Friday, February 19, 2016

New York state editorial roundup: Winter driving; potential leaders; refugee crisis

One bill, sponsored by Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, D-Yonkers, would make it a violation to drive a ... of ice came crashing through the windshield of his Subaru. Even though New York has no law mandating snow and ice removal from vehicles, damage after ...
perhaps it should not have come as a surprise that the buildup to their game against the Nets on Friday night was consumed by the news that they planned to fill their open roster spot by signing a player from the Westchester Knicks, their Development ...
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Yonkers native loses more than 600 pounds

The Yonkers native, who once weighed 940 pounds and had a 98-inch ... That humiliation was the wake-up call he needed to begin the fight to save his own life. “I had prepared to die,” says Myers. “It was war; I felt that I was at war with myself.”
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Yonkers Teen Stabbed Near Glenwood Avenue - Daily Voice


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Yonkers Teen Stabbed Near Glenwood Avenue
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YONKERS, N.Y. -- Yonkers police are searching for a suspect wanted in the stabbing of a teen early Friday in Yonkers, according to News 12. Police said the incident occurred around 12:30 a.m. on Warburton Ave., near Glenwood Avenue. Witnesses said the ...
Teen stabbed overnight in YonkersNews 12 Westchester

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Yonkers Philharmonic's Beethoven Festival Honors Late Conductor - Daily Voice


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Yonkers Philharmonic's Beethoven Festival Honors Late Conductor
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YONKERS, N.Y. – The Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra will hold a free Beethoven Festival to honor late conductor James Sadewhite on Sunday, Feb. 28 at Saunders Trades and Technical High School at 3 p.m.. The concert, put on by the Fine Arts Orchestral ...


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Ice Bucket Challenge Originator Named Grand Marshal Of Yonkers St. Paddy's Parade
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Patrick Quinn, a leading advocate for increasing awareness of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) has been selected to lead the Yonkers St. Patrick's Day parade as the 2016 Grand Marshal. Quinn, 33, was born and raised in Yonkers and is known as the ...

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Stamford bar brawl lands one more woman in jail

Investigators using survellance footage of the fight were able to identify three agressors in ... The third woman, Maria Toribio-Francisco, was tracked to her home on Riverside Avenue in Yonkers, New York, earlier this week and charged with second-degree ...
Calls and angry emails from firefighters have been rolling into News 12 all week after Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano vented his frustration with the city's bravest on News 12 Newsmakers last weekend. He maintains that the demands of the Yonkers Uniformed Fire ...
YONKERS, N.Y. -- Yonkers police are searching for a suspect wanted in the stabbing of a teen early Friday in Yonkers, according to News 12 Hudson Valley. Police said the incident occurred around 12:30 a.m. on Warburton Ave., near Glenwood Avenue.
Albany, Buffalo and Yonkers are among the cities that have received funding ... You’re more of a man if you don’t,' ” she said. While violent crime has been declining, Newburgh still has one of the highest violent-crime rates in the state.
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Lawmaker pushes to remove Yonkers toll plaza

A Yonkers lawmaker is leading the push to get rid of a toll plaza on the New York State Thruway. Councilman Mike Breen called the Yonkers toll plaza a nuisance, a headache and an unnecessary expense. "The toll throws all the traffic onto Central Avenue and ...

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Yonkers detective mourned at funeral
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Frank Fernandez is being laid to rest today, five days after the Yonkers police detective died in a crash with a city firetruck. Mourners gathered Friday morning for the funeral Mass for Fernandez, 45, at Sacred Heart Church at 110 Shonnard Place in ...
Funds Being Raised to Help Family of Yonkers Police Detective Killed in Crash Valentine's DayPatch.com
Yonkers Officer Killed In Crash Is Laid To RestDaily Voice
Yonkers detective killed in crash to be laid to restNews 12 Westchester

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A Yonkers lawmaker is leading the push to get rid of a toll plaza on the New York State Thruway. Councilman Mike Breen called the Yonkers toll plaza a nuisance, a headache and an unnecessary expense. "The toll throws all the traffic onto Central Avenue and ...
The oldest is White Plains High School where a 4-kilowatt, 12-panel system was installed ... installs solar panels on the roof of a Westchester Day School building in Mamaroneck. (Photo: Tania Savayan/The Journal News) Although Westchester Day School ...
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Report: Knicks to sign Jimmer Fredette to a 10-day contract

You’ll receive free e-mail news updates each time a new story is published. Jimmer Fredette has been called up by the New York Knicks from their D-League affiliate, the Westchester Knicks, according to a report from ESPN’s Ian Begley. The Knicks plan ...
Scouting the Red Claws: Maine rode a three-game winning streak into the D-League all-star break and is in a virtual tie with Westchester for the Atlantic ... GoErie.com subscriber or print Erie Times-News subscriber you always have unlimited story views ...
Gail Prudenti to the Appellate Term for the Ninth and Tenth Judicial Districts. Justice Connolly also has been elected or appointed to serve as a Town and Village Justice in Ossining and an Acting City Court Judge in Mt Vernon and Yonkers.
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Water Being Collected for Flint in Southern Westchester

311 Huguenot St. in New Rochelle, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, and 1 a.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 21. The water will be collected and taken to Flint by Ron’s Trucking Corp. in Yonkers. Dr. Jim Bostic, executive director of Nepperhan ...
Yonkers Mayor seeks help to upgrade Yonkers school buildings Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano talks to lohud's Gary Stern about plans to rebuild and renovate Yonkers' deteriorating school buildings. Check out this story on lohud.com: http://lohud.us/1Tv2vYy
YONKERS, N.Y. – The Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra will hold a free Beethoven Festival to honor late conductor James Sadewhite on Sunday, Feb. 28 at Saunders Trades and Technical High School at 3 p.m. The concert, put on by the Fine Arts Orchestral ...
9-Rocky Mount Academy; 5-St. David’s def. 12-Westchester Country Day; 6-Village Christian def. 11-Coastal Christian; 7-Freedom Christian def. 10-Harrells Christian Quarterfinals at North Raleigh Christian (Thursday): 1-Northside Christian vs 8-Gaston Day ...
Central to his education, Aquino told the packed auditorium on the Westchester campus filled Filipino-American ... A fourth-generation politician, Aquino was 12 years old when martial law was declared in his homeland in 1972 by then-President Ferdinand ...
(Credit: News 12 ) A fourth Westchester resident contracted the Zika virus while traveling and has since recovered, health officials say. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the mosquito-borne illness is widening across Central and South ...
YONKERS, N. Y. -- Heavy winds and rain ripped through a Yonkers neighborhood Tuesday, causing temporary power outages, tree damage and even a minor fire, News 12 Westchester reported. Dozens of houses in the neighborhood along Lincoln Terrace lost power ...
Since it opened, locals say they haven't needed to travel to Westchester or Manhattan for supplies. Staff members say they're all artists and are passionate about spreading the opportunity...
The water will be collected and taken to Flint by Ron’s Trucking Corp. in Yonkers. Dr. Jim Bostic, executive director of Nepperhan Community Center in Yonkers helped to spearhead the effort along with other faith leaders. Since April 2014, water from the ...
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Yonkers Philharmonic's Beethoven Festival Honors Late Conductor

She is currently a teacher at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College in New York City. This is Wu's first performance with the Yonkers Philharmonic, and has previously performed all over New York, including the Steinway Hall, the German ...

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Yonkers detective mourned at funeral
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Frank Fernandez is being laid to rest today, five days after the Yonkers police detective died in a crash with a city firetruck. Mourners gathered Friday morning for the funeral Mass for Fernandez, 45, at Sacred Heart Church at 110 Shonnard Place in ...
Yonkers Officer Killed In Crash Is Laid To RestDaily Voice
Yonkers detective killed in crash to be laid to restNews 12 Westchester
Funds Being Raised to Help Family of Yonkers Police Detective Killed in Crash Valentine's DayPatch.com

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Yonkers Police Detective Frank Fernandez funeral Mass

Yonkers Police Detective Frank Fernandez funeral Mass The casket is removed from the church after the funeral Mass for Yonkers Police Detective Frank Fernandez, at Sacred Heart Church in Yonkers, Feb. 19, 2016. Check out this story on lohud.com: http ...

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Yonkers detective's funeral under way
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Frank Fernandez is being laid to rest today, five days after the Yonkers police detective died in a crash with a city firetruck. Mourners have gathered for the funeral Mass for Fernandez, 45, at Sacred Heart Church at 110 Shonnard Place in Yonkers ...
Funds Being Raised to Help Family of Yonkers Police Detective Killed in Crash Valentine's DayPatch.com
Yonkers detective killed in crash to be laid to restNews 12 Westchester
Hundreds Attend Wake For Yonkers Detective Killed In CrashDaily Voice

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Wake held for Yonkers detective killed in crash
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Hundreds of people paid tribute Wednesday evening to a Yonkers detective killed in a crash on Sunday. The wake for Frank Fernandez was held at the Whalen and Ball Funeral Home on Park Avenue in Yonkers. Yonkers police say Fernandez's SUV collided ...

The Yonkers native, who once weighed 940 pounds and had a 98-inch ... That humiliation was the wake-up call he needed to begin the fight to save his own life. “I had prepared to die,” says Myers. “It was war; I felt that I was at war with myself.”
connecting to a myriad of networks to popularize the challenge around the United States and around the world in the fight against Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Patrick Ryan Quinn is 33-years-old, and was born and raised in Yonkers. His Irish roots are in ...

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21 Best Things to Do in L.A. This Week
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Images from the book are on display at the ACME gallery through March 12. LACMA, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Mid-Wilshire; Sun., Feb. 21, 4 p.m. ... If you're beset by evil forces, wish to channel a dead person or need assistance navigating the increasingly ...

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Yonkers Teen Stabbed Near Glenwood Avenue

YONKERS, N.Y. -- Yonkers police are searching for a suspect wanted in the stabbing of a teen early Friday in Yonkers, according to News 12 Hudson Valley. Police said the incident occurred around 12:30 a.m. on Warburton Ave., near Glenwood Avenue.
All week, McLean had been aware of the transcript scandal cycloning through the basketball program at Westchester Community College in ... classes on the real transcript," Moore told Sporting News. “So she hands him the fake transcript and says ...
YONKERS, N.Y. -- Yonkers police are searching for a suspect wanted in the stabbing of a teen early Friday in Yonkers, according to News 12 Hudson Valley. Police said the incident occurred around 12:30 a.m. on Warburton Ave., near Glenwood Avenue.
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Yonkers detective's funeral under way
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Mourners have gathered for the funeral Mass for Fernandez, 45, at Sacred Heart Church at 110 Shonnard Place in Yonkers. Following the Mass he will be buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson. The casket is removed from the hearse as ...
Yonkers detective killed in crash to be laid to restNews 12 Westchester
Hundreds Attend Wake For Yonkers Detective Killed In CrashDaily Voice
Funds Being Raised to Help Family of Yonkers Police Detective Killed in Crash Valentine's DayPatch.com

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Transforming Yonkers with smart growth

Yonkers is the largest city in Westchester County, and the fourth largest city in New York state – and is just 25 minutes to midtown Manhattan’s Grand Central Terminal. Yonkers is highly desirable because of its livability. It is easy to get to and ...
Tyler, The Creator says the beat for his “Yonkers” record was actually his attempt “to make a shitty New York beat.” During a GOLF Radio interview with Vince Staples, Tyler, The Creator shared an unexpected piece of information about his 2011 ...
A GoFundMe account has been set up to help pay for the funeral costs and other expenses for Yonkers Detective Frank Fernandez. Fernandez, 45, died Feb. 14 after his SUV crashed into a Yonkers firetruck. He was off duty at the time of the collision.
9-Rocky Mount Academy; 5-St. David’s def. 12-Westchester Country Day; 6-Village Christian def. 11-Coastal Christian; 7-Freedom Christian def. 10-Harrells Christian Quarterfinals at North Raleigh Christian (Thursday): 1-Northside Christian vs 8-Gaston Day ...
(Credit: News 12 ) A fourth Westchester resident contracted the Zika virus while traveling and has since recovered, health officials say. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the mosquito-borne illness is widening across Central and South ...
YONKERS, N. Y. -- Heavy winds and rain ripped through a Yonkers neighborhood Tuesday, causing temporary power outages, tree damage and even a minor fire, News 12 Westchester reported. Dozens of houses in the neighborhood along Lincoln Terrace lost power ...
Hundreds gathered to say goodbye to a Yonkers police detective killed in a head-on collision. Funeral services for Yonkers Detective Frank Fernandez were held today at Sacred Heart Church. Over the past two nights, hundreds of mourners attended wake ...
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Hundreds gathered to say goodbye to a Yonkers police detective killed in a head-on collision. Funeral services for Yonkers Detective Frank Fernandez were held today at Sacred Heart Church. Over the past two nights, hundreds of mourners attended wake ...
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Transforming Yonkers with smart growth

Smart growth is a fundamental building block of sustainable communities. Embracing smart growth principles has improved the lives of everyone who lives and works in Yonkers. Soon after coming into office, Mayor Mike Spano signed into law a Green Building ...
YONKERS, N.Y. -- Hundreds of people gathered in Yonkers Wednesday to remember the police detective killed in a tragic accident on Valentine’s Day, according to a report by News12. One person attending Frank Fernandez’s wake told a News12 reporter that ...
Tyler, The Creator says the beat for his “Yonkers” record was actually his attempt “to make a shitty New York beat.” During a GOLF Radio interview with Vince Staples, Tyler, The Creator shared an unexpected piece of information about his 2011 ...
A GoFundMe account has been set up to help pay for the funeral costs and other expenses for Yonkers Detective Frank Fernandez. Fernandez, 45, died Feb. 14 after his SUV crashed into a Yonkers firetruck. He was off duty at the time of the collision.
Larry Myers has been to hell and back. The Yonkers native, who once weighed 940 pounds and had a 98-inch waist, is now down to 276 and spreading a message of lifestyle and diet change as a motivational speaker. Myers, who lives in Albany, is giving a ...
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Funeral today for Yonkers detective killed in crash
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Frank Fernandez will be laid to rest this morning, five days after the Yonkers police detective died in a crash with a city firetruck. The funeral Mass for Fernandez, 45, will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church at 110 Shonnard Place in ...
Hundreds Attend Wake For Yonkers Detective Killed In CrashDaily Voice
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Justice Connolly also has been elected or appointed to serve as a Town and Village Justice in Ossining and an Acting City Court Judge in Mt Vernon and Yonkers. Prior to her career as a jurist, Justice Connolly was in private practice for nearly 25 years ...
Justice Kahn was re-elected to the New York State Supreme Court in 2008 ... a Town and Village Justice in Ossining and an Acting City Court Judge in Mt Vernon and Yonkers. Prior to her career as a jurist, Justice Connolly was in private practice for ...
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Funeral today for Yonkers detective killed in crash

Funeral today for Yonkers detective killed in crash The funeral is Friday morning for Yonkers Detective Frank Fernandez, who died Sunday after crashing into a firetruck Check out this story on lohud.com: http://lohud.us/1Tu6VyA
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Ngbokoli carries the torch for three-sport athletes

And track is a lot of running, which helps for football.” Ngbokoli, a Yonkers native, grew up playing soccer, but started with football when he was in sixth grade. His middle school coach was Fran Stanek, who also coaches varsity wrestling at Hackley.
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