Publisher / Editor Brian Harrod provides hyper local news for Yonkers, NY, that is also continually updated from thousands of sources on the Roundup Newswires Network
... undercover video by conservative muckraker James O'Keefe, who posed as a teacher and recorded representatives of a Yonkers, N.Y., union advising on how to cover up a hypothetical assault of an African-American child who was "hit and left bloodied ...
An off-duty Yonkers police officer was arrested on Friday, June 23, after he allegedly broke a car windshield and put a woman in a chokehold after a night on the town in Pleasantville. Trevor Goff, 27, of Yonkers, turned himself into Pleasantville police where he was charged with three misdemeanor charges for the events that took place on Friday, June 16, Pleasantville police Lt.
Shane Rafferty, a Yonkers resident, and Stepinac graduate is this year's 2017 recipient of the Timothy J. Rooney Distinguished Graduate Award. Rafferty was presented with the $1,000 scholarship on June 29 at the Lincoln Park Taxpayers Association meeting in Yonkers.
For years, drag racing has been an issue for police in Yonkers. Beginning on Saturday, new legislation passed by the City Council this week takes effect, and will allow police to seize vehicles that are used in a race, Mayor Mike Spano announced on Thursday.
... ined massive injuries, according to state police. The crash, which occurred around 11:41 p.m. on the Major Deegan in Yonkers, is still being investigated by state police.
With ride-sharing services officially coming to Westchester County on Thursday, Yonkers City Council President Liam McLaughlin was the first in line to take a trip. Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino announced on Tuesday that ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft were coming to the area after striking a unique deal to ensure the safety of potential passengers.
With the U.S. Coast Guard suspending plans to create anchor berths for barges throughout the Hudson Valley, local officials are celebrating their victory after more than a year of deliberating. The Coast Guard agreed to t ake the deal off the table and "suspend future rulemaking decisions," regarding the plan to install 16 barge anchor berths across 715 acres on the water between Yonkers and Dobbs Ferry earlier this week.
... Duratek, which was later sold to the Carlyle Group). His newest company -- formed in 2008 and a recent resident of Yonkers; the company moved there in May -- has top notch scientists including a Nobel Prize-winning chemist and a team of dedicated ...
... even a connection to the Getty Square Greenway, projected to be built soon. That greenway will travel down from Yonkers and end at Broadway after cutting a swathe through the northwest forest of Van Cortlandt Park. There's also a connection to an ...
