Friday, February 26, 2016

Kubala, Seaver and Swick earn trip to semis

Scapelliti said Wardlaw's 2-1 quarterfinal upset win over the tourney's 106-pound No. 3 seed Justin Lopez of Yonkers was huge. “Mitch will try to get out there and do his best Saturday,” Scapelliti said. “We're excited about our chances.”
It was a tall order to open against Abdullah (Yonkers PAL), though Dougherty is no stranger to these moments — he’s a two-time runner up in the 201-pound division. But there was a certain amount of rust the 29-year-old needed to work off Friday.
FDNY EMS members have shouldered 12-hour assignments and additional rotations since Transcare ... An email that was sent to Transcare employees Thursday night around 10 p.m. and forwarded to the Daily News made that clear. “Guys, we just received ...

3 Yonkers schools removed from struggling list

Three schools in Yonkers have been taken off the state's list of struggling schools. After examining test scores and graduation rates, the state found that students from three at-risk schools -- Roosevelt High School, the Robert Dodson School and Enrico ...
The schools were mainly in the state's largest cities, including Rochester, Yonkers, Buffalo, Syracuse and New York City. Overall, 188 schools were on the priority schools list "as a result of being among the lowest performing schools in the state."

FDNY EMS crews work non-stop since Transcare declared bankruptcy

FDNY EMS members have shouldered 12-hour shifts and double rotations since Transcare ... An email that was sent to Transcare employees Thursday night around 10 p.m. and forwarded to the Daily News made that clear. “Guys, we just received direction ...
Two people are under arrest this morning after police bust up a backdoor gambling operation in Yonkers, according to News 12 sources. Police could be seen outside the Riverview Stationary at 69 Riverdale Ave. about 5 p.m. searching for evidence.
Access to and from Tapp Road from Yonkers Street will be permanently closed in early March, according to a news release from I-69 Development Partners. Yonkers Street will be closed to through traffic from Indian Creek Drive to Tapp Road.
The schools were mainly in the state's largest cities, including Rochester, Yonkers, Buffalo, Syracuse and New York City. Poughkeepsie High School was among 70 districts that improved enough to be removed from receivership, but the middle school stayed as ...
“Lie went to a New York movie house and saw a very ... because they’re not really set up for fine-art appreciation there,” Mr. Bland said. That makes the Yonkers show, which also includes three lithographs on paper borrowed from Vesterheim: The ...

Japan to Allocate $1 Million to Help Fight Zika Virus Outbreak

John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers Tuesday on how health care workers can treat the Zika virus. USA officials are investigating more than a dozen new reports of sexually transmitted cases. Scott Kelly will return to Earth on March 1 after almost a year ...
Gallie Bythe Beach (Matt Kakaley, $5.40) returned to town sharp Friday night, winning Yonkers Raceway’s $32,000 Filly and Mare Open Pace. In play early from post position No. 5 (she won the five-through-eight) draw, “Gallie” was one of four leavers.
(2) AUTOMATIC SLIMS seems to hit the brakes in the final stretch run but clearly he is the speed of the speed; his best shot is to send hard and hope for the best. (8) TOUCH THE ROCK is very consistent hitting the board in his last five tries. (4) PENCE ...
A state report released this afternoon removes five Yonkers city schools from a status list identifying schools as "failing" and "persistently failing." Roosevelt High School, Robert C. Dodson School, School 13, Scholastic Academy for Academic Excellence ...
YONKERS, N.Y. -- A Yonkers woman was assaulted and robbed by acquaintances in her own home, according to a report by News12. The unidentified victim had been out partying with the acquaintances and was attacked late Thursday, Feb. 25, at her Elm Street ...
Jonas Lie Paints the Panama Canal,” an exhibition that began in February and runs through May 8 at the museum in Yonkers. The exhibition, curated by Mr. Bland and Kirsten Jensen, chief curator of the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown ...
Two people are under arrest this morning after police bust up a backdoor gambling operation in Yonkers, according to News 12 sources. Police could be seen outside the Riverview Stationary at 69 Riverdale Ave. about 5 p.m. searching for evidence. Sources ...

Kubala, Seaver and Swick earn trip to semis

30 a.m. today in the 106-pound Division I semifinals against senior Trey Wardlaw of Section I's East Ramapo High School. Scapelliti said Wardlaw's 2-1 quarterfinal upset win over the tourney's 106-pound No. 3 seed Justin Lopez of Yonkers was huge.

FDNY EMS crews work non-stop since private ambulance company Transcare declared bankruptcy

FDNY EMS members have shouldered 12-hour assignments and additional rotations since Transcare ... An email that was sent to Transcare employees Thursday night around 10 p.m. and forwarded to the Daily News made that clear. “Guys, we just received ...

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Bronx man, 'leader' of bank-fraud scam, convicted
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Lee withdrew about $457,980 from 77 customer accounts in Nassau County, New York City, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, and Virginia. For her part in the scheme, Figueroa was sentenced in May 2015 to up to six years in prison. On Friday, Lee ...

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3 Yonkers schools removed from struggling list
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Three schools in Yonkers have been taken off the state's list of struggling schools. After examining test scores and graduation rates, the state found that students from three at-risk schools -- Roosevelt High School, the Robert Dodson School and ...
Yonkers sees five schools improve from failing statusThe Journal News | LoHud.com

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Scapelliti said Wardlaw's 2-1 quarterfinal upset win over the tourney's 106-pound No. 3 seed Justin Lopez of Yonkers was huge. “Mitch will try to get out there and do his best Saturday,” Scapelliti said. “We're excited about our chances.”
There is no vaccine to prevent Zika virus and no medicine to treat it. An open discussion was held at St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers Tuesday on how health care workers can treat the Zika virus. The CDC is advising all men who have travelled to an ...
The schools were mainly in the state's largest cities, including Rochester, Yonkers, Buffalo, Syracuse and New York City. Poughkeepsie High School was among 70 districts that improved enough to be removed from receivership, but the middle school stayed as ...

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Yonkers sees five schools improve from failing status
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A state report released this afternoon removes five Yonkers city schools from a status list identifying schools as "failing" and "persistently failing." Roosevelt High School, Robert C. Dodson School, School 13, Scholastic Academy for Academic ...
3 Yonkers schools removed from struggling listNews 12 Westchester

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Two Binghamton schools get poor grades

The schools were mainly in the state's largest cities, including Rochester, Yonkers, Buffalo, Syracuse and New York City. Overall, 188 schools were on the priority schools list "as a result of being among the lowest performing schools in the state."
The schools were mainly in the state's largest cities, including Rochester, Yonkers, Buffalo, Syracuse and New York City. Overall, 188 schools were on the priority schools list "as a result of being among the lowest performing schools in the state."

Yonkers: Monday 2/29 Analysis

(2) AUTOMATIC SLIMS seems to hit the brakes in the final stretch run but clearly he is the speed of the speed; his best shot is to send hard and hope for the best. (8) TOUCH THE ROCK is very consistent hitting the board in his last five tries. (4) PENCE ...
The schools were mainly in the state's largest cities, including Rochester, Yonkers, Buffalo, Syracuse and New York City. Poughkeepsie High School was among 70 districts that improved enough to be removed from receivership, but the middle school stayed as ...

Roosevelt High School in Yonkers improves from failing status

Roosevelt High School in Yonkers improves from failing status Roosevelt High School is one of five Yonkers schools removed from a status list identifying schools as "failing" and "persistently failing," revealed in a state report Feb. 26, 2016. Check out ...

Yonkers Woman Robbed, Assaulted By Acquaintances, Police Say - Daily Voice


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Yonkers Woman Robbed, Assaulted By Acquaintances, Police Say
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... Yonkers woman was assaulted and robbed by acquaintances in her own home, according to a report by News12. The unidentified victim had been out partying with the acquaintances and was attacked late Thursday, Feb. 25, at her Elm Street home, police ...
Gambling operation busted in YonkersNews 12 Westchester

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Artist’s Greatest Subject Was the Panama Canal

“Lie went to a New York movie house and saw a very ... because they’re not really set up for fine-art appreciation there,” Mr. Bland said. That makes the Yonkers show, which also includes three lithographs on paper borrowed from Vesterheim: The ...
YONKERS, N.Y. -- A Yonkers woman was assaulted and robbed by acquaintances in her own home, according to a report by News12. The unidentified victim had been out partying with the acquaintances and was attacked late Thursday, Feb. 25, at her Elm Street ...
A state report released this afternoon removes five Yonkers city schools from a status list identifying schools as "failing" and "persistently failing." Roosevelt High School, Robert C. Dodson School, School 13, Scholastic Academy for Academic Excellence ...
YONKERS, N.Y. -- A Yonkers woman was assaulted and robbed by acquaintances in her own home, according to a report by News12. The unidentified victim had been out partying with the acquaintances and was attacked late Thursday, Feb. 25, at her Elm Street ...
Two people are under arrest this morning after police bust up a backdoor gambling operation in Yonkers, according to News 12 sources. Police could be seen outside the Riverview Stationary at 69 Riverdale Ave. about 5 p.m. searching for evidence.

Artist's Greatest Subject Was the Panama Canal - New York Times


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Artist's Greatest Subject Was the Panama Canal
New York Times
Jonas Lie Paints the Panama Canal,” an exhibition that began in February and runs through May 8 at the museum in Yonkers. The exhibition, curated by Mr. Bland and Kirsten Jensen, chief curator ... to Panama City tourists that shows Hercules prying open ...


Latino veteran creates his own script for career success
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The middle son of a Colombiana and Chileno, 33-year-old Mauricio Muñoz grew up in Northern Westchester, New York — knowing exactly what he wanted to do with his life. Attending a high school that ... offered by FOX News Channel. The Ailes Apprentice ...

CDC Investigating 14 Possible Cases of Sexually Transmitted Zika-Including Pregnant Women

There is no vaccine to prevent Zika virus and no medicine to treat it. An open discussion was held at St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers Tuesday on how health care workers can treat the Zika virus. The CDC is advising all men who have travelled to an ...

Former NYPD cop jailed for insurance fraud - The Journal News | LoHud.com


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Former NYPD cop jailed for insurance fraud
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A former New York City police officer and one-time Yonkers resident with a penchant for high-end cars has been sentenced to two to six years in state prison for a scheme to defraud insurance companies. Jose Urena, who was formerly assigned to the 25th ...

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You should watch it for: If you love wide-ranging series with a gang of compelling characters ... "Show Me a Hero" tells the story of how civil rights violations tear apart Yonkers, N.Y., paralyze the municipal government, and forever change the lives ...
An open discussion was held at St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers Tuesday on how health care workers can treat the Zika virus. "We are learning more every single day about this virus and its effects in people".

Yonkers Homeless

The time is 12:25am and its a cold night....a group of homeless man/woman found a warm place to spend the night, the place is inside Wells Fargo Bank (by the ATM machines) in Getty Square, Yonkers but before they fail a sleep two Police Cars arrived and ...
Yonkers to learn status of 'failing' schools Friday The state Education Department is planning to announce status of "failing" schools across the state, including Yonkers. Check out this story on lohud.com: http://lohud.us/1QIgSsi
YONKERS, N. Y. -- The Yonkers City Council made a strong statement on the value of the three iconic Richard Haas murals on downtown buildings by voting 5-2 on Wednesday, Feb. 24, to create a historic district, according to lohud.com. The Richard Haas Mural ...

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Gambling operation busted in Yonkers
News 12 Westchester
Two people are under arrest this morning after police bust up a backdoor gambling operation in Yonkers, according to News 12 sources. Police could be seen outside the Riverview Stationary at 69 Riverdale Ave. about 5 p.m. searching for evidence ...

Japan to Allocate $1 Million to Help Fight Zika Virus Outbreak

John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers Tuesday on how health care workers can treat the Zika virus. USA officials are investigating more than a dozen new reports of sexually transmitted cases. Scott Kelly will return to Earth on March 1 after almost a year ...
Con Edison and Department of Public Works crews removed a downed tree that trapped residents’ vehicles on their dead-end street in New Rochelle. Powerful winds knocked the large tree onto the hood and roof of a parked car on Weeks Place near Fifth Avenue ...

The Son of Sam, 40 Years Later
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Despite speculation that the killer could be anyone from a twisted police officer to a wronged lover, to a member of Italian organized crime (which Valenti's father was said to have connections with), the media of the time deemed the incident a random ...

Japan to Allocate $1 Million to Help Fight Zika Virus Outbreak

John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers Tuesday on how health care workers can treat the Zika virus. USA officials are investigating more than a dozen new reports of sexually transmitted cases. Scott Kelly will return to Earth on March 1 after almost a year ...
There is no vaccine to prevent Zika virus and no medicine to treat it. An open discussion was held at St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers Tuesday on how health care workers can treat the Zika virus. The CDC is advising all men who have travelled to an ...

Protest called for Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers

Students and union members will demonstrate Friday at Sarah Lawrence College, where they will ask for a labor agreement for the campus' maintenance workers. Workers and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 30 have negotiated over wages ...
Workers and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 30 have negotiated over wages, benefits, safety and working conditions since the 12 workers organized in the fall of 2014. Demonstrators will be urging the college's Board of Trustees ...

Downed tree removed from New Rochelle street

Con Edison and Department of Public Works crews removed a downed tree that trapped residents’ vehicles on their dead-end street in New Rochelle. Powerful winds knocked the large tree onto the hood and roof of a parked car on Weeks Place near Fifth Avenue ...
YONKERS, N. Y. -- Police are telling Yonkers residents to be ... Both 17-year-old male victims had to be hospitalized for their injuries. The violent fight broke out at around 7 p.m. Saturday along Halstead Avenue, News 12 reports.
Second choices Major Athens (George Brennan, $6.50) and Polak A (Brian Sears, $7.30) were second to none Saturday night, winning Yonkers Raceway’s pair of ... Money Maven continued well and fought the good fight, but was tripped up by a cone-skimming ...
Two teenagers were hospitalized with stab wounds after a violent street fight in Yonkers. Both male victims are 17 years old. One victim was stabbed in the chest and the other was slashed in the leg and head. The incident occurred on Halstead Avenue around ...
STAMFORD, Conn. -- A 32-year-old dancer for hire is facing criminal charges in connection with a Jan. 3 fight at a Stamford club, according to the Stamford Advocate. Maria Toribio-Francisco, of Yonkers, N.Y., is accused of smashing a beer bottle over the ...
connecting to a myriad of networks to popularize the challenge around the U.S. and around the World in the fight against Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Quinn, 33, was born and raised in Yonkers. He attended St. John the Baptist grade school, Iona Preparatory ...
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 ...
Roy McLaughlin Scholarship Fund. In a statement released Monday, Yonkers police provided a photo of Fernandez at a St. Baldrick's fundraiser, when he had shaved his head to raise money to fight childhood cancer. The fundraisers were "something very typical ...
New Chemical Method to Neuter Dogs: A new method of neutering for dogs has recently been approved by the FDA. At a fraction of the cost of surgical neutering, the quick procedure provides a less painful and invasive method of taking the roam out of your ...

Yonkers Homeless

The time is 12:25am and its a cold night....a group of homeless man/woman found a warm place to spend the night, the place is inside Wells Fargo Bank (by the ATM machines) in Getty Square, Yonkers but before they fail a sleep two Police Cars arrived and ...
What is it about? Based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Lisa Belkin, the miniseries "Show Me a Hero" tells the story of how civil rights violations tear apart Yonkers, N.Y., paralyze the municipal government, and forever change the lives of a ...
YONKERS, N.Y. -- A former New York City police officer and ... The former police officer was sentenced to two to six years in state prison for his crimes in New York City. The sentence will be served concurrently with a sentence of one to three years ...
He became a Social Studies Teacher in Yonkers and eventually an Assistant Principal at the ... He is a current member of the Edenton Planning Board, Chowan County Juvenile Crime Prevention Task Force, and the Northeast Commission. Please consider ...
high-crime environments for their cognitive development and emotional development.” Her children’s welfare was Rose’s top concern. In Yonkers, 4-year-old Khalil was in preschool and daycare, learning his ABCs; Khyla, 10, was earning good grades and ...

Yonkers Homeless

The time is 12:25am and its a cold night....a group of homeless man/woman found a warm place to spend the night, the place is inside Wells Fargo Bank (by the ATM machines) in Getty Square, Yonkers but before they fail a sleep two Police Cars arrived and ...

David S. Colucci

Colucci passed away at the UVM Medical Center in Burlington, Vermont on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. David was born on Feb. 20, 1943, in Yonkers, New York the son of Ralph and Josephine (Wilson) Colucci. David was retired from CR Bard in Glens Falls.