Kraft Avenue: A 44-year-old White Plains man was arrested for rummaging through a Yonkers woman’s pocketbook in her car while she walked her child to St. Joseph’s School last Wednesday, Bronxville police said Monday. The woman’s 3-year-old child was in the back seat of the car as Thomas Delano of… Read More →
A Queens woman was arrested after stealing almost $4,000 from her Scarsdale boyfriend’s checking account to use for herself, village police said Monday. Arrested Friday was Natashia Belletty, 42, of Queens Village. She was arrested at her job at Macy’s Department store in Herald Square in Manhattan. Belletty has been… Read More →
The Yale Westchester Alumni Association has postponed a program with an award-wining author and Yale professor until later this month due to inclement weather forecasted for Tuesday. The program hosted by the alumni association will feature National Book Award Winner and Yale Professor Carlos Eire who will speak about his… Read More →
Gov. Andrew Cuomo introduced legislation Monday that would cap annual increases in local property taxes at no more than 2 percent annually, unless local residents vote to override the cap. Budget experts say that a tax cap will surely force big cuts by schools, because so much spending is mandated… Read More →
Here’s a look at opinion content published in The Journal News on Saturday, Jan. 29, Sunday, Jan. 30 and today, Monday, Jan. 31: Saturday, Jan. 29 Egypt: Commentary Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Trudy Rubin assesses the unrest in the Middle East and what it may mean for the development of a… Read More →
The Editorial Board will host two LIVE Editorial Spotlight interviews this week on LoHud.com: • At 1 p.m. Tuesday, candidates for the Westchester County Board of Legislators’ vacant 12th District seat discuss their candidacies and the issues. Democrat MaryJane Shimsky and Republican Nicholas DeCicco are seeking the office, vacant since… Read More →
Lauren Farfel, 15, and Anabelle Brecker, 15, both of Scarsdale, check expiration dates on donated food as they were among about 120 teenagers who took part in the UJA-Federation of New York’s food drive in White today. Photo by Seth Harrison The drive, which coincided with the UJA’s Super Sunday… Read More →
Caroline Botvin of Scarsdale competes in the pole vault during the Westchester County Track and Field Championships at the Armory in Manhattan today. Photo by Seth Harrison Hundreds of area track and field athletes competed in the 2011 Westchester Track and Field Championships at the Armory in Manhattan today. Look… Read More →
Meredith Rizzo of Bronxville and Kristen Walsh of North Rockland compete in the High School Girls’ Metropolitan 4×800 meter meter relay during the 2011 Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden Jan. 28, 2011. Bronxville won the event. Photo by Seth Harrison Harbert Okuti, representing the Westchester Track Club, second from… Read More →
The Scarsdale Forum (TVCCEF) will hold its membership meeting on Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Scott Room of the Scarsdale Library. The Scarsdale PT Council will be honored at a welcome reception prior to the meeting at 7:30 p.m. The Scarsdale Forum will present: -“The Building Blocks of a… Read More →