Yonkers man arraigned in Mount Vernon gang slay
A Yonkers man is was arraigned Tuesday morning on murder charges in connection with the killing of a gang rival in in Mount Vernon in May. Isaiah Hill, 24, was arrested following the killing of...
View ArticleCounty Getting Sued for Alleged Non-Compliance with Federal Safe Drinking...
But if you live in Westchester's Water District No. 1, which supplies water to residents of communities including Scarsdale, White Plains and Yonkers, you might want to put down that glass of tap water...
View ArticleMary Jane Haas, docent
... of the board of directors of the Alexandria Lyceum, the official city history museum. Mary Jane Farrell was born in Yonkers, N.Y., and moved to Alexandria as a child. She was valedictorian of her...
View ArticleLawsuit: Westchester County Failing To Comply With Safe Water Drinking Act
... the federal Safe Water Drinking Act by pumping unfiltered water into areas like Scarsdale, White Plains and Yonkers since April of last year. "Westchester's prolonged failure to comply with...
View ArticleWestchester, Putnam briefs
... nearly $2.5 million for Westchester County to reimburse 90 percent of the costs associated with protecting the Yonkers Joint Wastewater Treatment Plant during Superstorm Sandy. The funds come from...
View ArticleState comptroller's audit: Coleman School bilked public
... to local schools and New York City, a state audit contended. The John A. Coleman School, which has classrooms in Yonkers and White Plains, doled out more than $500,000 in inappropriate employee...
View ArticleSuit Claims Westchester Not Complying With Drinking Water Law
... Water District No. 1 supplies water to residents of municipalities including Scarsdale, White Plains, and Yonkers. According to the lawsuit, Westchester has failed to treat a significant portion of...
View ArticleStandardized test scores plummet in first year of new exams
... 11.5 percent met or exceed the English exams and nearly 10 percent for the math scores. The numbers were higher in Yonkers: 16.4 percent in English and 14.5 percent in math. "Educators should not...
View ArticleAs predicted, scores plunge on tough new state English and math tests
... 26.9 percent. Syracuse ranked above Rochester in both math and ELA, but below the other Big 5 districts -- Buffalo, Yonkers and New York City. The rankings were about the same as last year,...
View ArticleTest scores plummet in first year of new exams
... should not look at the test scores as something negative; we should embrace them as a new starting point," said Yonkers superintendent Bernard Pierorazio in a statement. Rochester performed the...
View ArticleWalmart and Target Score in Fiber-rich Cereal Taste Test
Yonkers, NY - infoZine - In Consumer Reports' latest tests of cereals, two store brands, Market Pantry Frosted Shredded Wheat and Great Value Raisin Bran , tasted Very Good and were deemed CR Best...
View ArticleRegion performs better than state in new standardized tests; numbers plummet...
... Jr. Of the Big 5 city school districts, which usually perform worse than state averages and continued to do so, Yonkers came in second, following New York City. Some 16.4 percent of Yonkers...
View ArticleMiss Hudson Valley and Miss Westchester winners chosen
... place on Saturday, August 3, 2013 at the White Plains Performing Arts Center. The new queens are: Mayra Avila, 25, Yonkers, Miss Westchester 2014; Stephanie Bavolar, 16, Scarsdale, Miss Westchester...
View ArticleHarder NY tests lead to lower scores
... students meeting or exceeding the math standard. The Big 5 city school districts: Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo, Yonkers and New York City performed worse that the state average. In Rochester, 5.4%...
View Article914INC. Magazine Awards 11 Small Westchester Businesses
... were grouped into several categories, according to a Westchester Magazine press release. Hudson Valley Bank of Yonkers was awarded the big business partner of small business, and Bonnie Saran of...
View ArticleCome On Down... Contestant Search For 'The Price Is Right'...
... York Contestant Search will be flown to Los Angeles to see the show and have a chance to be called as a contestant. Yonkers, NY, August 7, 2013 - (PressReleasePoint) - "Come on Down!" will be the...
View ArticleHUD deputy secretary discusses Westchester fair-housing case
... 2011. The grants will be reallocated to other communities in the metro area, including possibly Rockland County, Yonkers, White Plains or New Rochelle. "With respect to the $7.4 million at least,...
View ArticleWhite Plains, Scarsdale Water Safe to Drink, County Says. and Epa Agrees.
... April 2012 to install the ultraviolet treatment in the District 1 towns (Mount Vernon, Scarsdale, White Plains, Yonkers. The county piped water from the Kensico reservoir to Mount Vernon and...
View ArticleStreet fair date shows insensitivity
... embers of the community can voice their displeasure and demand another date be chosen. Lorraine and Elliott Palais Yonkersvia Yonkers Newswire...
View ArticlePhil Reisman: Throw a plug in the Sprain Ridge Park Pool and call it a day
Just fix it. The chant is getting louder and clearer. Just fix the county-owned Sprain Ridge Park Pool in Yonkers, which has been closed for three long, hot summers because of a leak.via Yonkers...
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