25 Suspects Charged In ‘Operation Trick Or Treat’ Westchester Drug Bust

More than two dozen alleged drug dealers and 400 bags of heroin and other drugs are off the street following the "Operation Trick-or-Treat" bust in Westchester, authorities announced Tuesday. Yonkers Police Commissioner Charles Gardner said that during the multi-jurisdictional bust, 25 dealers were apprehended, and undercover officers seized more than 400 bags of heroin, crack cocaine, angel dust and other drugs during the Halloween-themed operation.

Trick Or Treat? At Yonkers’ Cross County Mall, Folks Get Both

Kids can get into the Halloween spirit a little early with a visit to the Cross County Shopping Center's Halloween Spooktacular on Saturday, Oct. 21. The shopping center has planned a day full of fun events giving children and Halloween-loving adults a chance to dress up early and take part in trick-or-treating, arts and crafts, a storytime, dancing, and lots more beginning at 10 a.m. and running through 3:30 p.m. Trick-or-Treating from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. and again from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Christopher Columbus Statue Restored In Yonkers Park Following Vandalism

Fresh on the heels of Columbus Day holiday celebrations, a statue of Christopher Columbus has been restored in a Yonkers park after it was vandalized in August. Yonkers Police were dispatched to Columbus Park shortly before 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 29, where there were reports of a vandalism incident, prompting an investigation that led to the arrest of 27-year-old city resident Emmanuel Santiago Batista, who allegedly destroyed the bust with a baseball bat.