Friday, February 5, 2016

Sealy, Novaform top Consumer Reports ratings

YONKERS, N.Y. — A Sealy Posturepedic hybrid mattress and a Novaform foam mattress sold at Costco took top honors in the updated mattress ratings just released by Consumer Reports. The influential consumer products evaluation organization followed up the ...
Business leaders and residents are petitioning Mayor Mike Spano to keep a Yonkers police captain from being transferred from his post. A city spokesperson told News 12 that they have received numerous pleas urging the mayor to keep Capt. Robert Itzla where ...
(5) BEAS IDEAL is a perfect three-for-three to begin her career and the mare can control these again. (1) AMAZON IDEAL was second best in her last two, including finishing well versus the top choice last week. (2) A LITTLE ROLL qualified willingly at The ...
Officials said this week the Yonkers Film Festival has begun accepting entries for its 2016 contest, which will be held for the fourth consecutive year in October. YoFiFest, as it is called for short, will be held from Oct. 20-23, and will feature more ...
Contributed photo — Metropolitan Opera The Warner Theatre’s Metropolitan Opera Live in HD Series continues with Giacomo Puccini’s Manon Lescaut in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre on March 6. TORRINGTON >> The Warner Theatre and the Nancy Marine ...
WHITE PLAINS – A Yonkers man will face up to 25 years in state prison when sentenced in April in connection with the shooting death of a Yonkers man early in the morning of May 1, 2014. Edwin Palestina, 24, of Yonkers and another man drove up to the ...
A New York City laundromat was evacuated earlier this week, after a carbon monoxide leak that sent at least two adults and one child to the hospital due to side effects of exposure to high levels of the toxic gas. Emergency first responders were called ...
Urban Studio Unbound in downtown Yonkers will unveil its winter art exhibition Saturday. The gallery at 66 Main St. will present work by about 40 local and New York City-based artists who contributed 66 pieces. "What's really nice about this show is that ...
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Businesses, residents petition to keep Yonkers commander

Business leaders and residents are petitioning Mayor Mike Spano to keep a Yonkers police captain from being transferred from his post. A city spokesperson told News 12 that they have received numerous pleas urging the mayor to keep Capt. Robert Itzla where ...
co-founders of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, supporters around the country built similar signs and placed them in high-traffic areas. The signs contain thousands of LEDs. Sander's rival for the Democratic presidential nomination is Hillary Clinton, a Westchester...

NBADL: Force Drop Third Straight
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The Westchester Knicks (18-12), the official NBA Development League affiliate of the New York Knickerbockers, defeated the league-leading Sioux Falls Skyforce (22-7), the Miami Heat affiliate, taking the season series 3-1 with a 95-91 win at home ...

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HBO series fail to win over audiences as Netflix gains ground

Class divisions are dramatised in detail as a new, desegregated public housing development is pushed through in Yonkers, New York. Simon’s look at the breakdown in politics — as viewed through the city council and mayor Nick Wasicsko (a fantastic Oscar ...
“I was going for it, and then I just couldn’t do it any more.” Other locals in the race included Yonkers native Conor Lundy, who runs for Fordham Prep, came third in the Boys’ 1000-meter junior run with a time of 2:27.91, 0.11 seconds behind first ...
WHITE PLAINS, NY (KWSN) – The Westchester Knicks (18-12), the official NBA Development League affiliate of the New York Knickerbockers, defeated the league-leading Sioux Falls Skyforce (22-7), the Miami Heat affiliate, taking the season series 3-1 with a ...
Class divisions are dramatised in detail as a new, desegregated public housing development is pushed through in Yonkers, New York. Simon’s look at the breakdown in politics — as viewed through the city council and mayor Nick Wasicsko (a fantastic Oscar ...
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Yonkers: Monday 2/8 Analysis

(5) BEAS IDEAL is a perfect three-for-three to begin her career and the mare can control these again. (1) AMAZON IDEAL was second best in her last two, including finishing well versus the top choice last week. (2) A LITTLE ROLL qualified willingly at The ...
They’ve lasted a decade with me. I think timeless music does that. In the MySpace days I came across an artist named Outasight from Yonkers, New York. At this time I was still developing a taste for music, and didn't really know what I liked yet.

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Businesses, residents petition to keep Yonkers commander
News 12 Westchester
Business leaders and residents are petitioning Mayor Mike Spano to keep a Yonkers police captain from being transferred from his post. A city spokesperson told News 12 that they have received numerous pleas urging the mayor to keep Capt. Robert Itzla ...
Yonkers Residents Complain About Police Captain ReassignmentThe Daily Voice
Reisman: Too early to call Spano 'Hamlet-on-the-Hudson'The Journal News | LoHud.com

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Yonkers: Monday 2/8 Analysis
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(5) BEAS IDEAL is a perfect three-for-three to begin her career and the mare can control these again. (1) AMAZON IDEAL was second best in her last two, including finishing well versus the top choice last week. (2) A LITTLE ROLL qualified willingly at ...


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Yonkers schools propose $579 million budget
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Yonkers Public Schools Interim Superintendent Edwin Quezada is proposing a $579 million budget for the 2016-17 academic year. The spending plan includes opening a new elementary school at the former St. Bartholomew parochial school and a high ...


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Rev. Terzo Vinci of Yonkers dead at 82
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The Rev. Terzo Vinci, a longtime pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Yonkers, died Thursday. He was 82. Vinci served Mount Carmel almost 30 years starting in 1986. He was a native of Rocca Priora, Italy, a suburb of Rome, and he was a member ...

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Yonkers man pleads guilty to manslaughter
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A Yonkers man pleaded guilty Friday to manslaughter for a 2014 slaying on Woodworth Avenue. Edwin Palestina, 24, pleaded guilty to the felony charge along with first-degree attempted murder. Officials said Palestina was one of two shooters who ...
Yonkers Man Pleads Guilty To Attempted Murder For Hit-And-Run ShootingThe Daily Voice
Fugitive pleads guilty to Westchester murderMid-Hudson News

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Ossining Police Arrest 3 in William St Drug Raid

Two Ossining men and a Yonkers resident face felony drug charges after an investigation into narcotics activity at a house on William Street. Ossining police said they initiated an investigation in response to community concerns about narcotics activity at ...
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HUFFPOST HILL - Jeb Still Around - Huffington Post


HUFFPOST HILL - Jeb Still Around
Huffington Post
Donald Trump is staying in New York this weekend instead of campaigning in snowy New Hampshire, because whoa whoa whoa, most New Yorkers assumed New Hampshire was a few stops north of Yonkers on Metro North. Several women were ...


Another year of advances
World Grain
Ingredion, Inc., Westchester, Illinois, U.S., ranked ninth among grain-based foods companies, rising 13% in 2015. A year earlier, the company's shares gained 24%. ... Ranking 11th among grain-based foods companies in 2015 was Flowers Foods, Inc ...

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Two Ossining men and a Yonkers resident face felony drug charges after an investigation into narcotics activity at a house on William Street. Ossining police said they initiated an investigation in response to community concerns about narcotics activity at ...

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Yonkers schools propose $579 million budget
The Journal News | LoHud.com
Yonkers Public Schools Interim Superintendent Edwin Quezada is proposing a $579 million budget for the 2016-17 academic year. The spending plan includes opening a new elementary school at the former St. Bartholomew parochial school and a high ...

Officials said this week the Yonkers Film Festival has begun accepting entries for its 2016 event, which will be held for the fourth consecutive year in October. YoFiFest, as it is called for short, will be held from Oct. 20-23, and will feature more than ...
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Yonkers schools propose $579 million budget - The Journal News | LoHud.com


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Yonkers schools propose $579 million budget
The Journal News | LoHud.com
Quezada's proposal includes a $24.2 million deficit that city officials would have to close before adopting the plan in the spring. Unlike most districts in New York, the Yonkers schools are under mayoral control, so there is no school-budget vote and ...

“The callers can operate with a sense of urgency that if they don’t take immediate action, there is going to be some kind of harm that is going to come to them,” said Yonkers Police Det. Lt. Patrick McCormick. “Either hang up the phone, take the ...
Donald Trump is staying in New York this weekend instead of campaigning in snowy New Hampshire, because whoa whoa whoa, most New Yorkers assumed New Hampshire was a few stops north of Yonkers on Metro North. Several women were electioneering for Bernie ...
Donald Trump is staying in New York this weekend instead of campaigning in snowy New Hampshire, because whoa whoa whoa, most New Yorkers assumed New Hampshire was a few stops north of Yonkers on Metro North. Several women were electioneering for Bernie ...
Officials said this week the Yonkers Film Festival has begun accepting entries for ... This year’s festival will also include a “mini film school,” which will feature discussions and workshops led by filmmakers and other industry professionals.
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Inside Recruiting: Randolph impressing at Westtown School

"He scores well around the rim, leaps very high, and he's good in transition." A native of Yonkers, Randolph came to Westtown, a boarding school in West Chester, before this school year. He previously was at the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. "I was ...
"He scores well around the rim, leaps very high, and he's good in transition." A native of Yonkers, Randolph came to Westtown, a boarding school in West Chester, before this school year. He previously was at the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. "I was ...
They’ve lasted a decade with me. I think timeless music does that. In the MySpace days I came across an artist named Outasight from Yonkers, New York. At this time I was still developing a taste for music, and didn't really know what I liked yet.

Miami New Times
Pincho Factory Opening in Hialeah Next Week: Locations in Brickell, Midtown Miami, Miami Beach, Aventura to Follow
Miami New Times
The brand started as an eatery in Westchester in 2010, after Nedal Ahmad and his cousins Otto Othman, and Nizar Ahmad, decided over a backyard barbecue session that their recipes were good enough to share with the public. ... at 1 p.m. Located at 4950 ...

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10 years a fan: An Interview with Outasight

Back in the MySpace days I came across an artist named Outasight from Yonkers, New York. At this time I was still developing a taste for music, and didn't really know what I liked yet. Then I came across his MySpace and I was liking what I was hearing.
Adolescents are particularly prone to developing addictions to opioids, and many are using them, said John Slotwinski, director of clinical services at St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers and a ... funding for that fight. "I think that it is about ...
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Yonkers: Edwin Palestina pleads guilty to manslaughter - The Journal News | LoHud.com


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Yonkers: Edwin Palestina pleads guilty to manslaughter
The Journal News | LoHud.com
A Yonkers man pleaded guilty Friday to manslaughter for a 2014 slaying on Woodworth Avenue. Edwin Palestina, 24, pleaded guilty to the felony charge along with first-degree attempted murder. Officials said Palestina was one of two shooters who ...
Fugitive pleads guilty to Westchester murderMid-Hudson News

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Yonkers: Edwin Palestina pleads guilty to manslaughter Edwin Palestina of Yonkers pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2014 shooting death of Rodney Saunders Check out this story on lohud.com: http://lohud.us/1X8DkKg
Yonkers: Edwin Palestina pleads guilty to manslaughter Edwin Palestina of Yonkers pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2014 shooting death of Rodney Saunders Check out this story on lohud.com: http://lohud.us/1X8DkKg
WHITE PLAINS – A Yonkers man will face up to 25 years in state prison when sentenced in April in connection with the shooting death of a Yonkers man early in the morning of May 1, 2014. Edwin Palestina, 24, of Yonkers and another man drove up to the ...

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SNOW: What's canceled; what's still on
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This morning's snow has forced many cancellations, but some events are still scheduled once the snow clears up this afternoon. See our list of what's been called off and what's still planned throughout the area: School closings, delays · 2-4 inches of ...

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Forecast: Slushy snow strikes Hudson Valley

YONKERS - A snowstorm is slowing the morning commute across the Hudson Valley, but the storm is expected to peter out by the afternoon. Moderate snowfall has been coming down in the region, but it has been accumulating as a slushy, wet mess. The total ...
Fredette has made the most of his time in the D-League, standing out as the best player on the Westchester Knicks. Leading the team to a 17-12 record, Fredette has put up numbers similar to the ones that made him a star in college. The former BYU standout ...
USA TODAY NETWORK Jonathan Bandler, The (Westchester County, N.Y.) Journal News NEW ORLEANS — Fugitive New York real estate heir Robert Durst has pleaded guilty in Louisiana to a weapons charge and has agreed to a sentence of seven years and one month ...
Emergency first responders were called to the 24-hour Laundromat at 550 S. Broadway in Yonkers, New York around 9:30 pm on Tuesday, February 2, after carbon monoxide was detected in the facility. Initial reports indicate that at least a dozen customers and ...
Cuomo that it will use to fight obesity, diabetes, heart disease and stroke in ... HRHCare has five facilities in Westchester and Rockland counties: two in Yonkers as well as locations in Peekskill, Haverstraw and Spring Valley.
A New York City laundromat was evacuated earlier this week, after a carbon monoxide leak that sent at least two adults and one child to the hospital due to side effects of exposure to high levels of the toxic gas. Emergency first responders were called ...
YONKERS - A snowstorm is slowing the morning commute across the Hudson Valley, but the storm is expected to peter out by the afternoon. Moderate snowfall has been coming down in the region, but it has been accumulating as a slushy, wet mess. The total ...
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Downtown Yonkers gallery unveils new exhibit Saturday - The Journal News | LoHud.com


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Downtown Yonkers gallery unveils new exhibit Saturday
The Journal News | LoHud.com
Urban Studio Unbound in downtown Yonkers will unveil its winter art exhibition Saturday. The gallery at 66 Main St. will present work by about 40 local and New York City-based artists who contributed 66 pieces. "What's really nice about this show is ...

Police are searching for a man who robbed a cabby at gunpoint in Mott Haven. The 57-year-old driver was in Yonkers at about 11:10 p.m. on Jan. 28 when he picked up the suspect (above), who asked to be taken to 141st Street and Willis Avenue. When the cab ...
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I-69 Partners Announce Several Road Closures

There will be single-lane closures with flagger protection on Danlyn Lane, Yonkers Street, Cota Drive, Rex Grossman Boulevard. and Cooperative Way. Lane closures will be required to verify the horizontal and vertical location of existing utility facilities.
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Yonkers police investigation into school computer use to wind down - The Journal News | LoHud.com


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Yonkers police investigation into school computer use to wind down
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Police say they hope to wrap up in the near future a months-long investigation that raised questions about the resignation of Yonkers Schools Superintendent Michael Yazurlo in November. "The investigation is still open," said Yonkers Detective ...


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Yonkers man convicted in stabbing death
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A Yonkers man has been convicted at trial of chasing down another man near the Schlobohm Houses in April and stabbing him to death. Antonio Barnett, 23, is to be sentenced March 1 for first-degree manslaughter and third-degree criminal possession of a ...

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Yonkers teen arrested with loaded semi-automatic handgun: police
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MOUNT VERNON - An 18-year-old Yonkers woman convicted just months ago in connection with a shooting was arrested this week for possessing a loaded semi-automatic handgun, police said. Omaiah Thompson was in a vehicle pulled over by Mount Vernon police ...

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Police Chase Ends in Warinanco Park After SUV Crashes Into Tree
TAPinto.net
She said Cesar, 25, of Yonkers, blew out one of the big SUV's tires when he jumped a curb to veer around police cars that tried to block his path. Accompanied by Ariel Jazmin, of Manhattan, Cesar barreled into Warinaco Park with police in ... by 10 to ...

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Wild Linden chase ends in crash, arrests of N.Y. men on drug charges
NJ.com
The suspects, Angel Ernesto Cesar, 25, of Yonkers, N.Y. and Ariel Jazmin, 27, of the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, were arrested Wednesday night on drug charges after police found five kilograms of cocaine in the SUV, acting Union County ...
Two men arrested in Union County drug bustMyCentralJersey.com
Linden drug investigation leads to two arrests, significant seizure of cocaineNJ TODAY

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PRI
Project Fatherhood is uniting the men of LA's toughest communities
PRI
John Thompson, director of Project SNUG, a gang-intervention program in Yonkers, New York, agrees that addressing issues of fatherhood and parenting are integral to improving blighted communities. SNUG (guns spelled backward) trains former gang ...

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I-69 Partners Announce Several Road Closures

There will be single-lane closures with flagger protection on Danlyn Lane, Yonkers Street, Cota Drive, Rex Grossman Boulevard. and Cooperative Way. Lane closures will be required to verify the horizontal and vertical location of existing utility facilities.
Class divisions are dramatised in detail as a new, desegregated public housing development is pushed through in Yonkers, New York. Simon’s look at the breakdown in politics — as viewed through the city council and mayor Nick Wasicsko (a fantastic Oscar ...
Urban Studio Unbound in downtown Yonkers will unveil its winter art exhibition Saturday. The gallery at 66 Main St. will present work by about 40 local and New York City-based artists who contributed 66 pieces. "What's really nice about this show is that ...
Class divisions are dramatised in detail as a new, desegregated public housing development is pushed through in Yonkers, New York. Simon’s look at the breakdown in politics — as viewed through the city council and mayor Nick Wasicsko (a fantastic Oscar ...
Urban Studio Unbound in downtown Yonkers will unveil its winter art exhibition Saturday. The gallery at 66 Main St. will present work by about 40 local and New York City-based artists who contributed 66 pieces. "What's really nice about this show is that ...
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Downtown Yonkers gallery unveils new exhibit Saturday - The Journal News | LoHud.com


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Downtown Yonkers gallery unveils new exhibit Saturday
The Journal News | LoHud.com
Urban Studio Unbound in downtown Yonkers will unveil its winter art exhibition Saturday. The gallery at 66 Main St. will present work by about 40 local and New York City-based artists who contributed 66 pieces. "What's really nice about this show is ...

Yonkers mansion-mosque landmark hearing draws crowd A large crowd attended a Wednesday public hearing on a landmark proposal for a Yonkers mansion being used as a mosque. Check out this story on lohud.com: http://lohud.us/1X7NquR
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Decision Reached on School in Naugatuck on Friday

The heavy wet snow is forecast to be at its worst from about 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. More from Naugatuck Patch Naugatuck High School Chamber Singers to Present Two Concerts Preview of 'Lost in Yonkers' at the Warner Theatre's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre Obituary ...
WASHINGTON – Repairs to the Sandy-ravaged Yonkers Waterfront Park will benefit from a more than $5.4 million FEMA grant. The money will be used to cover administrative costs and replace damaged power switches and transformers. During Superstorm Sandy ...
“The callers can operate with a sense of urgency that if they don’t take immediate action, there is going to be some kind of harm that is going to come to them,” said Yonkers Police Det. Lt. Patrick McCormick. “Either hang up the phone, take the ...
A man is accused of robbing a taxi driver at gunpoint in the Bronx. Police say it happened on Jan. 28 when the driver picked up the suspect in Yonkers and then drove him to the Bronx. Police say when the cab reached its final destination, the suspect ...

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Spano asks state for cash to fix Yonkers schools
News 12 Westchester
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano launched a campaign Monday to lobby state leaders for help rebuilding the city's troubled school district. From damaged buildings to overcrowded classrooms, Yonkers schools are crumbling, he says. Some classrooms at Gorton ...

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Yonkers YMCA to open new addiction 'clubhouse'
The Journal News | LoHud.com
On Thursday Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced more than $1.6 million in annual funding to create first-of-their-kind adolescent substance use disorder clubhouses in seven regions across New York state. The Yonkers YMCA's share of the grant is $250,000.

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Army Corps of Engineers addressing Mamaroneck flooding
News 12 Westchester
The revised plan includes nearly 2 miles of channel modifications intended to widen, deepen and lengthen the Sheldrake and Mamaroneck rivers, including creating 8 ½-foot retaining walls. (February 4, 2016 5:15 PM). People living in Mamaroneck may soon ...

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Rick Santorum ends bid for the White House, backs Rubio
News 12 Westchester
Santorum said Wednesday on Fox News Channel that he is "suspending our campaign as of this moment." He described Rubio ... Content Preview This content is exclusive for Optimum, Time Warner®, Comcast®, customers with access to News 12. Already ...

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Residents demand Yonkers police captain keep job - News 12 Westchester


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Residents demand Yonkers police captain keep job
News 12 Westchester
Residents in Yonkers are petitioning and emailing officials in an effort to keep a police captain in his current job. Capt. Robert Itzla, who had been a commanding officer in Yonkers for just seven months, is being reassigned to the city jail. The ...

ETBE at Ice Hutch, 8:45 p.m. Tuckahoe at Yonkers Montessori, 11 a.m. Mount Vernon at Mamaroneck ... 3 p.m. Harvey at Wooster School, 3:30 p.m. Rye Country Day at Masters, 4 p.m. Hen Hud at Croton-Harmon, 5 p.m. Blind Brook at Hastings, 11 a.m. Hamilton ...
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I-69 Announces Several Road Closures

There will be single-lane closures with flagger protection on Danlyn Lane, Yonkers Street, Cota Drive, Rex Grossman Boulevard. and Cooperative Way. Lane closures will be required to verify the horizontal and vertical location of existing utility facilities.

What's new & noteworthy on DVD & Blu-ray – February 2, 2016
Albany Times Union (blog)
Basically, you get to watch Diesel growl and grumble his way through a nonsense script while he fights a bunch of special effects. Haven't we been down that road before in the Riddick films, Babylon AD, etc.? Come on, Vin, let's get back to the days of ...

"This is just a great place for him. I'm from Yonkers and I wouldn't want no other place for him to be but here," said a mother of a current student. "My son has come a long way through the school's guidance, therapeutic programs, and teaching from ...
YONKERS - Rain changing to snow overnight could impact the morning commute. News 12 meteorologists say Friday could see snow accumulation of up to 4 inches. The wet snow will end by midday Friday, with highs of 39 degrees.
Reyes, 46, also known as Amado Reyes, lives in Yonkers, N.Y. The agent had met Reyes several times, communicated with him by text messages and phone calls Jan. 26 and made arrangements to meet him in Manhatten the next day. A magistrate judge in NYC gave ...
Join Mowgli, Baloo, King Louie and the gang as they swing their way through madcap adventures ... March 5-13: Neil Simon’s “Lost in Yonkers” will be presented by the Warner Stage Company in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre. Showtimes are Friday ...
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Obama Seeks $1 Billion to Fight Drug Abuse

Adolescents are particularly prone to developing addictions to opioids, and many are using them, said John Slotwinski, director of clinical services at St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers and a ... funding for that fight. "I think that it is about ...
Current New York State Bar president-elect Claire P. Gutekunst of Yonkers assumes the association’s presidency this June 1st, succeeding David P. Miranda of Albany (Heslin Rothenberg Farley and Mesiti), the release stated. Ellen G. Makofsky of Garden ...

News 12 Westchester
Residents demand Yonkers police captain keep job
News 12 Westchester
Residents in Yonkers are petitioning and emailing officials in an effort to keep a police captain in his current job. Capt. Robert Itzla, who had been a commanding officer in Yonkers for just seven months, is being reassigned to the city jail. The ...


The Daily Voice
Yonkers Mayor Spano Details $2 Billion School Bond Plan
The Daily Voice
YONKERS, N.Y. -- Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano on Monday pushed for a plan that would allow the city and state to bond $2 billion to overhaul 39 school buildings, according to lohud.com. The 13-year plan, patterned on similar efforts in Syracuse, Buffalo ...

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