Yonkers NYSS to Springsteen & Heavenly Sound

YONKERS, NY , Monday, July 29, 2018--One odds-on choice sizzled and one odds-on choice fizzled Monday night during Yonkers Raceway's $172,000 New York Sire Stakes Bruce Hamilton Pace for 3-year-old colts and geldings. The event once again honored the memory one of the state's true get-it-done gentlemen, whose contributions to the industry were way too numerous to mention here.

Westchester Man Gets Prison Time For Attempting To Kill Ex With An Ice Pick

A Westchester man is going to spend a decade behind bars after pleading guilty to attempted murder after he stabbed his former girlfriend more than a dozen times with an ice pick in the stomach and chest in Hastings-on-Hudson. Yonkers resident David Rojas, 39, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for second-degree attempted murder, a violent felony, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., announced on Monday.

Yonkers sets post time for Sunday at

YONKERS, NY, Monday, July 30, 2018-Yonkers Raceway's Sunday matinee this weekend shall again offer a first post of 12:30 PM. Races 1 through 9 go as those overflow-field, mile-and-a-quarter 'French' trots, with the final post time as a TBA until the card is drawn Tuesday .

Apple Bank Announces Promotion Of Scarsdale Branch Manager

Apple Bank for Savings has announced the appointment of Mayra Tepan as Assistant Vice President and Branch Manager at the Scarsdale, Westchester branch office located at 1075 Central Park Ave. Tepan joins Apple Bank from Peoples United Bank, where she most recently served as Branch Manager of their Yonkers office. James Matera, Executive Vice President and Head of Apple Bank's Consumer Banking Division, said, "We are very pleased that Mayra Tepan has joined the Apple Bank team in Westchester."

Yonkers $44,000 Open Trot to Rose Sun Sydney

YONKERS, NY , Sunday, July 29, 2018-Lass Rose Run Sydney beat the boys , then made 'em cry Sunday afternoon , winning Yonkers Raceway's featured $44,000 Open Handicap Trot. The weekly trotting feature was a flat-mile event, contested a handful of races after the day's four, mile-and-a-quarter, bigger-field 'French' forays.

Favorites prevail in $173,000 NYSS at Yonkers

YONKERS, NY , Friday, July 27, 2018--It was a dark and stormy Friday night , under which Yonkers Raceway hosted the $173,500 New York Sire Stakes Dick McGuire Trot for 3-year-old colts and geldings. The pair of $86,750 events were named for the late New York Knickerbocker standout, Hall of Famer and avid horseplayer.

Video Helps Federal Judge Convict Yonkers Ex-Con Of Stashing Gun In Garbage

A federal judge in Newark convicted a Yonkers ex-con of having a gun in the city of Passaic, thanks to surveillance video that caught him stashing it in a garbage can before police showed up. Francisco Vallejo, 28, had been convicted of three previous felonies and was prohibited from having a firearm, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito noted after U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton issued a guilty verdict on Thursday following a four-day bench trial.

The Walmart Walk

... been no indication from the county or its many business organizations that they are racing to give Walmart a site. Yonkers springs to mind what with big time gambling coming to Empire City. If there is any property nearby that would be good, maybe. ...

Place Of Death Determined For Man Found On Side Of Westchester Road

The man found fatally shot on the side of a busy Westchester roadway earlier this month was killed in Queens and his body was dumped in Yonkers, police said. The Yonkers Police Department received a report at approximately 8:20 a.m. on July 16, of a dead body that was found alongside the shoulder of the eastbound lanes of Tuckahoe Road with multiple gunshot wounds near the I-87 overpass.

Westchester & Fairfield Cheat Sheet: Tommy Hilfigera s former…

Clockwise from top left: Moby seeks $1.3 million for Pound Ridge home , White Plains Walmart closing could make way for residential project , mansion formerly owned by Tommy Hilfiger hits the market, and proposed housing in Yonkers could restore blighted area . A 4.6-acre Greenwich property that fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger owned until 2006 has hit the market, the New York Post reported.

Report Shows New York’s Westchester County Arrests Non-White Marijuana Users Like Crazy

A sign marks the city of Yonkers, New York in this November 25, 2013 photo. A new analysis of marijuana arrest data suggests that New York's Black and Latinx youth are subject to starkly disproportionate enforcement just outside of NYC, where soaring arrests and signs of police bias have lately drawn scrutiny.

Favorites score in $159,000 NYSS at Yonkers

YONKERS, NY, Tuesday, July 24, 2018-Yonkers Raceway Tuesday night hosted the $159,000 New York Sire Stakes Frank Becerra Pace for 2-year-old fillies, the division's second local go-round in 18 nights. The opening group saw So Awesome make the lead from post position No.