Standing alone, Syracuse mayor confronts the governor
... Both have embraced the "pension smoothing'' proposal that Miner called a gimmick. Even the mayors of Rochester and Yonkers, with whom Miner has collaborated for months, disagree with her criticism...
View ArticleYonkers firefighters help deliver baby
Four Yonkers firefighters helped an east side woman deliver her baby girl in her basement apartment Friday morning.via Yonkers Newswire...
View ArticleLauding Yonkers police on cold case
... rock thrown from overpass," Feb. 5 article: I rarely write a letter to the editor, but this time I felt compelled. Yonkers, sadly, has more than its share of crime and faces criticism more than...
View ArticleOld poles present safety issue
... Commission remove four of these poles on the road leading to Stew Leonard's on Jackson Avenue. This is not just a Yonkers problem; it is a Westchester County problem. On my road from Yonkers to...
View ArticleKid zones: Indoor play spaces balloon in Lower Hudson Valley
... 207,000 square feet, including BounceU in Elmsford, House of Sports in Ardsley and the soon-to-open Legoland in Yonkers. The owners and executives behind these ventures say they chose to open in...
View ArticleCNR's Pechin Receives National Student-Athlete Honor
... was secondary. "You can't be an athlete without being a student first," said Pechin, a sophomore and resident of Yonkers. "If your grades are not good enough, you don't play." Pechin is an example...
View ArticleFollow Model S owners on their Maryland-to-Connecticut road trip
... re trying to recreate what the New York Times reporter did," said Aaron Schieldkraut, 46, a proud Model S owner from Yonkers, NY..via Yonkers Newswire...
View ArticleEditorial: New York must update its abortion law
... decades-old contraception and abortion law. The bill is sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers. Unsurprisingly, the measure has generated no small amount of controversy....
View Article@TeslaRoadTrip Live Blog: Follow Model S owners on their...
... re trying to recreate what the New York Times reporter did," said Aaron Schieldkraut, 46, a proud Model S owner from Yonkers, NY..via Yonkers Newswire...
View Article@TeslaRoadTrip Live Blog: Follow Model S owners on their...
... re trying to recreate what the New York Times reporter did," said Aaron Schieldkraut, 46, a proud Model S owner from Yonkers, NY..via Yonkers Newswire...
View ArticleIrish heritage group may sell Yonkers' historic Alder Manor
... Rice said he expected the proceeds from the sale of Alder Manor to allow the group to buy a smaller cultural center. Yonkers is the group's first choice for a new location because it is close to...
View ArticleBriefs: Gillibrand nominates students for academies; damaged Kensico trees to...
... potential and overall achievement. Selected were Nahm Doug Kim of Putnam Valley, West Point; and Jose Arroyo of Yonkers, Helen Robertson of Pelham and Mary Robertson of Rye, Naval Academy. The...
View ArticleSeven-year-old, 85-year-old make for unusual reading buddies
... with it," Rachel said. "He says when she gets older, he'll teach her to dance." Fred grew up in poverty in Yonkers, N.Y. He dropped out of high school and worked as a shipping clerk in a dress...
View ArticleMarist Falls On The Road At Colgate, 5-2
... action. Campbell first victory of the day came in third doubles where she teamed with sophomore Sabrina Tahir (Yonkers, N.Y.) to defeat Colgate's pairing of Wanhainen and Finn 9-8 with a 10-8...
View ArticleThe New York State Thruway Authority is girding for the great leap forward:...
The authority, which pioneered E-ZPass in the metropolitan region 20 years ago, now wants to eliminate toll booths from Yonkers to Harriman and parlay the technology into non-stop travel over the...
View ArticleThruway ponders all-electronic tolls
The authority, which pioneered E-ZPass in the metropolitan region 20 years ago, now wants to eliminate toll booths from Yonkers to Harriman and parlay the technology into non-stop travel over the...
View ArticleNotable Neighbors: Mohammed Lawal of Yonkers understands regrets and rewards
... If you want to succeed, you have to do the right thing." That philosophy meant even more to him after he moved to Yonkers, near Fleetwood, with his wife, Mariam. They have four children: Sadat, 11;...
View ArticleNY-SAFE Act provides extra aid for school security upgrades
... a surveillance camera attached to that door," said Dave Albert, spokesman for the state School Boards Association. Yonkers Superintendent Bernard Pierorazio said his Westchester County district is...
View ArticleCuomo: Abortion bill inseparable from women's rights package
... that has been carried unsuccessfully for several years by Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers. Critics, particularly conservative groups and the Catholic church, have called...
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