Category: Westchester County, NY

New Taconic Parkway Exit Signs In Westchester Unveiled

New exit signs along the Taconic State Parkway in Westchester County that are numbered based on the distance from the beginning of the parkway to each interchange, rather than in consecutive order, have been unveiled. For example, the exit to State Routes 100 and 133 is now Exit 8, because it is eight miles from the start of the parkway at the traffic circle near the Kensico Dam Plaza in Westchester County, said New York State Department of Transportation Commissioner Matthew J. Driscoll.

Who will lead the Democrats out of the wilderness?

A recent article reporting that some of Hillary Clinton’s supporters are searching for a glimpse of her as she wanders the woods near her Westchester County, New York, home seems a good signal to declare that the Democrats’ wilderness years have officially begun. The final Democratic hopes to change the election’s outcome expired Monday when the electoral college certified Donald Trump as the next president.

Who will lead the Democrats out of the wilderness?

A recent article reporting that some of Hillary Clinton’s supporters are searching for a glimpse of her as she wanders the woods near her Westchester County, New York, home seems a good signal to declare that the Democrats’ wilderness years have officially begun. The final Democratic hopes to change the election’s outcome expired Monday when the electoral college certified Donald Trump as the next president.

Furniture Sharehouse Tweets its Way to $10,000

… The grant will help address a hidden need by providing free furniture directly to those who need it most. WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. – Dec. 21, 2016 – PRLog — How valuable is a tweet? When it’s “short & tweet”, it is worth $10,000. Furniture …

County Legislators Call For Ban On Gun Shows, Astorino Defends Them

The Westchester County Board of Legislators plans to vote Jan. 9 to ban gun shows in public facilities after one was scheduled for Jan. 20-21 at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, the weekend after Inaugural Day. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — As several Democratic members of the Westchester County Board of Legislators called for a continued ban on gun shows at government facilities, County Executive Rob Astorino defended next month’s planned show at the County Center.

Retired cop allegedly killed four men in coke deal gone bad :0

Victims Hector Gutierrez , Martin Santos-Luna , Urbano Morales-Santiago , and Miguel Sosa-Luna A retired Westchester County police officer murdered four men – including two who were just in the wrong place at the wrong time – in a “gangland-style” crime during a drug deal gone bad, prosecutors said Tuesday. Nicholas Tartaglione, who worked as a cop in Briarcliff Manor and Mount Vernon, as well as upstate Pawling, was arrested Monday for killing Martin Luna, Urbano Santiago, Miguel Luna, and Hector Gutierrez in April at a bar called Likquid Lounge in Chester, Orange County, authorities said.

Retired cop allegedly killed four men in coke deal gone bad :0

Victims Hector Gutierrez , Martin Santos-Luna , Urbano Morales-Santiago , and Miguel Sosa-Luna A retired Westchester County police officer murdered four men – including two who were just in the wrong place at the wrong time – in a “gangland-style” crime during a drug deal gone bad, prosecutors said Tuesday. Nicholas Tartaglione, who worked as a cop in Briarcliff Manor and Mount Vernon, as well as upstate Pawling, was arrested Monday for killing Martin Luna, Urbano Santiago, Miguel Luna, and Hector Gutierrez in April at a bar called Likquid Lounge in Chester, Orange County, authorities said.

Westchester Board Of Legislators Calls For Showdown On Banning Gun Show

The Westchester County Board of Legislators plans to vote Jan. 9 to ban gun shows in public facilities after one was scheduled for Jan. 21-22 at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, the weekend after Inaugural Day. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The chairman of the Westchester County Board of Legislators vowed there will be a showdown on Jan. 9 over whether a gun and knife show can take place at the County Center in White Plains, as reported here earlier by Daily Voice.

Westchester Board Of Legislators Calls For Showdown On Banning Gun Show

The Westchester County Board of Legislators plans to vote Jan. 9 to ban gun shows in public facilities after one was scheduled for Jan. 21-22 at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, the weekend after Inaugural Day. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The chairman of the Westchester County Board of Legislators vowed there will be a showdown on Jan. 9 over whether a gun and knife show can take place at the County Center in White Plains, as reported here earlier by Daily Voice.

Winning Take Five Lotto Tickets Sold In Westchester

A pair of Westchester County gas stations sold winning TAKE5 lottery tickets over the weekend, with total prizes of more than $100,000 to be awarded to five lucky players who matched all five choices. On Friday, one of four winning tickets in the state was sold at Rock Cut Deli and Gas on Albany Post Road in Cortlandt Manor, with a second winner sold the following day at the Wave gas station on West Lincoln Avenue in Mount Vernon.

Winning Take Five Lotto Tickets Sold In Westchester

A pair of Westchester County gas stations sold winning TAKE5 lottery tickets over the weekend, with total prizes of more than $100,000 to be awarded to five lucky players who matched all five choices. On Friday, one of four winning tickets in the state was sold at Rock Cut Deli and Gas on Albany Post Road in Cortlandt Manor, with a second winner sold the following day at the Wave gas station on West Lincoln Avenue in Mount Vernon.

Mount Vernon commemorates Bill of Rights anniversary

The city of Mount Vernon held a special event Monday to commemorate the 225th anniversary of the Bill of Rights and the city’s role in its creation. Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino took the stage near St. Paul’s Church on South Columbus Avenue to speak about the document’s pivotal moment in history.

Mount Kisco Man, 19, Accused Of Sexually Abusing Sleeping Woman

A Mount Kisco teenager is facing serious charges after he allegedly broke into a woman’s apartment and sexually abused her while she was sleeping over the weekend. On Monday, Westchester County Police spokesman Kieran O’Leary announced that 19-year-old Milton Herrera-Umana was arrested and charged with felony counts of second-degree burglary and first-degree sexual abuse after he unlawfully entered a woman’s apartment on Sunday morning.

Hillary Clinton, Bigfoot

The “Hillary C.” is usually described as a large, hairy, bipedal humanoid …. Scientists discount the existence of the Hillary C. and consider it to be a combination of folklore , misidentification, and hoax , rather than a living animal, because of the lack of physical evidence and the large numbers of creatures that would be necessary to maintain a breeding population. Whoa, wait! Did I type in that “Hillary C.” above? Oh, I am so sorry! I meant to say “Bigfoot”! Bigfoot, Bigfoot, Bigfoot! The Sasquatch! And scratch that “Westchester County, NY,” too.

New Taconic Parkway Exit Signs In Westchester Will Be Unveiled This Week

Commuters will soon see new exit signs along the Taconic State Parkway in Westchester County that are numbered based on the distance from the beginning of the parkway to each interchange, rather than in consecutive order. For example, the exit to State Routes 100 and 133 is now Exit 8, because it is eight miles from the start of the parkway at the traffic circle near the Kensico Dam Plaza in Westchester County, said New York State Department of Transportation Commissioner Matthew J. Driscoll.

Standard Amusements Still All in at Playland: Gelfarb

Standard Amusements, WPCNR has learned, informed Westchester County early this fall that it would not pay for renovations and repairs to the Playland pool, which Standard had envisioned as becoming a public restaurant/catering facility due to the deteriorated condition of the pool. Standard said the County would have to pay for repairs and improvements to the pool if the county wanted to keep the pool.

Bill Clinton: ‘One thing’ Trump knows ‘is how to get angry, white men to vote for him’

Bill Clinton did not mince words when asked by the editor of a small New York newspaper for his thoughts on President-elect Donald Trump. The editor of the Bedford-Pound Ridge Record Review, a community newspaper in Westchester County, New York, bumped into Clinton at a local bookstore last week, where the former president proceeded to give candid answers about a series of election-related topics to a group that had gathered around him.