Category: Westchester County, NY

Thirteen Bedford Central Students Participate In County Music Festivals

Thirteen students in the Bedford Central School District were among those who participated in a pair of county-wide music festivals this past weekend. The district, which announced the students’ roles, noted that it was Westchester County School Music Association’s 60th Annual Elementary, Junior & Intermediate All-County Music Festivals.

New York Lawmakers Seek to Limit Child Marriages

… majority was girls marrying older men. A bill in New York, introduced by Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, from Westchester County, would keep the legal age of marriage at 18 but limit the exceptions only to 17-year-olds who have parental consent and court …

03/25 Craft Brews and Barbecue Come to the Westchester County Center 3 PM

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Valentine’s Day and Happy St Patrick’s Day to all Beer Drinkers! It’s Christmas, New Years and St Patrick’s Day all in one at the Beer Fest of Westchester March 25th at The Westchester County Center. Over 300 craft brews from all over the Region will be featured in the cozy comfort of the Westchester County Center.

4 CSX railroad workers injured after train derailment

Westchester County Police say a total of four people were injured Tuesday after a train derailed in Newburgh. Authorities say two of the victims were CSX employees working on equipment near the tracks along River Road in the New Windsor-Newburgh area, where the derailment happened.

MANGIONE v. BUA

… alia, to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Giacomo, J.), dated July 6, 2015, which granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the …

Cuomo looking to boost electric car use

… The units will be installed in Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo, Utica, Albany, the Hudson Valley, Westchester County, New York City and Long Island. The state is installing the stations through three companies: EV Connect, Energetics and Calstart. The …

Opt Out and the Teachers Union

… that trend. Joining us to explain more is NYSUT presidential candidate Mike Lillis, a teacher from Westchester County. Access to most of our on-demand video clips is open to all users. However, full shows and archive clips are limited to TWC and …

FBI Offers Reward In String Of Westchester Homicides

The FBI announced Tuesday that it’s adding its muscle and up to $5,000 rewards to help Mount Vernon officials solve five open homicide cases. To do so, the FBI Westchester County Safe Streets Gang Task Force is asking for the public’s help in solving the homicides that run from 2011 to 2016, FBI officials said.

Westchester Man Indicted In Beating Death Of Roommate

A 53-year-old man from Mount Vernon is facing life in prison after being indicted for his potential involvement in the beating death of his roommate with canes. On Tuesday, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino announced that Clifford Ali has been arraigned on an indictment that includes a second-degree murder charge and three counts of criminal possession of a weapon, misdemeanors.

Westchester Man Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison For Attempted Murder

The Yonkers man who was found guilty of attempted murder last month has been sentenced to nearly two decades in state prison for his role in a shooting that left a woman without complete function of her left hand for more than six months. On Tuesday, Westchester County District Attorney announced that Frank Kwaw, 25, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to felony counts of attempted murder, attempted assault and criminal possession of a weapon.

New York State To Launch Electric Vehicle Rebate

… “We want to make electric vehicles a mainstream option,” said state Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, a Westchester County Democrat who leads the Assembly energy committee. “They are becoming more affordable and we need to encourage them.” Environmentalists …

High Steel ships last two ‘superload’ girders for new bridge across Hudson River

High Steel Structures workers stood in the rain, cheered and applauded as they watched the final two “superload” girders for the new Tappan Zee Bridge in New York leave the Williamsport plant. The massive blue girders, each 12 feet high, 120 feet long and weighing 78 tons, left the plant Tuesday morning with police escorts headed for the bridge project assembly yard in Coeymans, N.Y. High Steel at its Williamsport and Lancaster plants have fabricated approximately 50,000 tons of steel to form the approach spans to the new bridge.

The Briarcliff Manor Among County’s ‘Outstanding Family Owned Businesses’

The Briarcliff Manor, a 1902 mansion in Briarcliff Manor rumored to have inspired the Tara estate in the film, “Gone With the Wind,” was recognized as one of Westchester County’s most outstanding family-owned businesses at an awards ceremony in White Plains. The Briarcliff Manor was one of 26 businesses in Westchester County and Fairfield County, Conn., honored by Westfair Communications Inc., publisher of the Westchester County Business Journal, Fairfield County Business Journal and WAG, a regional lifestyle magazine.

Lowey Meets With Leaders About Anti-Semitic Threats Against Jewish Centers

From left, JCC Rockland CEO David Kirschtel; Congresswoman Nita Lowey; JCC of Mid-Westchester Executive Director Karen Kolodny; and JCC On The Hudson Executive Director Frank Hassid at Monday’s roundtable discussion on bomb threats against JCCs. WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. — Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey , Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, Monday hosted a roundtable discussion with local Jewish leaders at the Jewish Community Center on the Hudson in Tarrytown to discuss the wave of 120 bomb threats made against JCCs and Jewish schools across the country.

The Briarcliff Manor Among County’s ‘Outstanding Family-Owned Businesses’

The Briarcliff Manor, a restaurant in the Haymount House, a 1902 mansion in Briarcliff Manor rumored to have inspired the Tara estate in the film, “Gone With the Wind”–was recognized as one of Westchester County’s most outstanding family-owned businesses at an awards ceremony in White Plains. The Briarcliff Manor was one of 26 businesses in Westchester County and Fairfield County, Conn., honored by Westfair Communications Inc., publisher of the Westchester County Business Journal, Fairfield County Business Journal and WAG, a regional lifestyle magazine.

Westchester Man Last Seen In Mid-February Remains Missing

New York State Police are seeking the community’s assistance as they search for a schizophrenic man that went missing in Westchester County last month and may require medical attention. On Monday, state police issued a “missing person” alert for 52-year-old Joseph A. Bodai, who was reported missing from Larchmont on Feb. 17. He was last seen wearing a puffy jacket, green shirt and blue jeans with black and red sneakers.

Gov. Cuomo Behaves Like New York Has an Energy Fairy

The Indian Point nuclear power plant, located in Westchester County just 30 miles north of New York City, has been a target of environmentalists since it first opened in 1974. An irrational distrust of nuclear power has motivated opponents to declare it an unacceptable risk and call for its closure-despite the power plant’s overwhelming safety record.

Ossining’s Mike Risko Music Named Westchester ‘Outstanding Family Business’

Mike Risko, of Mike Risko Music in Ossining, was recognized as the owner of one of Westchester County’s most outstanding family-owned businesses at an awards ceremony in White Plains last week. The company, in business for 22 years as a music store, school and performing arts center, was one of 26 family-owned businesses in Westchester and Fairfield County, Conn., honored this year by Westfair Communications, Inc., publisher of the Westchester County Business Journal, Fairfield County Business Journal and WAG, a regional lifestyle magazine.