Friday, April 8, 2016

Concerns aired over Carson City development

Katherine Yonkers, who wrote a letter to the editor published in the Nevada Appeal, said the developers could take a lesson from the Silver Oak PUD. “We’ve all enjoyed that land, but we all knew it was coming and you can’t stop it,” she said.

Things to Do in the Hudson Valley, April 9 Through April 17

April 15 at 8 p.m. $12 and $15. Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker Street. 845-679-4406; bearsvilletheater.com. YONKERS Michael T. A. Thompson, jazz. April 9 at 7 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Blue Door Gallery, 13 Riverdale Avenue. 914-375-5100 ...

Robert L. Crain, TC Expert on Desegregation, Is Dead at 82

Arlington County School Board, a Virginia case which considered whether ... “I’ll be forever indebted to Bob for involving me in the Yonkers Project on Families and Communities, which he co-PI’d,” says Carter. “It was my first year as a graduate ...
In January, D'Amico came under fire for helping void a traffic ticket issued by a trooper to an NYPD officer who had struck a marked State Police van in Yonkers. He resides in Rockland County with his wife Judith and their four children.
Residents say since the store closed they have been forced to use Walgreens and other supermarkets to make up for the loss. The good news is that there are plans to put a CVS and a Key Food supermarket...
New York's top state cop, Joseph A ... void a traffic ticket issued by a trooper to an NYPD officer who had struck a marked State Police van in Yonkers. He resides in Rockland County with his wife Judith and their four children.

New York’s top state cop resigns abruptly

In January, D’Amico came under fire for helping void a traffic ticket issued by a trooper to an NYPD officer who had struck a marked State Police van in Yonkers. A State Police spokesman at the time said the top state cop directed staff to review the ...
The fourth round of the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series for open pacing mares was featured on Friday night at Yonkers Raceway, and it was a rough night for the favorites as Carolsideal (8-1), Yagonnakissmeornot (17-1) and Krispy Apple (4-1) posted upset ...
Residents in one Yonkers neighborhood are waiting patiently for something to replace the former A&P on Nepperhan Avenue. The store closed in the fall and so far nothing has moved into its spot. Residents say since the store closed they have been forced to ...

Varsity scores and schedule - The Journal News | LoHud.com


Varsity scores and schedule
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Yonkers at Sullivan Oval Field. Scarsdale at Suffern. Mount Vernon at Saunders. Westlake at Blind Brook. Non-region opponent at Yonkers Montessori. Boys lacrosse. Hackley 14, Riverdale 7. Lakeland/Panas 17, Horace Greeley 5. Rye Country Day 16, Wooster ...


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Maryland open houses April 9-10
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1711 Woodlore Rd 12:30 pm to 3 pm $719,900. 2002 Phillips Ter #12 11:30 am to 2:30 pm $261,900. 21403 .... 3260 Channel Ct 11 am to 2 pm $475,000 ... 721 Edelen Station Pl 1 pm to 4 pm $260,000 ...... 1910 Westchester Dr 1 pm to 4 pm $449,900.

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The location is next to the Martin Luther King Public School. Witnesses state that four shots were heard. One man was shot in the stomach area but was able to Terrapin Band Rocks Yonkers Brewing Co.: Downtown Yonkers has passed the benchmark of hip.
While my mind was reliving those ridiculous drills, a public notice flickered on the television screen that the high school in Yonkers was going to conduct an 'active shooter' drill, an exercise that the Yonkers PD has done several previous times beginning ...
A man was shot outside a school in Yonkers Saturday night, police say. The shooting happened just after 9:30 p.m. outside the Martin Luther King School. News 12 is told the victim was found by police near 8 Lafayette Place with a gunshot wound in his stomach.
North White High School will be performing the Neil Simon comic drama “Lost in Yonkers” this Friday and Saturday. The Pulitzer-winning play follows the story of teenagers Jay and Arty, who are sent to live with their stern grandmother and zany aunt in ...
The woman convicted of intentionally poisoning her son is set to tell her story on the news program "48 Hours." Lacey Spears is serving 20 years to life after being found guilty of fatally poisoning her 5-year-old son Garnett by placing lethal amounts of ...

Hollywood comes to Suffern

It’s not every day that Hollywood and some of its stars come to Suffern. But Friday was that day as “The Meyerowitz Stories,” which stars Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller and Dustin Hoffman, was filmed on Lafayette Avenue. “The Meyerowitz Stories” is ...

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Howard hunts for disappearing attorney
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In any case, she wasn't interested in helping. Not even in taking my business card. So where does that leave Melville? She's filed complaints with the Brooklyn DA and with the New York State Bar's Grievance Committee. But she can't buy a new place ...

“He told Puff, ‘if you like The Lox, you’re gonna love X,'” said the Yonkers-born MC. From there he spit for Diddy, but he wasn’t impressed. Per video: “I spit or whatever and he was like, ‘eh, his voice is too and he’s unmarketable.
HARLEM, N.Y. -- Dante Melville is living with family in Yonkers. She’d rather have her own place again. But she says the lawyer she hired when she was selling her apartment in Harlem kept money the buyer put into escrow -- $59,500. The attorney is Sam ...

Robert L. Crain, TC Expert on Desegregation, Is Dead at 82

Arlington County School Board, a Virginia case which considered whether ... “I’ll be forever indebted to Bob for involving me in the Yonkers Project on Families and Communities, which he co-PI’d,” says Carter. “It was my first year as a graduate ...
Residents say since the store closed they have been forced to use Walgreens and other supermarkets to make up for the loss. The good news is that there are plans to put a CVS and a Key Food supermarket...
These investigative units include the Organized Crime Task Force, the Auto Insurance Fraud Unit ... a trooper to an NYPD officer who had struck a marked State Police van in Yonkers. He resides in Rockland County with his wife Judith and their four children.

DMX Tells the Story of How Diddy Offered Him a Deal After Initially Turning Him Down

In February of 2016, DMX was found unconscious of an alleged drug overdose in a hotel in Yonkers, NY and rushed to the hospital. The hip-hop world showed support for X and Swizz Beatz even gave fans an update on his health via social media. “Just got off ...

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Wrestling All-Stars: Wardlaw earns East Ramapo respect
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After losing to Yonkers senior Justin Lopez in a tight 6-5 decision in the section final, Wardlaw was given a second chance as a wild-card selection for the New York State Championships. He ran into Lopez again in the quarterfinals, avenging his ...

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New York’s top state cop, Joseph A ... void a traffic ticket issued by a trooper to an NYPD officer who had struck a marked State Police van in Yonkers. A State Police spokesman at the time said the top state cop directed staff to review the decision ...

NYSP leader D’Amico to retire (Updated)

D’Amico also was in headlines at the start of 2016 for intervening in a traffic ticket given to a NYPD officer whose vehicle struck a parked state police van near the Yonkers toll plaza on I-87. Update: Here are the statements from Cuomo and D’Amico: ...
The two shooters ran to a waiting minivan and fled. An intensive investigation led to Palestina as one of the perpetrators. He was arrested by Yonkers Police and the FBI in Houston, Texas on June 16, 2015.
Yonkers Brewing Company featured the Terrapin Band on Yonkers Police Charge Man in Cab Stabbing: A 62-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stabbing a livery driver, police said. Pedro Estrada was arrested and charged in Yonkers court with robbery and ...
It's time for shaved heads. On Sunday at 1 p.m. the Yonkers Police Benevolent Association will host a fundraiser for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a volunteer-driven charity committed to funding childhood cancer research. Fifty volunteers ...
YONKERS, N.Y. -- Police are investigating a shooting incident Saturday night outside Martin Luther King School in Yonkers that left a man with a gunshot wound to the stomach, according to a News 12 report. The victim was found by police near 8 Lafayette Place.
“He told Puff, ‘if you like The Lox, you’re gonna love X,'” said the Yonkers-born MC. From there he spit for Diddy, but he wasn’t impressed. “I spit or whatever and he was like, ‘eh, his voice is too and he’s unmarketable.’ Didn’t like ...
D’Amico also was in headlines at the start of 2016 for intervening in a traffic ticket given to a NYPD officer whose vehicle struck a parked state police van near the Yonkers toll plaza on I-87. Update: Here are the statements from Cuomo and D’Amico: ...

Round three of the GIVE crime-fighting program doles out funds

we focus on trying to transition them from committing crimes to basically being productive members of society.” Westchester County will receive the biggest chunk of funding in the region with over $1.2 million to be split between the Yonkers and Mount ...
D’Amico also was in headlines at the start of 2016 for intervening in a traffic ticket given to a NYPD officer whose vehicle struck a parked state police van near the Yonkers toll plaza on I-87.
D’Amico also was in headlines at the start of 2016 for intervening in a traffic ticket given to a NYPD officer whose vehicle struck a parked state police van near the Yonkers toll plaza on I-87.

Memorial Service Held for Slain Iona College Student

Friends and family came to the college’ Arrigoni Center to pay tribute to 19-year-old Yonkers resident Brandon Lawrence, the Journal News said. A crowd of about 200 were in attendance.
MIDDLEBORO — Nemasket River Productions (NRP) opening season production “Lost in Yonkers,” by Neil Simon, opens Friday, April 15. Directed by Mike Pevzner and performed at The Alley Theatre, the show continues for three weekends. “Lost in Yonkers ...

New York’s top state cop resigns abruptly

In January, D’Amico came under fire for helping void a traffic ticket issued by a trooper to an NYPD officer who had struck a marked State Police van in Yonkers. A State Police spokesman at the time said the top state cop directed staff to review the ...
Levi tracks Vandergelder to his hay and feed store in Yonkers, then by train back to Molloy’s hat shop in New York, out into the streets of the city where they are all caught up in the great Fourteenth Street Association Parade, and finally to the most ...
Eaton High School will present “Hello Dolly ... Levi tracks Vandergelder to his hay and feed store in Yonkers, then by train back to Molloy’s hat shop in New York, out into the streets of the city where they are all caught up in the great Fourteenth ...
In January, D’Amico came under fire for helping void a traffic ticket issued by a trooper to an NYPD officer who had struck a marked State Police van in Yonkers. A State Police spokesman at the time said the top state cop directed staff to review the ...
It’s not every day that Hollywood and some of its stars come to Suffern. But Friday was that day as “The Meyerowitz Stories,” which stars Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller and Dustin Hoffman, was filmed on Lafayette Avenue. “The Meyerowitz Stories” is ...
He said Westchester businesses will probably benefit from paying ... "I am the only candidate in this race with a plan to raise the minimum wage to $15, starting at $12.50". California's current minimum wage is $10 per hour. "Our fight is a fight for ...
Large turnout of Sanders supporters at a recent rally at the Yonkers Brewing Co. (Photo ... an attorney who is running as a delegate in the April 19 New York primary. “But you have to be brave to go out and support Senator Sanders in Westchester County.”

NY Counties Receive Funding To Stem Gun Violence - WAMC


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NY Counties Receive Funding To Stem Gun Violence
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Funding is headed to these departments in the City of Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County; the cities of Newburgh and Middletown in Orange County; and in Westchester County, the Yonkers and Mount Vernon police. Kingston and Spring Valley, in Ulster and ...

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iPark proposes 197 apartments on Yonkers riverfront
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The new buildings proposed for 29, 43 and 57 Wells Ave. would rise on a large parking lot that sits west of the Kawasaki offices and across the street from the Yonkers Public Schools headquarters. The project is called The Lofts at i.Park and it ...


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Yonkers non-public school bus applications due April 1
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The deadline for Yonkers non-public school transportation applications for the 2016-2017 school year is April 1. Non-public school transportation is limited to private, parochial and charter schools within the City of Yonkers. Students must live at ...


The YO: Yonkers schools to test water for lead
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Yonkers will test the water in drinking fountains at the Yonkers Public Schools for lead contamination. The testing is a response to recent reports of lead in municipalities around the country. Vietnam veterans recognized. The event took place this ...

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Daily Voice

Yonkers to test drinking water in schools
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YONKERS - The city will test the drinking water at every source in all of its schools in the wake of recent reports of lead contamination in Newark, New Jersey, drinking-water fountains and contamination in other urban areas with aging infrastructure.
Spano Still Hopeful About State Help To Fix Yonkers SchoolsDaily Voice

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Raw Vulnerability Is Highlight Of 'Lost In Yonkers'
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Knowing all that, I couldn't help feel that 1991—when “Lost in Yonkers” opened on Broadway—was the year that the critics decided to award Mr. Simon for his whole oeuvre the way the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Oscars is given to someone ...


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Photos: Yonkers police seek help ID'ing Dunkin' Donuts robbery suspect
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Yonkers police are asking for the public's help identifying a man they say robbed a Dunkin' Donuts in February. Police released surveillance photos of a man they say held up the store at 680 Central Park Ave. at gunpoint on Feb. 9. He also fits the ...
Police Seek Public's Assistance to ID Armed Robbery SuspectHudson Valley News Network

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Medical marijuana dispensary to open in Yonkers
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One of the failed openings was in Yonkers, where The Journal News/lohud.com found inaccurate statements in Etain's original plan for a Nepperhan Avenue dispensary. Etain submitted paperwork to state regulators claiming to have a building permit for the ...

NY Counties Receive Funding To Stem Gun Violence

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Thursday announced more than $ ... and in Westchester County, the Yonkers and Mount Vernon police. Kingston and Spring Valley, in Ulster and Rockland Counties, respectively, receive funding as they target aggravated assaults ...

NY Counties Receive Funding To Stem Gun Violence

Funding is headed to these departments in the City of Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County; the cities of Newburgh and Middletown in Orange County; and in Westchester County, the Yonkers and Mount Vernon police. Kingston and Spring Valley, in Ulster and ...
the Yonkers and Mount Vernon police. Kingston and Spring Valley, in Ulster and Rockland Counties, respectively, receive funding as they target aggravated assaults, which drive violent crime in their respective communities.

Round three of the GIVE crime-fighting program doles out funds - Mid-Hudson News


Round three of the GIVE crime-fighting program doles out funds
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Westchester County will receive the biggest chunk of funding in the region with over $1.2 million to be split between the Yonkers and Mount Vernon Police departments, District Attorney's Office, Department of Public Safety and Probation Department.


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Monroe County to get $1.7M to fight gun violence
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The 17 counties enrolled in the initiative represent 85 percent of violent crime in the state outside of New York City, he said. This is the second year of the grant's two-year contract; last year the counties received the ... The police departments ...

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During an interview with Drink Champs, Dark Man X discussed a late 1990s meeting with Puff Daddy at a Yonkers, New York studio. Even though Puff Daddy dismissed his talent, DMX says he has no hard feelings about the incident. “One thing I respect about ...
State Sen. David Carlucci says the predictability of the toll's rates will attract businesses and commuters to live in Rockland and Westchester counties. The $700 million plan was made official as New York Gov. Andrew...
The Junior League of Bronxville (JLB) services the areas of Bronxville, Eastchester, Mount Vernon, Tuckahoe, and Yonkers. The JLB has been an active and local women’s volunteer organization in Southern Westchester since 1948.
Senate Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins of Yonkers, said the plans balance the needs of businesses and workers. Nearly simultaneous with the NY budget victory, the California Legislature also voted for the $15 minimum wage. Yossi ...

NBA Development League Playoff Glance

Friday, April 8: Westchester at Sioux Falls, 8 p.m. x-Sunday, April 10: Westchester at Sioux Falls, 8 p.m. Thursday, April 7: Reno at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, April 10: Los Angeles at Reno, 10 p.m. x-Tuesday, April 12: Los Angeles at Reno, 10 p.m ...

Senior Helpers Announces Expanded Coverage In Westchester County, New York

YONKERS, N.Y., April 8, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Senior Helpers®, one of the nation's largest in-home senior care companies, announced today that it is expanding its coverage in the New York City metropolitan area with the opening of an office in ...
New York Democrats have 247 pledged delegates ... Minimum Wage Movement Travels to More States Senate Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins of Yonkers, said the plans balance the needs of businesses and workers. Cuomo spoke during a March ...

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Yonkers man gets 25 years in slaying
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A Yonkers man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in the 2014 ambush shooting death of Rodney Saunders. Edwin Palestina, 24, was sentenced Thursday by Westchester County Judge Barry Warhit. In February, Palestina pleaded guilty to ...
Ex-fugitive gets prison for fatal ambush on New York streetKFDA

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Carmelo Milio’s Trion Real Estate Management, a Yonkers-based investment firm, picked up a four-building Washington Heights portfolio for $31.2 million Thursday, less than two years after it last sold, sources told The Real Deal. The package includes ...
YONKERS, N.Y., April 8, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Senior Helpers®, one of the nation's largest in-home senior care companies, announced today that it is expanding its coverage in the New York City metropolitan area with the opening of an office in ...

Round three of the GIVE crime-fighting program doles out funds

we focus on trying to transition them from committing crimes to basically being productive members of society.” Westchester County will receive the biggest chunk of funding in the region with over $1.2 million to be split between the Yonkers and Mount ...
Yonkers man sentenced to 25 years in prison for manslaughter Edwin Palestina of Yonkers was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the 2014 shooting death of Rodney Saunders. Check out this story on lohud.com: http://lohud.us/1RZVqwf
Friday, April 8: Westchester at Sioux Falls, 8 p.m. x-Sunday, April 10: Westchester at Sioux Falls, 8 p.m. Thursday, April 7: Reno at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, April 10: Los Angeles at Reno, 10 p.m. x-Tuesday, April 12: Los Angeles at Reno, 10 p.m ...
In the upstate area, the minimum wage is scheduled to increase to $9.70 per hour at the end of the year, with yearly increases of 70 cents until it reaches $12.50 by the end of 2020 for workers outside of New York City and Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester ...
The closest center is now in Yonkers, over 30 miles from many Rockland County residents...We believe that creation of a new expanded E-ZPass Rockland Service Center in our office will offer a great convenience to many Rockland residents and serve to ...

Woman jumps from burning building in Mount Vernon

A woman is recovering today after having to jump from an intentionally set fire in Mount Vernon on Wednesday. Investigators say the fire broke out at a three-story building at 14 Mount Vernon Ave. about 7:45 p.m. Wednesday. It took firefighters about 20 ...
“The estimate for a main road is that it will last 12 to 15 years. Subdivision streets are supposed ... “The Towns and counties north of Westchester County maintain 87 percent of all the roads in the state,” he said. “The rest are state roads.
Long Island and Westchester will see the minimum go from $9 now to $15 on Dec. 31, 2021. New York City reaches $15 on Dec. 31, 2018, for large businesses, and a year later for small ones. Upstate, where the economy is struggling, the top amount of $12.50 ...
She attended Maumee Valley Country Day School and then Miss Hall’s School in Pittsfield, Mass. She was a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, N.Y. She married John J. Gardiner, Jr., on April 12, 1947. Her husband’s father was chairman of ...
YONKERS, NY - Talk about dominating. Not only did Bob Krivelin win five legs of the recently completed NAADA Trotting Series but he also was victorious in the series $15,000 Finale which was presented Thursday evening at Yonkers Raceway. In fact he won ...
The initiative – the Gun Involved Violence Elimination program, provides funds to fight crime through training ... in the region with over $1.2 million to be split between the Yonkers and Mount Vernon Police departments, District Attorney’s Office ...
The trio of borough fighters competed in last Wednesday’s championship matches during the prestigious New York Daily News Golden Gloves boxing tournament at Empire City Casino in Yonkers, with one winning by way of a forfeit. In the 112-pound weight ...

Raw Vulnerability Is Highlight Of 'Lost In Yonkers' - 27east.com


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Raw Vulnerability Is Highlight Of 'Lost In Yonkers'
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Knowing all that, I couldn't help feel that 1991—when “Lost in Yonkers” opened on Broadway—was the year that the critics decided to award Mr. Simon for his whole oeuvre the way the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Oscars is given to someone ...


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Photos: Yonkers police seek help ID'ing Dunkin' Donuts robbery suspect
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Yonkers police are asking for the public's help identifying a man they say robbed a Dunkin' Donuts in February. Police released surveillance photos of a man they say held up the store at 680 Central Park Ave. at gunpoint on Feb. 9. He also fits the ...
Police Seek Public's Assistance to ID Armed Robbery SuspectHudson Valley News Network

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Carmelo Milio’s Trion Real Estate Management, a Yonkers-based investment firm, picked up a four-building Washington Heights portfolio for $31.2 million Thursday, less than two years after it last sold, sources told The Real Deal. The package includes ...
Senate Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins of Yonkers, said the plans balance the needs of businesses and workers. Nearly simultaneous with the NY budget victory, the California Legislature also voted for the $15 minimum wage. Yossi ...

Westchester Capital Management Inc. Lowers Position in Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) - The Vista Voice


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Westchester Capital Management Inc. Lowers Position in Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)
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Caterpillar logo Westchester Capital Management Inc. cut its position in Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) by 0.3% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. ... Caterpillar Inc. has a 12 month low of $56.36 and a 12 month high of $89.62. The stock ...

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Radio Waves: Classical music station holds instrument drive
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This should be music to everyone's ears: Classical music station WQXR-FM (105.9) will hold its second instrument drive today to April 17. The initiative invites people throughout the metropolitan area to donate their gently used musical instrument, ...

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NY adds $13M to fight gun violence
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The 17 counties enrolled in the initiative represent 85 percent of violent crime in the state outside of New York City, he said. This is the second year of the grant's two-year contract; last year the counties received the ... The police departments ...

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Yonkers man gets 25 years in slaying
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THE CRIME: Bakery worker shot dead. Saunders, who worked at the Greyston Bakery in Yonkers, was walking on Woodworth Avenue near Gold Street around 2 a.m. when the shooters pulled up in a minivan and opened fire on him, officials said. He tried to ...

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Niagara Gazette

Buffalo State students accused of running bogus credit card scheme
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The Erie County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday that two 23-year-old students and a 25-year-old student, all from Yonkers, were charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument and criminal possession of a forgery device. Police say ...

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He said Westchester businesses will probably benefit from paying ... "I am the only candidate in this race with a plan to raise the minimum wage to $15, starting at $12.50". California's current minimum wage is $10 per hour. "Our fight is a fight for ...
Minimum Wage Movement Travels to More States Senate Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins of Yonkers, said the plans balance the needs of businesses and workers. Cuomo spoke during a March 2 rally at the Solvay Geddes Youth Community Center ...