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A 16-year-old Archbishop Stepinac High School student died Aug. 4, a day after a hit-and-run incident while riding an electric scooter by a Yonkers municipal worker who allegedly was driving while intoxicated. Christopher Jack “CJ” Hackett was riding a scooter
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With local blood supplies at their lowest recent levels in the New York region, Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts once again partnered with the New York Blood Center to host a community blood drive on June 22. “We are grateful to Empire City Casino and the New
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By Rick Pezzullo A Peekskill man was indicted last week on charges in connection with a shooting at a Yonkers bar in February that killed one man and injured another. According to Westchester County District Attorney Mimi Rocah, Yaquba McGougain,
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Westchester Community College has reached a deal to expand its current space at Cross County Center in Yonkers. The college will occupy the third floor of the new Target building and is expanding its footprint at Cross County Center by
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A Yonkers man pled guilty Dec. 20 to participating in the March 2011 murder of a White Plains man during the course of an armed robbery for marijuana. According to Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of
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By Andy Jacobs Marching 78 yards on 11 plays while using up nearly all of the game’s final seven minutes, the Yonkers Force were poised to leave the Fox Lane football team and its huge Homecoming crowd thoroughly disappointed on
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By Rick Pezzullo A former Forever 21 employee pled guilty last week to secretly recording women in dressing rooms at the Cross County Center in Yonkers. Heriberto Polanco, 27, of the Bronx, pled guilty on September 14 to three counts
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A Yonkers man who paid a Chappaqua School District employee more than $5,000 in bribes and kickbacks faces five to 15 years in state prison after being found guilty of two felony counts last week. Ricardo Jimenez, 57, was convicted
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Carol Ann Butler was born in Yonkers on Dec. 16, 1937, the daughter of Albert and Emilie (Erm) Porach. She passed away at her home in Valley Cottage on July 4. Carol attended Sacred Heart Elementary and graduated from Gorton
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Arthur Nicoletti, more commonly known as Art, Artie or a variety of other names not appropriate for an obituary, passed away peacefully on June 3 at the age of 74, surrounded by his wife Susan and son Matthew. Art courageously
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