Staying safe on winter roads
... real taste of winter weather, underscoring a need for caution. Part of the pileup on the Bronx River Parkway in Yonkers, N.Y., on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. Winter weather is blamed for the pileup....
View ArticleWestchester County Adopt Budget for 2014
... that makes Westchester a special place to live, work and raise a family," said BOL Chairman Ken Jenkins (D-Yonkers). "My colleagues on the Board and I understand that it is essential to keep the...
View ArticleTeachers Union Holds Westchester Rally For Increased Educational Funding
Teachers unions, politicians and parents congregated at Dodson Elementary School in Yonkers on Monday morning to call out state and federal education leaders on their decisions and how they affect the...
View ArticleTeachers and students in Nyack, Yonkers to rally against education overhaul
Teachers unions will lead a series of rallies across the country Monday -- including ones in Nyack and Yonkers -- to decry an overemphasis on testing and demand more investment in public education.via...
View ArticleStorm dumps snow on East Coast, making travel dicey
Several vehicles were involved in an accident late Sunday on the Bronx River Parkway in Yonkers, N.Y. / Yonkers Police Department/AP The nasty weather wasn't limited to the East Coast.via Yonkers...
View ArticleCounty Board Pass Astorino Budget. Add $900,000 in Child Care Spending
... that makes Westchester a special place to live, work and raise a family," said BOL Chairman Ken Jenkins (D-Yonkers). "My colleagues on the Board and I understand that it is essential to keep the...
View ArticleSOA of NY holds annual meeting
On Saturday, Dec. 7, The Standardbred Owners Association of New York , the horsemen's association representing the over 1,000 owners, trainers and drivers regularly competing at Yonkers Raceway, held...
View ArticleSOANY, Yonkers reach deal on 3-year contract
The Standardbred Owners Association of New York and Yonkers Raceway are pleased to announce that they have reached an agreement on the terms of a new three-year contract.via Yonkers Newswire...
View Article8 lohud residents among nearly 200 new state troopers
... troopers are: Michael A. Bota of Mahopac, assigned to Troop B Raybrook; Jaclyn Milani, Suffern, and Demond L. Todd, Yonkers, assigned to Troop C Sidney; Matthew W. Cornish, Harrison, assigned to...
View ArticleSnow causes closures and cancellations
This photo provided by the Yonkers Police Department shows vehicles early Monday morning, Dec 9, 2013, after they were involved in an accident in Yonkers, N.Y. Michael Palmisano pulls his 2-year-old...
View ArticleSOA of New York and Yonkers Raceway announce agreement
The Standardbred Owners Association of New York and Yonkers Raceway have announced that they have reached an agreement on the terms of a new three year contract.via Yonkers Newswire...
View ArticleSaks distribution in Aberdeen's future in limbo with new owner, layoffs
... than 600 people working at the distribution center at the time. In 1997, the Saks Distribution Center moved from Yonkers, N.Y., to the Hickory Ridge Business Park in Aberdeen , occupying a new...
View ArticleWestchester budget passes; funds restored for child care, arts
... county and Sustainable Playland to take over management of the park died in talks. Board Chairman Ken Jenkins, D-Yonkers, said the budget leaves challenges ahead, such as the need to end the...
View ArticleThis Christmas - Single - Mary J. Blige
... powerful combination of modern R&B with an edgy rap sound that glanced off of the pain and grit of Mary J. Blige's Yonkers, New York childhood. Called alternately the new Chaka Khan or new...
View ArticleEuropean Wax Center Yonkers Celebrates the Season
European Wax Center Yonkers recently unveiled their final promotion of the year for hair removal in Westchester County - the Winter Wonder Smooth Special.via Yonkers Newswire...
View ArticleWestchester County Lawmakers Adopt Budget for 2014
... that makes Westchester a special place to live, work and raise a family," said BOL Chairman Ken Jenkins (D-Yonkers). "My colleagues on the Board and I understand that it is essential to keep the...
View ArticleIowa State's Dustin Hogue Is Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week
... USBWA board of directors from a list of Division I conference players of the week. Hogue, a 6-6 junior transfer from Yonkers, N.Y., led the unbeaten Cyclones to wins over Auburn and Northern Iowa...
View Article2 babies thrown to safety from second floor of Yonkers apartment during...
A smoky apartment fire caused two panicked tenants to leap from a second floor window and two babies to be thrown to safety early Wednesday morning in the Nodine Hill section of Yonkers.via Yonkers...
View ArticlePolice Make 28 Arrests In Sprain Brook Parkway Speed Enforcement Detail
New York State Troopers made 28 arrests for speeding during a speed enforcement detail on the Sprain Brook Parkway in Yonkers on Monday, Dec. 9, according to a police statement.via Yonkers Newswire...
View ArticleMom throws twins to safety after fire breaks out
A mother was forced to throw her twin toddlers from a window after a fire broke out in Yonkers early Wednesday.via Yonkers Newswire...
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