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A Westchester County grand jury has cleared two police officers in the shooting death of Pace University student Danroy (DJ) Henry at a Thornwood shopping center last October. The bombshell announcement came Monday afternoon in a statement by District Attorney
Read moreRuss Tompkins, 91, was honored Wednesday night for his 70 years in the Pioneer Hook & Ladder Company of the Pleasantville Fire Department. The longtime Pleasantville resident, a veteran member of the Pleasantville Rotary and founding member of the Pleasantville
Read moreThe Briarcliff Lodge, the famed grand resort hotel of the early 20th century which played host to Hollywood stars, political leaders and sports greats, is long gone from Briarcliff Manor. But a bit of its storied history has come home
Read moreGovernor Andrew Cuomo’s first proposed budget contained a 2.7-percent reduction in spending for the 2011-12 fiscal year, including cuts to Medicaid and school aid. The area’s state representatives across the aisle supported Cuomo’s plans, calling the cuts necessary to keep
Read moreI get it. Last night you spent well over four hours (or 10 if you were unlucky enough to have seen the pregame show) watching Super Bowl XLV, so why in the world do you need me to recap what
Read moreThe Educated Palate, a student-run restaurant on the Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES campus, will open its doors to diners on Thursday, February 10, with a four-course luncheon featuring Jamaican cuisine. The luncheon is one of four open to the public during
Read moreSenator Greg Ball (R, C – Patterson) met with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday to discuss the city and the state’s security. “Now, a decade after 9/11, in my opinion we’re still not where we need to
Read moreThe date was October 24th, and the 51,881 people fortunate enough to have been in attendance at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium for the pivotal Game 5 of the 1996 World Series witnessed the making of a legend. No, not likely Hall
Read moreGov. Andrew Cuomo spelled out a blueprint to tackle New York’s “unsustainable” fiscal path Thursday morning at Manhattanville College calling for reductions in state aid to education and Medicaid and encouraging shared services and consolidation. In a reprise of his
Read moreDr. Ed Zuckerberg, father of Facebook founder and Westchester native Mark Zuckerberg, will be Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner’s guest on WVOX radio (1460 AM) Friday morning, Feb. 4, starting at 10 a.m. Feiner will talk to Dr. Zuckerberg, a
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