Highway robbery? Bronx man charged in Rockland theft
... Bronx and Orange County. Velez is being held in Westchester in lieu of bail totaling $145,000 and faces charges in Yonkers, Mount Vernon, Greenburgh, New Rochelle and Dobbs Ferry. His next court...
View ArticleGreenburgh officials meet reps from proposed Yonkers development
Town officials met Tuesday and agreed to continue discussions with representatives behind the proposed residential-commercial development off Austin Avenue in Yonkers, a project already eliciting...
View ArticleYonkers man pleads guilty to attempted rape
A Yonkers man pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted rape, after prosecutors said he attacked a 53-year-old woman from behind and choked her until she blacked out, before ripping her blouse open and...
View ArticleDeshawn Manners of Yonkers admits to attempted rape last June
Deshawn Manners, 33, of Yonkers, admitted Tuesday to one count of attempted rape and faces up to 15 years in state prison at his sentencing May 7. A Yonkers man who sexually assaulted a woman on a city...
View ArticleYonkers shopping hub plan sparks 'nightmare' traffic worries in Greenburgh
Plans to bring more stores to a busy Yonkers shopping hub that already includes Stew Leonard's, Costco and the Home Depot as well as to widen roads nearby in order to build hundreds of new apartments...
View ArticleIDAs dropped $5.6B on tax breaks for businesses since 2008
... efficient economic development program," said the council's executive director, Brian McMahon, in a statement. The Yonkers IDA doled out nearly $140 million in tax exemptions over the four years,...
View ArticleAnnual Yonkers Business Week on hiatus
Yonkers Business Week, an annual city promotion, will remain on hiatus this spring as another event fills the marketing void.via Yonkers Newswire...
View ArticleGood Counsel rules with a smile
... up shaking out first prize without leading scorer and top ballhandler Johanna Levine. The junior point guard from Yonkers averaged about 16 points, but she hurt her knee going for a rebound with...
View Article3 districts extend school year
... counties to trim their warm-weather vacation to make sure the school year has its required 180 days of classes. Yonkers, Rye City and Clarkstown schools extended the school year into late June...
View ArticleIn 1981, Putnam Notes Population Spike
... and covered the Brewster-Southeast area, as well as Danbury (CT), Pawling, Peekskill, Poughkeepsie, White Plains and Yonkers. Here is a snippet of a story ( Local Artist Talent Gallery Show...
View ArticleDriver wary of Monticello Raceway move
... within two years. Better horses and deeper fields highlighted the strongest driving colony since the 1960s. But Yonkers Raceway and Pocono Downs reopened with gambling machines in 2006 - Pocono...
View ArticleUPS Freight Reopens Nanuet Service Center
... will help us achieve that goal." The facility employs about 30 people, and its service area includes White Plains, Yonkers and New Rochelle, Mahwah, Ramsey, Northvale and Emerson, and Stamford,...
View ArticleProposed Yonkers Development Worries Greenburgh
... N.J.-based developer, wants to build an additional 225,000 square feet of retail and 400 residential units in Yonkers on undeveloped land at Austin Avenue near Costco and Stew Leonard's. Dick's...
View ArticleFaster Than Light drops to $3.99
... game only $3.99 today only from GoG. That's the lowest price ever by $1 and $6 off the usual $9.99 price. DRM Free. YONKERS, N.Y., March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The best cleaning products don't...
View ArticleMetro-North Adds Trains For St. Patrick's Day Parade
... train will depart Croton-Harmon at 8:39 a.m., making stops at Ossining, Tarrytown, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings-on-Hudson, Yonkers and Marble Hill and arrive at Grand Central at 9:34 a.m. The 8:54 a.m....
View ArticleGrace Aune, Born in North Tarrytown, 93
... and North Tarrytown High School in 1936. In 1939, she also became a graduate of the Cochran School of Nursing in Yonkers, NY. Grace was married for 59 years to her beloved husband, Kenneth R. Aune,...
View Article2 Yonkers cops, 4 others hurt in car chase
... suspects and two bystanders were all taken to area hospitals with injuries believed to be non-life-threatening, said Yonkers Deputy Chief Frank Intervallo. Intervallo said police in plain clothes...
View ArticleSeen At 11: Could A Decoy Be The Solution To Westchester Goose Infestation?
... device used to shoo away geese on land and water alike. Last summer, the county rounded up and killed 500 geese at a Yonkers golf course and turned the birds into burgers for the homeless.via...
View ArticleWeekend Planner: Opera, Art and More
Looking for fun things to do this weekend? We've got you covered here: Soul Food Junkies Screening and Discussion , Thursday, March 14, 5:30 p.m. Donnelly Theater, Sarah Lawrence College, 1 Mead Way,...
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