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
When will the revision of history end? Akin to ISIS in the Middle East, a group of "juveniles" are suspected of beheading a statue of Christopher Columbus in Yonkers, New York. Yonkers police are investigating the incident and they say it could have been the work of juveniles overnight.
Harness Racing This Week: Yonkers Trot, Messenger Stakes, Hudson Filly Trot and Lady Maud, Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers, N.Y.; Canadian Pacing Derby, Simcoe Stakes, and Champlain Stakes, Mohawk Racetrack, Campbellville, Ontario. Schedule of events: A busy holiday weekend of Grand Circuit action is led by a pair of Triple Crown events at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday .
A Yonkers, N.Y., resident found a bust of Christopher Columbus beheaded Wednesday, and police are now investigating the scene. The police suggested that the perpetrators could be responding to the Charlottesville rally and also suggested juveniles could have found the statue's head, which was found discarded beside a plastic bag.
Following a string of recent coyote sightings in Westchester County, a local animal rights organization is hosting a presentation to "educate the public and dispel myths and fears about wildlife." The Animal Defenders of Westchester have scheduled a presentation in Yonkers with noted coyote advocate Frank Vicente of the Wild Dog Foundation, in an effort to educate the public about living in peace with wildlife.
... Stuteri AB and Kjell Johansson, has won seven of his dozen seasonal starts ($138,093), including all four starts at Yonkers Raceway. This season's Yonkers Trot has a bit of a different feel, with nine in the final (for the first time since 2000) ...
... in the Bronx to Con and Ann O'Hanlon. His parents hailed from Ireland. O'Hanlon attended schools in the Bronx and Yonkers, graduated from Mount St. Michael Academy in the Bronx, and attended Iona College before joining the Fire Department of New ...
When it comes to bullying, Ariel Pennington-Reyes, a Yonkers resident, is teaching people the importance of being an upstander rather than a bystander. Pennington-Reyes is one of the stars of "It's Easy," which debuts Saturday, Sept.
Jackson Sydnor, a Norwalk native and longtime Peekskill, N.Y. resident died Monday, Aug. 14, after a short illness. He was 74. Born in Norwalk on June 28, 1943, Sydnor was raised in Yonkers, N.Y. and was predeceased by his parents, Thomas, Sr. and Lillian , and a brother, Thomas, Jr. He is survived by his life partner Bernice Hull; sisters Mary Fields, Stephanie Smith, Marva Petrus and Claudette Alston; brothers, Norvell Sydnor and Lloyd Sydnor; and brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, cousins and an uncle, Lloyd Jackson.
Vandals have reportedly beheaded a statue of Christopher Columbus in Yonkers amid a controversy surrounding a larger Columbus monument in Manhattan. The 2-foot plaster statue in Yonkers' Columbus Memorial Park was clobbered by an unknown instrument - knocking it off its pedestal, splitting it in two, and leaving it lying on the ground, according to News 12. Police discovered the replica of Columbus' face Tuesday at the foot of the pedestal.
