The Eastchester Town Board meets at 8 p.m. Oct. 4 at Town Hall, 40 Mill Road. On the agenda: appointments to the Lake Isle advisory board; resolution authorizing the supervisor to execute and deliver a parade float lease agreement between the Town of Eastchester and the New Rochelle Chamber of… Read More →
This came over from Eastchester PD e-alert: The Village of Scarsdale’s Popham Road Bridge contractor is tentatively scheduled for a complete closure of the Popham Road Bridge to vehicular (not pedestrian) traffic from 9 a.m. on Oct. 6 to 6 a.m. Oct. 7. A detour route will be implemented to… Read More →
This came in as an e-alert from Bronxville PD: The Police Department is investigating a crime that occurred at the HSBC branch located at 74 Pondfield Road. A skimmer and hidden camera were illegally installed at the ATM in an attempt to capture debit card numbers and personal identification numbers…. Read More →
SCARSDALE Greenacres Avenue: A small safe built into a wall in a Greenacres Avenue home was extracted and stolen, village police said. A glass pane was broken on a rear door between 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Wednesday to get inside the home. Owners of the burglarized home have not… Read More →
Here’s a glance at today’s opinion content: PEF’s rejection: Editorial We comment on news that the Public Employees Federation, the second largest union of state employees, rejected a package of give-backs negotiated with the administration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. We write: … The rejected deal, apropos of these post-recessionary times,... Read More →
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, the blunt Republican whose efforts to lessen taxpayers’ burdens have made headlines across the nation, continues to stand firm that he is not going to seek his party’s nomination for president in 2012. Do you think he should enter the race? Do you think he’d… Read More →
The Scarsdale Woman’s club will hold its fall thrift collection and Operation Bookshelf from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 22, and from noon to 3 p.m. Oct. 23, at the club, 37 Drake Road, Scarsdale. Offerings include clothing, children’s and household goods, jewelry and, at the book sale, fiction… Read More →
The JCC of Mid-Westchester, headquartered in Scarsdale, has been awarded a $50,000 challenge grant by the Corporation for National Community Service. The grant, which will be used to fund future work, was given for the organization’s Sept. 11 Day of Chesed (kindness), Service and Remembrance on Sept. 11, 2011, which… Read More →
Good morning. Here’s a look at opinion content published today in The Journal News: Mandate relief: Editorial We comment on news that Bedford town officials voted to create a local law to override the 2-percent property tax cap. We encourage Gov. Andrew Cuomo to get serious about mandate relief. We… Read More →
White Plains Road: Venera Gorvokovic, 25, of 2023 Paulding Ave. in the Bronx, was arrested at Lord and Taylor’s department store at 750 White Plains Road on a shoplifting charge, police said. Gorvokovic is accused of taking two earring sets worth $143 and putting them in her pocketbook before trying… Read More →