Sunday, March 27, 2016

Photo Flash: Inside Look at Hampton Theatre Company's LOST IN YONKERS

Described by the New York Post as the best play Neil Simon ever wrote, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize as well as the Tony Award, "Lost in Yonkers" will be the third production in Hampton Theatre Company's current season. Scroll down to see rehearsal photos!
On March 28, 1986, Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born in Yonkers, New York. Before she grew up to become Lady Gaga, young Stefani struggled to be accepted. “She was creative and unequivocally her own person, but her peers didn’t always ...
ALBANY--In January, about a month after both of New York's onetime legislative leaders were convicted ... Andrea Stewart-Cousins of Yonkers, who leads the minority Democrats in the chamber, put it: "We are blowing our Watergate moment."
The MTA said Yonkers will cover the cost of repairs, estimated at $3 million. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the World Trade Center site, had blamed the water leaks at the new transit hub there partly on water continuously ...
Described by the New York Post as the best play Neil Simon ever wrote, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize as well as the Tony Award, "Lost in Yonkers" will be the third production in Hampton Theatre Company's current season. Scroll down to see rehearsal photos!

Crews battle Yonkers fire

Crews responded to a fire at a Yonkers business Sunday afternoon. The fire started just after 12 p.m. at 222 New Main St. Fire crews were quickly able to extinguish the flames. No one was injured. The cause of the fire is not yet known....
Austintown Local Schools will host a senior citizens dinner at 4 p.m. April 12 in the cafeteria of Fitch High School ... Austintown Senior Center, 100 Westchester Drive, has planned the following: Monday, active exercise at 8 a.m., 30 minutes with God ...
MISSISSAUGA - The Westchester Knicks (26-20), the official NBA Development ... Fans can stay up-to-date on team news by following the team at: @wcknicks on Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat and on Facebook at facebook.com/wcknicks.

Police: 16-Year-Old Diagnosed With Schizophrenia Missing

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)– Police are searching for a teenager who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Jean Carlos River, 16, of Yonkers, was reported missing Saturday afternoon. He was last seen wearing black jeans, a white long sleeve t-shirt and a ...
A new church is opening its doors in Westchester. Northway Church in White Plains is holding its grand opening Easter Sunday. The church has locations throughout the northeast.

Police: 16-Year-Old Diagnosed With Schizophrenia Missing

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)– Police are searching for a teenager who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Jean Carlos River, 16, of Yonkers, was reported missing Saturday afternoon. He was last seen wearing black jeans, a white long sleeve t-shirt and a ...
Jean Carlos River, 16, of Yonkers, was reported missing Saturday afternoon. He was last seen wearing black jeans, a white long sleeve t-shirt and a green and black jacket. Anyone with information is asked to call 914-377-7900.

Yonkers PD searching for missing 16-year-old boy

YONKERS - Police are searching for a 16-year-old boy with a mental health condition who apparently wandered off from his Hawthorne Avenue home Sunday afternoon. Jean Carlos Rivera was last seen wearing black jeans, a white long-sleeved T-shirt with a ...
YONKERS, N.Y. -- Yonkers Police have apprehended a suspect in a late Friday afternoon bank robbery at the Wells Fargo Bank located at 2290 Central Park Ave. A possible suspect was located in the area of Crisfield Avenue and Kincaid Street by patrol units ...
YONKERS, N.Y. – Yonkers Polce are investigating an early Friday morning incident in which a teen was shot in the back of the leg on Warburton Avenue, according to News 12. The incident happened around 1 a.m. near the Nepperhan Community Center, News 12 said.
Yonkers police responded to a burglary Saturday morning, according to reports. Police arrived at a house at 60 Grassy Sprain Road just after 3 a.m. Witnesses tell News 12 the homeowner was beaten by a man who broke into the house. Officers were seen taking ...
ALBANY--In January, about a month after both of New York's onetime legislative leaders were convicted ... Andrea Stewart-Cousins of Yonkers, who leads the minority Democrats in the chamber, put it: "We are blowing our Watergate moment."
YONKERS - Police are searching for a 16-year-old boy with a mental health condition who apparently wandered off from his Hawthorne Avenue home Sunday afternoon. Jean Carlos Rivera was last seen wearing black jeans, a white long-sleeved T-shirt with a ...
But, as Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins of Yonkers, who leads the minority Democrats in the chamber, put it: "We are blowing our Watergate moment." "This year's budget process has been nothing but a series of covert meetings and phone calls shielded from the ...
A cab driver remains in critical condition Sunday after he was stabbed by a customer in Yonkers. Cristian Amparo was stabbed in the face and neck on North Broadway Wednesday night. Investigators say the suspect took off in the cab after stabbing Amparo.
Melmerby Beach, winless in seven starts in 2016, pulled off a 12-1 surprise by pacing past $7.3 million winner Foiled Again to capture one of five $50,000 divisions of the George Morton Levy Series at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday night. All eyes were on ...

Police look for 3 suspects connected to possible shooting

News 12 has heard that one man was shot and was taken away in an ambulance. Westchester County police say they are looking for three people who fled the scene and may have being going toward the Bronx River Parkway.
The fundraiser, emceed by Lisa LaRocca of News 12 Westchester, also featured a varied menu from Restaurant North and Kira Sushi. Attendees also enjoyed a silent auction featuring incredible prizes including vacation packages, sports memorabilia and tickets ...
A walkway in Westchester Square is causing a variety of concerns for ... some residents say the lack of a sidewalk or stop light make it quite dangerous. One pedestrian tells News 12 that crossing the intersection...

Yonkers approves artisan district

Yonkers approves artisan district The Yonkers City Council unanimously approved the special artisan district at the former Alexander Smith Carpet Mills. Check out this story on lohud.com: http://lohud.us/1MriKE0

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Yonkers man arrested following bank robbery
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A 48-year-old Yonkers man was charged moments after a Central Avenue bank was robbed, police said Saturday. A man entered the Wells Fargo Bank at 2290 Central Ave. at 5:43 p.m. Friday and handed a teller a note demanding money. The teller ...

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Photo Flash: Inside Look at Hampton Theatre Company's LOST IN YONKERS

Described by the New York Post as the best play Neil Simon ever wrote, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize as well as the Tony Award, "Lost in Yonkers" will be the third production in Hampton Theatre Company's current season. Scroll down to see rehearsal photos!
A cab driver remains in critical condition Sunday after he was stabbed by a customer in Yonkers. Cristian Amparo was stabbed in the face and neck on North Broadway Wednesday night. Investigators say the suspect took off in the cab after stabbing Amparo.

White Plains church holds Easter Sunday grand opening

A new church is opening its doors in Westchester. Northway Church in White Plains is holding its grand opening Easter Sunday. The church has locations throughout the northeast.

Police: Bank robber may have committed other crime

Yonkers police believe a man they arrested in a recent bank robbery could be responsible for another crime. On Friday, officers arrested a 41-year-old Yonkers resident for a robbery at the Wells Fargo Bank on Central Avenue. Police say a man also robbed ...

Yonkers man arrested following bank robbery

A 48-year-old Yonkers man was charged moments after a Central Avenue bank was robbed, police said Saturday. A man entered the Wells Fargo Bank at 2290 Central Ave. at 5:43 p.m. Friday and handed a teller a note demanding money. The teller complied and the ...

SENIOR SIDELIGHTS

Austintown Local Schools will host a senior citizens dinner at 4 p.m. April 12 in the cafeteria of Fitch High School ... Austintown Senior Center, 100 Westchester Drive, has planned the following: Monday, active exercise at 8 a.m., 30 minutes with God ...
Yonkers police believe a man they arrested in a recent bank robbery could be responsible for another crime. On Friday, officers arrested a 41-year-old Yonkers resident for a robbery at the Wells Fargo Bank on Central Avenue. Police say a man also robbed ...
Cristian Amparo, 40, a driver from Yonkers, was attacked Wednesday by a passenger armed ... for information leading to capture of "the thug that committed this unprovoked crime," said Fernando Mateo, federation founder.
Yonkers Contracting Company ... The MTA is seeking to recover a transit thief’s profits from a Hollywood movie deal centered around his crime. Darius McCollum, who has been diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, stole a Greyhound bus from Port ...
JERSEY CITY - Atlantic City’s Republican mayor says adding two casinos in northern New Jersey would bring crimes including prostitution and ... state recapture revenue that goes to New York’s Yonkers Raceway or to eastern Pennsylvania casinos.
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 ...
YONKERS, N.Y. — A 23-year-old faces 22 years in jail after ... “That’s what made this such a vicious crime … they didn’t know eachother,” Wolf told PIX11 News. “There were no long standing animosities.”
Xavier Wilson, from Yonkers, was charged with a slew of offenses ... A second man was also taken into custody, but had not been charged as of Wednesday. Alison Fox covers crime and breaking news for amNewYork. When she’s not working, you can probably ...

Police: Bank robber may have committed other crime

Yonkers police believe a man they arrested in a recent bank robbery could be responsible for another crime. On Friday, officers arrested a 41-year-old Yonkers resident for a robbery at the Wells Fargo Bank on Central Avenue. Police say a man also robbed ...
YONKERS, N.Y. -- Yonkers Police have apprehended a suspect in a late Friday afternoon bank robbery at the Wells Fargo Bank located at 2290 Central Park Ave. A possible suspect was located in the area of Crisfield Avenue and Kincaid Street by patrol units ...
YONKERS, N.Y. – Yonkers Polce are investigating an early Friday morning incident in which a teen was shot in the back of the leg on Warburton Avenue, according to News 12. The incident happened around 1 a.m. near the Nepperhan Community Center, News 12 said.
Thursday night, his fellow cab drivers in Yonkers took a break from work to ask the public for help in finding the man who left their friend fighting for life. Police say he'd picked up a fare Wednesday evening, and in a parking lot off North Broadway ...
Yonkers police responded to a burglary Saturday morning, according to reports. Police arrived at a house at 60 Grassy Sprain Road just after 3 a.m. Witnesses tell News 12 the homeowner was beaten by a man who broke into the house. Officers were seen taking ...
Earlier this month, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced plans to fight for a $15 state-wide minimum wage ... proposed", said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers. Long time Olympia Food Co-op staff member and Finance Committee member ...

$15 Minimum Wage a Big Plus for Immigrants

"The Senate Democratic Conference would have a tough time supporting anything that goes slower or lower than what the governor has publicly proposed", said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers. "We've disagreed with Senate Republicans ...

Hartford Courant

Sailor Had Reputation As 'Charming Rascal'
Hartford Courant
Jacobs was born on April 12, 1948, and grew up in a family of four children in Yonkers, N.Y., where his father, Sam Jacobs, ran a liquor store and managed real estate. Sam Jacobs came from an Assyrian family, and Jacobs took pride in his ancient ...


NJ.com

Taxpayers getting soaked: The story of $6.4B in leaky NYC transit hubs
NJ.com
The MTA said Yonkers will cover the cost of repairs, estimated at $3 million. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the World Trade Center site, had blamed the water leaks at the new transit hub there partly on water continuously ...
Water leaks frustrate in NYC's splashy new train stationsColorado Springs Gazette

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Capital New York

New York's laws, like its residents, can't pin down 'upstate'
Capital New York
New York's laws, like its residents, can't pin down 'upstate'. new-york's-laws-its-residents-cant-pin-down- Because of a train derailment in the Bronx, Metro-North commuters switch from the train to shuttle buses in Yonkers, N.Y., Dec. 2, 2013. (AP ...


NBC New York

Yonkers Cabbie Critical after Violent Carjacking
NBC New York
A livery cab driver is fighting for his life in a Westchester County hospital after being slashed across the face and neck in a carjacking. Cristian Amparo, 40, a driver from Yonkers, was attacked Wednesday by a passenger armed with a knife who slashed ...
Reward Offered For Information In Brutal Attack On Yonkers Livery Cab DriverCBS Local
Yonkers Cabbie Injured In Violent Carjacking; Reward OfferedDaily Voice

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