Month: February 2017

The Westchester In White Plains Hires New General Manager

The Westchester in White Plains, one of Westchester County’s premier shopping destinations, has named Steven Sayers as its new general manager to oversee operations. Sayers comes to Westchester from Brea, Calif., where he was general manager of the Brea Mall, a super-regional shopping center in Orange County, Calif., that recently completed a multimillion-dollar renovation.

Woman and her baby die in house fire 0:0

A young woman and her infant were killed when a fire ripped through their Mount Vernon home early Sunday, officials said. The blaze started on the second floor and quickly spread to other parts of the Westchester County home around 3:30 a.m., authorities said.

New York City Rare Bird Alert

Below is the New York City Rare Bird Alert for the week ending Friday, February 24, 2017: – RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Feb. 24, 2017 * NYNY1702.24 – Birds mentioned PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+ BARNACLE GOOSE+ TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE+ Extralimital: CLARK’S GREBE+ GREAT GRAY OWL+ Greater White-fronted Goose Snow Goose ROSS’S GOOSE Cackling Goose Tundra Swan Eurasian Wigeon KING EIDER BARROW’S GOLDENEYE Red-necked Grebe EARED GREBE SANDHILL CRANE American Woodcock DOVEKIE Razorbill BLACK GUILLEMOT Bonaparte’s Gull BLACK-HEADED GULL LITTLE GULL Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Red-headed Woodpecker Lapland Longspur Orange-crowned Warbler – Transcript If followed by please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at You can also send reports and digital image files via … (more)

What A Locavore Chef Learned From His Bubbe

… heavy on fish and veg, Gramercy Farmer & Fish is Kaphan’s second eatery; Purdy’s Farmer & The Fish , in Westchester County north of Manhattan, opened five years ago. My bubbe was a classic Eastern European Ashkenazi cook, whose repertoire included …

What it takes

… have fire departments that are as large as Gloversville, citing Johnstown, which has four and Beacon, in Westchester County, which has three. King said no other department in the city has the same kind of minimum staff language in their contract as …

Westchester Groups Continue ‘Justice Monday’ In White Plains

Residents passionate about issues facing Westchester County and the nation today are invited to take part in the next Social Justice Monday on Monday, Feb. 27 in White Plains. Hosted by the WESPAC Foundation, the next gathering at noon at the Fountain in downtown will be a peaceful rally and show of strength and resistance to the policies of hate and divisiveness, said Nada Khader of WESPAC.

Missing a cat? Troopers have feline left on train platform

On Feb. 23, 2017, about 7:57 a.m., state troopers from the Cortlandt barracks in Westchester County found a cat at the Cortlandt Train Station that had been left on the train platform in a carrying case. On Feb. 23, 2017, about 7:57 a.m., state troopers from the Cortlandt barracks in Westchester County found a cat at the Cortlandt Train Station that had been left on the train platform in a carrying case.

School students interpret classic literature with modern tech

Students at New Rochelle High School in Westchester County, New York, write and shoot their interpretations of classic literature as part of English curriculum. This is what’s going on at New Rochelle High School, about 20 miles north of New York City, where students use smartphones and tablets to create short movies based on classic works of literature.

William Pitt Southport Brings The Hardware With Multi-State Recognition

William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty recently recognized the company’s top-producing agents for 2016, including 28 agents from the firm’s Southport on the Harbor Brokerage. The company, which operates in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Westchester County, New York, announced its top 15 agents by dollar volume, its top 15 by units and its top two agents by both dollar volume and units in each of its offices.