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... and was subsequently arrested. On Saturday, Oct. 6, State Police from Hawthorne arrested Walter T. Nealy, 30, of Yonkers, for DWI. He was traveling on the Sprain Brook Parkway in Yonkers, when he was stopped for a vehicle and traffic law violation. ...
YONKERS, NY, Friday, October 12, 2018-Yonkers Raceway does not have a turf course-the last anyone checked-but that didn't stop some of the participants for Saturday afternoon's $1 million Yonkers International Trot @ Empire City Casino. France's Up and Quick and Lionel from Norway took to the track's infield Friday for a stroll and a bite, respectively.
Volunteers with the Kingsbridge-Riverdale-Marble Hill Food & Hunger Project distribute bags of groceries last March to a local resident who depends on food stamps. KRMH is hosting a benefit concert for the first time in five years on Oct. 14 at the Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture.
A doctor and pharmacist from Westchester were among seven medical professionals that have been accused of illegally distributing millions of oxycodone pills. Yonkers resident Nadem Sayegh, a doctor with offices in Westchester and the Bronx, and Marc Klein, who owns a pharmacy in White Plains, are each facing time behind bars for their roles in a pill mill that has been under investigation.
... Awards including Best Play Revival. "She Loves Me" features Daniele Hager (of New York, NY), Anthony Malchar ( of Yonkers, NY), Bridget Clark (of Tappan,NY), Jon Huston (of Nyack, NY), Rob Webber (of Sparkill, NY), Joe DeSpirito (of Ringwood, NJ), ...
Less than a month after being forced to close its doors when a mold outbreak was discovered, a Yonkers school may soon be reopening. Paideia School 15 may be reopening as soon as Monday, Oct. 22, with a new roof, following an expedited replacement project that took just weeks and cost the district approximately $3 million.
Investigators from the Yonkers Police Department are seeking the public's assistance as they attempt to track down a wanted 31-year-old man. The Yonkers Police Department issued an alert on Wednesday regarding Antonio V. Yanni, who is wanted for a charge of second-degree assault dating back to an incident earlier this year.
Candidates for Attorney General and state Senate visited the Mediterranean Political Action Committee in Yonkers on Thursday to discuss statewide issues. Democrat Letitia "Tish" James and Green Party Candidate Michael Sussman spoke at the forum, discussing the criminalizaing of mental illness, criminal justice reform, corruption in Albany, gender and race.Republican Keith Wofford did not attend.
A former Westchester resident is facing life in prison after being found guilty of fatally shooting a man in a taxicab more than a decade ago and attempting to flee the state to avoid arrest. Damon Scott has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of a Yonkers man in 2008 following a cold case investigation.
An investigation into a burglary spree in Westchester led to the arrests of three men who will all spend time behind bars after pleading guilty to their various roles in robbing several residential apartment buildings in Yonkers. Yonkers residents Darnell Echols, 28, and Rajad Daily, 29, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to eight counts of second-degree burglaries while jury selection for their trial was underway in Westchester County Court.
The fire alarm came in at 11:45 a.m. at 30 Locust Hill Ave. in Yonkers, said Yonkers Deputy Fire Chief of Personnel Daniel Flynn. Responding firefighters were able to contain the one-alarm fire to the one apartment and the fire was declared under control by 12:08 p.m., Flynn said.
A part-time custodian at an elementary school in Westchester has been arrested and charged with forcibly touching a minor, though few details have been released. Yonkers resident Raphael De Souza, 24, who worked part-time at Columbus Elementary School in New Rochelle, has been charged with two misdemeanor counts of forcible touching, for incidents reportedly involving a student.
The incident took place on Wednesday, Oct. 3, when Christopher McGormen, 36, of Yonkers, was misbehaving in a clinic area and needed to be restrained, said Justin D. Pruyne, Deputy Commissioner of Correction. McGormen had been previously been in the jail's custody for a violation of the terms of his probation and assault in the third degree Pruyne said.
... propulsion and pump manufacturers. About Graphite Metallizing Holdings, Inc. Graphite Metallizing Corporation of Yonkers, NY, the manufacturer of GRAPHALLOY , a graphite/metal alloy, has been solving tough bearing problems for over 100 years. ...
YONKERS, NY, Monday, October 8, 2018--Post positions have been drawn for Saturday afternoon's pair of Yonkers Raceway $250,000 Invitationals, the Harry Harvey Trot and Dan Rooney Pace . The card will also feature the rivalry of McWicked and Lazarus battling again.
YONKERS, NY , Monday, October 8, 2018-It wasn't quite the same as Christopher Columbus landing in the new world, but right around 9:30 Monday morning , an oversized horse trailer discovered Yonkers Raceway. The contents of said trailer were six overseas trotters set to compete in Saturday afternoon's $1 million Yonkers International Trot @ Empire City Casino.
YONKERS, NY, Saturday, October 6, 2018 -- Off-the-pace entities Bit of a Legend N and DW's NY Yank prevailed Saturday night , annexing Odds-on Bit of a Legend N survived a back-half battle with Great Vintage in the week's marquee pace, putting that one away late in 1:51.1. Away third from post position No. 4, he saw that foe lead through early intervals of :26.4 and :55.4. First-up Bit of Legend N hooked Great Vintage in and out of a 1:23 three-quarters, the pair racing in tandem in and out of the final turn.
After developers opened up the first Shake Shack to rave reviews at the Cross County Shopping Center in Yonkers, they quickly went to work to identify the ideal location for a second location. That search led them to the Dalewood Shopping Center on North Central Avenue.
YONKERS, NY, Friday, October 5, 2018-Six overseas trotters have arrived in New York in advance of next Saturday afternoon's $1 million Yonkers International Trot @ Empire City Casino. The half-dozen, who flew from Belgium, found their way to John F. Kennedy International Airport and the ARK's on-site quarantine facilities.
Tests from a school that was forced to close its doors to hundreds of students after a mold outbreak came back clear, but it is still unclear when it will reopen. There was an emergency closing of the K-8 Paideia School 15 in Yonkers on Monday, Sept.
YONKERS, NY , Friday, October 5, 2018- A first-up Keystone Wanda held sway Friday night , winning Yonkers Raceway's $44,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace. Showing no inclination to leave at all from assigned post position No.
Mercy College was awarded a $1.4 million grant by the National Science Foundation's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program for a six-year project. The project will prepare 14 in-service master math and science teachers to become Master Teacher Fellows and leaders in their high-need school districts - Elmsford, New Rochelle, Port Chester and Yonkers - with a particular focus on recruiting teachers from underrepresented groups in STEM fields.
A Westchester County man turned himself into police custody this week after allegedly abusing a puppy, dragging it from a pickup truck onto the street, injuring the animal before abandoning it. Yonkers resident Loro Gjonaj, surrendered himself to police custody after he allegedly dragged his female beagle puppy out of his Lincoln Mark truck onto a Bronx street last month.
A Westchester County man turned himself into police custody this week after allegedly abusing a puppy, dragging it from a pickup truck onto the street, injuring the animal before abandoning it. Yonkers resident Loro Gjonaj, surrendered himself to police custody after he allegedly dragged his female beagle puppy out of his Lincoln Mark truck onto a Bronx street last month.
A 20-year-old man from Westchester is set to spend the better part of a decade behind bars after admitting to his role in a shooting incident in Yonkers more than two years ago. Diamante Powell of Yonkers pleaded guilty on Tuesday to second-degree attempted murder for shooting his victim during an early morning incident on Prospect Street in Yonkers, leaving him hospitalized.