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Funeral Arrangements Set For Mount Vernon Motorcyclist Killed In Crash
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - Funeral arrangements have been set for the Mount Vernon man who was involved in a fatal motorcycle crash in Scarsdale. Shortly after 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 22, members of the Scarsdale Police Department were dispatched to a stretch of Post Road near the intersection of Wayside Lane in the area of Scarsdale High School, where there were reports of a serious crash. The operator of the motorcycle, 44-year-old Junio Aridio of Mount Vernon, was treated at the scene by the Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps and transported immediately to the Westchester Medical Center…
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New Rochelle Remembers WWII Veteran Bill Moye
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - New Rochelle remembered World War II veteran William Francis “Bill” Moye on Friday, celebrating his life and service during a special ceremony following his death earlier this year at 102 years old. A tree dedication was held at 111 Lockwood Avenue on Friday for the lifelong New Rochelle resident, who “was an integral and beloved member of his community who remained active until the time of his passing,” officials said. City Historian Barbara Davis offered words of remembrance at the ceremony, which included members of the New Rochelle Housing Authority, New Rochelle Po…
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Westchester Mom 'Rocks' It With Inspirational Messages On Stones
Tara Unger is hoping to bring more kindness and inspiration into the world -- or at least into her small part of Northern Westchester. Two days after the riots in Charlottesville, VA in August, the Katonah mom felt she had to do something to both help make sense of the world -- and teach her kids they are responsible for how their future will look. And so, she started painting inspirational messages on stones and leaving them around town. "The hope was that someone having a hard day/time, walking with their head down, would spot one and smile. "The idea was that the message o…
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New Rochelle Mayor Forms Advisory Committee On Immigrant Affairs
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - Days after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the planned dissolution of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson announced the formation of an Advisory Committee on Immigrant Affairs (ACIA) in the city. The mayor said the non-partisan committee, comprised of volunteers with different backgrounds will provide him and other leaders in New Rochelle on matters that affect immigrant communities in the city. “Immigrants have contributed immeasurably to the strength, vitality and character of our city, but have often been u…
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Iona Prep Junior Organizes Hurricane Relief Efforts For Florida, Texas
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - While thousands in Texas and Florida are dealing with the fallout of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, an Iona Preparatory student is coordinating efforts to help some of the neediest residents who have lost everything. Bedford resident Conor Lane, a junior at Iona Prep, has organized relief efforts with the school’s Leadership Program to provide basic necessities to the residents of Texas and Florida who are still busy cleaning up from the recent rash of hearty hurricanes. Since the hurricanes hit land, students at Iona Prep, led by Lane, have been collecting items tha…
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Westchester Professor Wins Emmy Award For Lady Gaga's Super Bowl Show
The Emmy Awards are Sunday, Sept. 17 but one local resident already got his gold statue. Purchase College Professor Dave Grill just received his fourth Emmy Award for lighting Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl Halftime Show in the category of "Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Special." The associate professor of theatre design/technology, a Mahwah, N.J. resident, won three prior Emmy awards for lighting design in 2002, 2013, and 2015. Megan Seibel, a Purchase student, had the opportunity of a lifetime assisting him at the halftime show. You can read her blog post…
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Two Hudson Valley Fire Departments Get Nearly 250K In Federal Grants
The Milan Volunteer Fire Department and the Village of Pelham Fire Department each received federal funding through the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. Milan will receive $130,952 to purchase 20 new self-contained breathing apparatus units while Pelham will receive $101,905 to purchase a new rescue vehicle. Mark Sardaro, Milan Volunteer Fire Department Chief, said their breathing apparatus units were no longer adequate and that one of the air packs recently failed at a structure fire. "This could not have come at a more critical time,"…
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Westchester Singer Once Embarrassed By Disease Aims To Connect Women
SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. -- It's not every day an 11-year-old is diagnosed with ovarian cancer. But even more incredible when that woman -- now 22 -- gets breast cancer. But instead of wallowing in her illness, Bianca Muñiz is singing about it -- and raising awareness about the travails of cancer. The Sleepy Hollow resident, who took voice lessons at Lagond Music School in Elmsford (and has been singing since second grade) started talking/blogging about her experiences as a way to help others. "The first time I was diagnosed I was embarrassed and wanted to pretend like it wasn't happeni…
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Westchester Author Unravels Tale Of Little Known Holocaust Story
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y.-- Yvette Manessis Corporon is a three-time Emmy Award–winning writer, author, and producer at NBC's EXTRA who tells other people's stories for a living. But when it came time to tell her own, it took a while. The Yonkers resident, who lives on the Bronxville border, grew up listening to her grandmother’s stories about how the people of Erikousa, a small Greek island, hid a Jewish family—a tailor named Savvas and his daughters—from the Nazis during World War II. Nearly 2,000 Jews from that area died in the concentration camps but even though everyone on Erikousa knew…
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Seen It? Young Kitten Goes Missing In Mount Vernon
MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. - A Good Samaritan in Mount Vernon is hoping to reunite a family with a lost kitten she found roaming the city’s streets. A found black and white kitten was reported to Lost Pets of Westchester County earlier this week, and the organization is hopeful of helping reunite it with a loving family. According to the person that found the kitten, it is only a few weeks old with black paw pads and a spot on his back foot. He appears to be people-oriented and is “very loving.” The cat was in good health, though it had ear mites. Anyone with information regarding the kitten’s pos…
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North Salem's David Letterman Returns To TV With New Netflix Show
David Letterman, the original host of "Late Night" (NBC) and "The Late Show" (CBS) will be back broadcasting for a new series on Netflix. The yet-to-be-named, six-episode series has the longtime North Salem resident combining two interests for which he is renowned: in-depth conversations with extraordinary people, and in-the-field segments expressing his curiosity and humor. In each hour-long episode, Letterman will conduct a long-form conversation with a singular guest -- and will also explore topics on his own, away from the studio. The series is set to premiere in 201…
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Got Mail? This Is Only Hudson Valley Post Office Open Labor Day
Believe it or not, you can send a letter on Labor Day, Hudson Valley residents. In some cases, you may need to travel a bit to do it, and even cross a bridge. Hint: Make that the new bridge. The Postal Service’s Palisades Postal Store at the mall in West Nyack is the only post office in the Greater Hudson Valley that is open on Labor Day. Full postal retail services are available from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. with U.S. Passport application acceptance hours from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Although there will be no regular mail service on Monday, Sept. 4, Priority Mail Express will be delivered on Labor Da…
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