… defending state Class AA champion Ossining, 83-73, in the first round of the Slam Dunk Challenge at Westchester County Center Wednesday. Ossining had not lost to a New York State public school team since March of 2012, Baldwin coach Tom Catapano …
Day: December 28, 2016
Fans trying to save Brendan Fraser’s career need a hobby :0
… says the Change.org petition. “Please help us get Brendan back on his feet again, we miss him.” The Westchester County resident recently appeared in Showtime’s “The Affair,” as the menacing prison guard John Gunther. In an interview with The Post …
Sen. Carlucci wants toll discount on TZ Bridge
A local lawmaker is calling on the New York State Thruway Authority to give drivers from Westchester and Rockland counties a break on tolls across the Tappan Zee Bridge. State Sen. David Carlucci says if residents can’t afford to cross the bridge, it could crush the local economy.
New York State AG Voices Concern About Hudson Valley Barge Anchorage Sites
… and will obstruct free use of the river for boaters, kayakers, swimmers and others.” In September, the Westchester County Board of Legislators passed a resolution in opposition of the proposal, led by Minority Legislation Leader John Testa. …
Gunshots Ring Out In Mount Vernon For Second Time In Three Days
… he second-degree murder charge in Mount Vernon City Court on Monday and is being held without bail at the Westchester County Jail. The Bronx native is due back in court on Friday, the same day his victim will reportedly be laid to rest.
Hateful graffiti found behind South Salem school
Anti-Semitic graffiti was found scrawled on the playground behind the vacant South Salem school in the latest incident of hateful imagery in Westchester County. State police believe the vandalism found at Lewisboro Elementary School occurred sometime between Dec. 23 and 24. The school has been closed since 2014 due to under-enrollment.
Ohio Minimum Wage Going Up
… asic minimum wage is $9.70 in most of the state. But it’s higher for the fast food industry; Long Island; Westchester County; and large and small employers in New York City.
Weather Update: Snow, rain headed to Hudson Valley
A storm bringing snow and rain to the Hudson Valley on Thursday could leave up to 3 inches of accumulation in some part of the region. News 12 Meteorologist Brysen Van Eck expects snow to start falling in Rockland and Westchester counties between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. He predicts the snow will quickly turn into a wintry mix, and then turn over to all rain by noon.
Minimum wage going up in New York state
… for employees of small businesses. Their wage will increase to $10.50 an hour. On Long Island and in Westchester County, the minimum wage will go to $10 an hour, and elsewhere in the state it will go to $9.70. The regionalized, phased-in increases …
Dems’ Destructive Politics of Righteousness
Whether out of anger or of angst, Bill Clinton spoke from the core of Democratic Party presumption when he told a Westchester County, N.Y., journalist recently that Donald Trump “doesn’t know much” but does know “how to get angry white males to vote for him.” After all, this was supposed to be the Republicans’ season of discontent.
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… it. If people close their eyes and listen, he sounds a lot like a middle-aged Sinatra.” Thomas grew up in Westchester County and currently lives in West Glenville. He was a former musician in the U.S. Navy, and formed his band more than two decades …
Letter: Angry white men didn’t deliver presidency
Former President Bill Clinton recently told the editor of the Bedford-Pound Ridge Record Review, a community newspaper in Westchester County, N.Y., that, “one thing he [President-Elect Trump] does know is how to get angry white men to vote for him.” I am a white male, but I did not vote for Trump because I was an “angry white” man.