… of the Selection Committee. In 2016, seven students from across New York City’s five boroughs and Westchester County, received over $40,000 in scholarship money and prizes, the highest annual amount ever granted by the FSCNY/MoneyGram Scholarship …
Day: December 23, 2016
Fired Pound Ridge Library Director Sues To Get Job Back
… the board could not unilaterally reinstate Tinter. Doing so, she explained, requires approval from the Westchester County Department of Human Resources (WCDHR). A reinstatement appeal to the department’s commissioner has to be made for …
Yonkers Animal Shelter Will Waive Adoption Fees Through Year’s End
… andatory dog licenses in New York. The state-of-the-art shelter was made possible by the City of Yonkers, Westchester County, New York State, ASPCA, Building Hope and several other organizations, as well as donations from local residents.
Westchester detectives donate $5K to Yonkers charity
The Westchester County Detectives Association donated $5,000 to Prospect Hopes – a nonprofit organization that provides food, clothing and hygiene products to children in Yonkers. “It was a great surprise,” says Celeste Reeves, who started the charity after her son’s death.
Three Plead Guilty In Deadly Beating Of Mount Kisco Laborer
Three men have pleaded guilty in connection with the July 2015 beating death of Mount Kisco day laborer Jose Reyes Sanchez, according to the Westchester County District Attorney’s office. The defendants are 36-year-old Fredy Coronado Mendez Depaz, who pleaded guilty to a felony level count of second-degree manslaughter; his brother, 21-year-old Mario David Coronado Depaz, who also pleaded guilty to a felony level count of second-degree manslaughter; and 36-year-old Milton Aviel Ventura, who pleaded guilty to a felony level count of third-degree robbery.
OSI Donates Glenville Woods Preserve to Town of Greenburgh
… permanent enjoyment.” In 2001, OSI and the Trust for Public Land (TPL) partnered with Greenburgh and Westchester County to protect 44 acres of critical forested and wetland habitat from development, creating the Glenville Woods Nature Preserve. …
Furniture Sharehouse Tweets Its Way to $10,000
… she added. Furniture Sharehouse will use the grant to help it address a critical and growing need in Westchester County by providing free furniture to those moving out of homeless shelters into apartments as well as to other economically challenged …
Furniture Sharehouse Tweets Its Way to $10,000
… she added. Furniture Sharehouse will use the grant to help it address a critical and growing need in Westchester County by providing free furniture to those moving out of homeless shelters into apartments as well as to other economically challenged …
Tappan Zee, a critical link in Northeast, hits milestone
… across the Tappan Zee as soon as the summer of 2017, but only onto one of the two separate spans linking Westchester County and Rockland County, according to Thruway Authority spokesman Khurram Saeed. It will be at least another year before it’s …