County Executive Latimer Restores Funds for Youth Organizations, including White Plains Youth Bureau

... be distributed to the Youth Court Program in New Rochelle, the L.I.F.T. Program in Peekskill, WJCS Center Lane in Yonkers and the Step Up Boys, Clubman Higher Aims and Healthy and Fit for Life Programs in White Plains. "These programs are necessary ...

Yonkers Police Department Offers Tips Following Coyote Sightings

New Canaan police warned residents to keep a close eye on their dogs and other pets after a close encounter between a dog and coyote on Tuesday. WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - Following a string of recent coyote sightings in Westchester County, the Yonkers Police Department has issued a series of tips to help city residents in the event of an encounter.

City of Yonkers has Westchester’s Best Water on Tap

Westchester's best-tasting water flows from faucets in the City of Yonkers, according to an impartial panel of pedestrians who sipped their way through the Westchester County Department of Health's annual water taste test today in White Plains. One hundred twenty eight people sampled water from 10 of the county's water suppliers on Martine Avenue in White Plains and then voted for their favorite without knowing where it was from.

Veteran Westchester Lawyer Robert Spolzino Joins New Firm

Spolzino, a former board chairman at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, got his undergraduate's degree from Georgetown University and his law degree from St. John's School of Law. During an eight-year hiatus from Wilson Elser, he was a justice of the New York State Supreme Court, and served five years as a Justice of the Appellate Division, the state's intermediate appellate court Besides its Yonkers offices, located at 733 Yonkers Ave., Smith Buss has an office in New York City at 60 East 42nd St. Among its areas of expertise are intellectual property, privacy and e-commerce, labor and employment practices, commercial real estate, nonprofit, fire and EMS law, and civil and commercial litigation.

Mount St. Mary College Welcomes Class of 2020

A beautiful Hudson Valley day provided the backdrop for some 1,000 students moving into Mount Saint Mary College on Sunday, August 28. Returning students, about 400 freshmen, and nearly 140 transfer students ascended to the Mount from the tri-state area and beyond. Freshman Christopher Blackwell of Yonkers, N.Y., a human services major, was excited to begin his college career at the Mount.

Officials Show United Front Resisting Riverfront Barge Parking

A proposal to allow massive barges to anchor off the shore of several lower Hudson Valley communities is facing increased backlash from local politicians and organizations as a deadline to comment approaches Earlier this year, the Coast Guard issued a proposal to establish new anchorage grounds in the Hudson River from Yonkers to Kingston in an effort to improve navigation safety along an extended portion of the area, which currently has no grounds for barges as large as 600-feet to park. With the domestic oil production rapidly on the rise , trade lines have become increasingly valuable.

Westchester Officials Show United Front Resisting Riverfront Barge Parking

A proposal to allow massive barges to anchor off the shore of several lower Hudson Valley communities is facing increased backlash from local politicians and organizations as a deadline to comment approaches Earlier this year, the Coast Guard issued a proposal to establish new anchorage grounds in the Hudson River from Yonkers to Kingston in an effort to improve navigation safety along an extended portion of the area, which currently has no grounds for barges as large as 600-feet to park. With the domestic oil production rapidly on the rise , trade lines have become increasingly valuable.