Shares Tale Of Transformation
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Chava Pollak, a Pace University graduate and the class speaker of the 2014 commencement, grew up in a sheltered, insular community in a very large family and had very limited...
View ArticleConstruction Leads To Delays On I-684
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- There are heavy delays on southbound I-684 Monday as a result of road construction and pothole repair. The bulk of the delays, which began after the morning rush ended, are...
View ArticleMaloney Faces Challenge In Congressional Primary
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. – It will be a pair of familiar faces on the ballot Tuesday, as Rep. Sean Maloney and Nan Hayworth vie for the Independence Party vote in the congressional primary. Maloney...
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