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Last week, Robert Niosi took a curious visitor to his home all the way to the year 5795. Well, not really, even if a digital readout displayed that the people in the room time traveled more than 3,700 years into
Read MoreThe Adaptive Sports Academy at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) gave their young patients with cerebral palsy and other disabilities a chance to do something different Monday morning. More than 15 pediatric patients from the Manhattan-based hospital spent the
Read MoreHurricane Harvey, the most powerful storm to strike Texas in more than 50 years, has dumped 11 trillion gallons of water over the state. At a time when survival is a challenge and critically needed emergency services are crippled, state
Read MoreA nonprofit organization serving special needs students has charged it was deceived by a New Jersey-based developer who had originally promised to build low-density housing on the property but changed plans to a larger project. Earlier this summer, the Dobbs
Read MoreFor more than two years, a group of residents, mainly from New Castle’s west end and neighboring Ossining, have been fighting a large expansion of the Sunshine Children’s Home & Rehabilitation Center. During the nearly identical time period, residents along
Read MoreFor the second year in a row, state Sen. Terrence Murphy (R-Yorktown) made the day Mount Pleasant celebrates the community a special day for the town. Murphy presented local officials with a $500,000 state grant at last Sunday’s Mount Pleasant
Read MoreThe Aug. 12 events in Charlottesville and President Donald Trump’s failure to condemn hate groups may have occurred far from Westchester, but it sparked questions last week about the responsibility local officials have in speaking out. Reaction among elected officials
Read MoreNothing pleased Pace University Astronomy Professor Matt Ganis more than to see an estimated 500 people turn out at the school’s campus for the sky-watching event of the century. The university opened its main quad to the public Monday afternoon
Read MoreRemediation work to cover toxic chemicals at 54 Hunts Place in Chappaqua where 28 affordable housing units will be built by Conifer Realty resumed Friday following a 16-day shutdown because of severe odors. Despite renewed complaints from residents, New Castle
Read MoreNBC 4 New York/WNBC news anchors and reporters will appear at Westchester County shelters Saturday as part of the third annual NBCUniversal-owned Television Stations’ Clear the Shelters/Desocupar Los Albergues pet adoption drive this Saturday, Aug.19. Participating shelters and rescues will
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