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... bacteria exceeds federal standards and is coming from pipes connected to nearby homes and building, added lohuh.com. Yonkers spokesman Vincent Parise said the city's engineering department has located some of the leaks and would begin fixing them ...
Yonkers police are looking for a gunman who shot another man in the chest early Wednesday, according to News 12. Police reported the shooting occurred during a fight between the two men near the intersection of Clinton and Herriot streets around 7 a.m., said News 12. The injured man was driven to St. Joseph's Medical Center in Yonkers, and was later transferred to another hospital in stable condition, added News 12.
"Due to lack of maintenance by the owner over the years, the city is forced to accept that the buildings are unsafe, and that the demolition must proceed," said Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano. The race is on to save the Dutch panel, which depicts explorers, traders and the Hudson River.
A robbery team in Yonkers has been linked to the shooting of a 4-year-old girl walking with her mother last month. On Wednesday, acting Westchester County District Attorney James McCarty announced that Floyd Bruce, 19, and Lamont McLean, 22 have been arraigned on multiple felony charges for their role in a July 16 shooting in broad daylight.
The opening of a new grocery store on Nepperhan Avenue is apparently moving slowly because of an unresponsive building leaseholder, according to News 12. A Key Food store is supposed to replace the A&P that stood in the spot until it was closed in November, according to News 12, which reports that locals in the area are growing increasingly frustrated by what they claim has been slow progress.
Harness Racing This Week: Yonkers Trot and Messenger Stakes, Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers, N.Y.; Canadian Pacing Derby, Metro, She's A Great Lady, Simcoe Stakes and Champlain Stakes, Mohawk Racetrack, Campbellville, Ontario. Schedule of events: A busy holiday weekend of Grand Circuit action is led by a pair of Triple Crown events at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday .
A Yonkers teen was nabbed on Saturday by Greenburgh Police after an armed robbery that occurred earlier this month at the Westchester Marriott Hotel in Tarrytown. Kenneth Venable, 18, of Yonkers Avenue, was charged with felony robbery, after a 22-year-old woman reported that she was robbed at gunpoint while in her room on Monday, Aug. 22, by a man who hit her in the head and stole her cell phone, police said.
A beautiful Hudson Valley day provided the backdrop for some 1,000 students moving into Mount Saint Mary College on Sunday, August 28. Returning students, about 400 freshmen, and nearly 140 transfer students ascended to the Mount from the tri-state area and beyond. Freshman Christopher Blackwell of Yonkers, N.Y., a human services major, was excited to begin his college career at the Mount.
... day, Entertainment Weekly says. Several Westchester towns played a key role in the making of the film, including Yonkers, Irvington, Dobbs Ferry, as well as Dutchess County's Poughkeepsie. The screenplay kept Blunt's character British so the story ...
