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... County Police will host an event in Mount Kisco, and will participate in events planned in New Rochelle and Yonkers. In Mount Kisco, County Police will have the Mobile Command Post available, Operation Safe Child ID Card Station, a K-9 ...
... real-time mapping services, audio guides, and themed trip information on hundreds of tourism sites. The 26th Annual Yonkers Riverfest , one of the largest events in Westchester County, will take place September 15, rain or shine. The free festival ...
With the Sprain Ridge Pool being closed indefinitely after it was found not to be structurally sound in Yonkers, officials in Westchester have begun rescheduling events and programs that were planned for the summer season before the sudden shutdown. Earlier this week, Westchester County Executive George Latimer announced that in an attempt to reopen the pool in Yonkers before July 4 last year, contractors rushed work at the pool, which resulted in structural issues.
... no one gets two Oscar nominations without some story of a come-up behind it. Blige blossomed out of the projects in Yonkers, New York to earn nine Grammy awards as an absolute R&B legend. But little has been said of her acting career in its early ...
... descendants live. Her tearful reunion with the family - many had no idea about the Erikousa story - was proof to the Yonkers author that evil doesn't always win. But just days after she made the connection, her cousin's child was gunned down in a ...
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.
Empire City at Yonkers Raceway will host one of the world's single largest harness racing events on The star-studded Yonkers card features a total of $3.3 million in purses buoyed by the $1.8 million New York Sire Stakes Finals or Day of Champions consisting of eight races, a pair of $250,000 Invitationals - the Dan Rooney Pace and the Harry Harvey Trot, and the $1 Million Yonkers International Trot. Post time for the Yonkers International Trot is at "This magnificent day of racing is unquestionably the finest in our long and storied history," said Timothy J. Rooney, president and CEO of Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway.
... er, Patrice Pelissier and Paul M. Rively, Jr.; Rye Brook residents Joyce Askanasi, Michele Sobel and Pat Wagner; and Yonkers resident Steven Rossi.
... said. "But we have to be strong and not let them prevent us from who we are as human beings." George Gerbacia, from Yonkers, N.Y., told the newspaper said he had a lot of confidence in law enforcement to stop anything from happening. "They're ...
Some of Westchester's most popular food trucks will be at "Foodie Friday's," a new food truck and music fest being held at Cross County Shopping Center in Yonkers. The event kicks off its three-week series Friday, Aug. 4 and features Empanada Mania, Walter's Hot Dogs, and Abeetz Mobile Wood Fired Pizza among others.
... up for volunteer help for the Primary and General Election campaign. This is just one of a number of HQs, including Yonkers, Mt. Kisco and a fourth location in the White Plains-Greenburgh area. Join us for an old fashioned Sunday afternoon ...
A Westchester County teenager is facing life in prison after being indicted on charges that he allegedly fatally stabbed another teenager after starting a fight with him over a cell phone at a Yonkers movie theater earlier this year. According to Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., 16-year-old Michael Pettiford has been indicted on charges of murder, manslaughter, robbery, and criminal possession of a weapon Monday in Westchester County Court.
Yonkers: The Donna Walshin Community Center will host its annual parade and ceremony at 6 p.m. at 219 Ridge Ave. to Lennon Park on Lake Avenue. Eastchester: The Eastchester/Tuckahoe Veterans Ceremony Committee will host a special ceremony that will feature the reading of the names and placement of wreaths at 10 a.m. at the Holy Mount Cemetery, California Road.
... Day. General admission $10; students $8; children under 5 free. Celebrate the Science Barge's eighth year on the Yonkers waterfront during its grand opening with a day full of hands-on science fun; music by the Nepperhan Drum Band; tours of the ...
The birth of two baby cows, two goats and two sheep are planned for 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in Yonkers To honor the blessed event, Stew's Little Farms is hosting a celebration that includes snacks, balloons, and special appearances by Clover the Cow, Daphne Duck and Cynthia Chick. In anticipation of the opening, kids ages four to 10 are invited to enter the "Name Our Babies" contest.
Hundreds, if not thousands, of folks will be lacing up their running shoes this spring all over Westchester to help fight a deadly disease. The American Cancer Society says that 13 Relay for Life events have been scheduled for May 20 through June 19. The community-led events will be held in: Eastchester, Mamaroneck, Chappaqua, Harrison, Katonah-Lewisboro, the Tarrytowns, Yorktown, Yonkers, Somers, Ossining and the Hendrick Hudson School District.
Empire City Casino, in partnership with the New York Rangers, announced Monday that New York Rangers legend and fan favorite Mike Richter will host the casino's final Rangers Viewing Party Sunday, March 12, in Yonkers at 7 p.m. New York Ranger fans can join Richter for the free Viewing Party to cheer on the team as they take on the Detroit Red Wings, and enjoy Rangers Intermission Trivia, prize giveaways, along with specially priced wings and beer. Fans can arrive to the casino in style with free round-trip transportation from Madison Square Garden on the Rangers Bandwagon.
Sarah Lawrence College will present "Artists Talk," a program in conjunction with an exhibit of artist Vinnie Bagwell's Enslaved Africans Rain Garden project, Thursday in the Reisinger Auditorium on campus in Bronxville. Bagwell and spoken word artist Ty Gray-EL will speak about the project that honors the enslaved Africans who resided at the historic Philipse Manor Hall in downtown Yonkers, six of whom were the first to be manumitted by law in the United States, 79 years before the Emancipation Proclamation, according to a release from Sarah Lawrence.
Empire City Casino, in partnership with the New York Rangers, announced that New York Rangers legend Steve Vickers will make his second visit to Empire City Casino in Yonkers to host the next Rangers Viewing Party on Saturday, Feb. 25. Fans will have the opportunity to join Vickers to cheer the Rangers on as they travel across the Hudson to take on their rivals, the New Jersey Devils. Vickers is no stranger to Empire City Casino having hosted a viewing party early last year.
... Hudson Valley Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Cabrini Immigrant Services, Community Voices Heard, the Yonkers Islamic Center, the Muslim American Society of Upper New York, St. Catherine AME Zion Church, Calvary Baptist Church, the ...
Wisconsin-born television comedy star Pete Lee and Bronx-raised funnyman Vladimir Caamano will headline the two Wednesday Comedy Nights in February at Empire City Casino in Yonkers. Lee will take the stage on Wednesday, Feb. 8, and Caamano's performance will be on Wednesday, Feb. 22. Both shows will take place in the casino's Good Time Room.
... Hudson Valley Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Cabrini Immigrant Services, Community Voices Heard, the Yonkers Islamic Center, the Muslim American Society of Upper New York, St. Catherine AME Zion Church, Calvary Baptist Church, the ...
The Black History Month Book Fair opened on Thursday at SUNY Purchase College Center for Community and Culture, "PC4," at 16 Warburton Avenue in the Yonkers Downtown Waterfront Arts District. For the two days of the Book Fair, PC4 is converted into a pop-up bookstore and library.
Hundreds, if not thousands, of folks will be lacing up their running shoes this spring all over Westchester to help fight a deadly disease. The American Cancer Society says that 13 Relay for Life events have been scheduled for May 20 through June 19. The community led events will be held in: Eastchester, Mamaroneck, Chappaqua, Harrison, Katonah-Lewisboro, the Tarrytowns, Yorktown, Yonkers, Somers, Ossining and the Hendrick Hudson School District.
... She received a master of divinity from St. Vladimir's Seminary and trained in chaplaincy at St. John's Riverside in Yonkers and at Danbury Hospital.