HS Football Coach Arrested In Westchester For Allegedly Assaulting Player

A football coach at a high school in Westchester has been arrested for allegedly hitting a student-athlete in two separate incidents two years ago. According to the arrest affidavit, 44-year-old Sheddrick Wilson of Ossining, an assistant coach at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, was charged Friday with two counts of endangering the welfare of a minor, after surrendering to police in White Plains.

Ossining’s Mike Risko Music Named Westchester ‘Outstanding Family Business’

Mike Risko, of Mike Risko Music in Ossining, was recognized as the owner of one of Westchester County's most outstanding family-owned businesses at an awards ceremony in White Plains last week. The company, in business for 22 years as a music store, school and performing arts center, was one of 26 family-owned businesses in Westchester and Fairfield County, Conn., honored this year by Westfair Communications, Inc., publisher of the Westchester County Business Journal, Fairfield County Business Journal and WAG, a regional lifestyle magazine.

N.Y. artist’s precious jewelry in Smithsonian museum gift shop

N.Y. artist's precious jewelry in Smithsonian museum gift shop The new museum sought out Donna Chambers for her porcelain and mother of pearl pieces. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2dhWvzV WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - For Donna Chambers , getting her work in a Smithsonian museum is a once-in-a-lifetime achievement.

Elmsford Resident’s Jewelry Featured At Museum Of African American History

Elmsford resident and Ossining native Donna Chambers is having her jewelry featured in the gift store of the Museum of African American History in Washington, D.C. starting on Saturday. "It's an honor to be singled out by the National Museum of African American History and Culture," said Chambers, whose studio is in White Plains.

Manville man gets life sentence for drug-deala

Manville man gets life sentence for drug-deal murder Despite pleas for leniency from his parents and other relatives, a Manville man was sentenced to life in prison Check out this story on mycentraljersey.com: http://mycj.co/2bkIfJJ A Manville man has been sentenced to life in federal prison for murdering a Westchester, New York, man over a drug deal. WHITE PLAINS, New York - Despite pleas for leniency from his parents and other relatives, a Manville man has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering and robbing a Westchester County man over a drug deal in August 2014.

Man Gets Life Sentence For Robbing, Murdering Westchester Resident

A resident of Manville, N.J., was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for robbing and murdering a resident of Ossining, and conspiring to distribute marijuana and heroin, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. The defendant, Anthony Grecco, 35, was convicted of the crimes in January, following a nine-day trial in White Plains federal court before the Honorable Kenneth M. Karas, who imposed Wednesday's sentence.

Astorino Announces $8.15 Million in Low-Cost Financing For Cardinal…

Astorino Announces $8.15 Million in Low-Cost Financing For Cardinal McClosky Community Services in New Rochelle, White Plains, Ossining, and Katonah Astorino Announces $8.15 Million in Low-Cost Financing For Cardinal McClosky Community Services in New Rochelle, White Plains, Ossining, and Katonah WHITE PLAINS, NY -- County Executive Robert P. Astorino has announced that Westchester's Local Development Corporation has approved $8.15 million in low-cost bond financing for Cardinal McCloskey Community Services, Inc. A total of $6.5 million will be used by the Valhalla-based not-for-profit to refinance outstanding mortgages for group homes located in White Plains, Ossining, New Rochelle and Katonah.