WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A jobs program for unemployed workers in Westchester County recently honored 26 graduates.They are students in Jobs Waiting, a federally-funded regional job training program in the Hudson Valley.Certificates of achievement were presented at a recent ceremony in White Plains, which Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Harrison) and major employers attended. The unemployed ...
RYE BROOK, N.Y. -- The women's tennis team from Rye Brook placed high, garnering second place at a national championship in Arizona recently.The local team represented the USTA Eastern Section, finishing second at the USTA League Adult 55 & Over 7.0 National Championships held at the Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex in Surprise, Ariz.The Rye Brook team lost to a team from La ...
BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. -- Dozier, the current pet-of-the week at SPCA of Westchester, is a one-year-old terrier mix, with a velvety, soft and brindled colored coat, who is available for adoption at its Briarcliff location.He is described as having "soulful eyes" and a "sweet, gentle demeanor."The dog is new to the shelter. Trainers there are getting to know Dozer and ...
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has signed legislation that secure's New York's place on the list of states that have joined National Popular Vote Compact, according to an announcement.It guarantees that "every vote in every state will matter in every presidential election," the release said.The bill modifies legislation signed by Cuomo in 2014, which added New York to an interstate ...
Daily Voice accepts signed letters to the editor. Send signed letters to armonk@dailyvoice.comThe following is a reader's response to the Daily Voice lifestyle article, "Who Knew Mute Swans Were Such Coastal Pests?"To the editor:Let's not mince words. the writer of this article is using the code words, "effective management" to to call for the brutal killing of ...
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Members of the Civil Service Employees Association rejected County Executive Rob Astorino's eight-year plan, according to a lohud.com report.The vote was 2,028 to 172 opposing the contract, CSEA Unit 2200 President Kwabena Manu told lohud.comIn the proposal, wages over eight years would increase by 8.5 percent, and members of the union would pay a portion of ...
PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- While on stage at the Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, David Cassidy got upset when a cellphone video light was shone at him, according to TMZ."Would you please turn that light out or be removed from the theater," he is heard saying on a video posted on the TMZ website. "Turn that light out. It's blinding me. I have had five eye surgeries. Are you that ...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Volunteers that provide legal services to the poor were lauded last week in a Legal Services of the Hudson Valley Pro Bono Week celebration.The American Bar Association launched the celebration in 2009 to raise awareness of the unmet legal needs of vulnerable and economically disadvantaged individuals and families and to encourage more attorneys and paralegals to ...
PELHAM, N.Y. -- A groundbreaking ceremony took place Oct. 24 for the start of a project at Wolfs Lane Park, according to a release on the Village of Pelham NY Facebook page.State Sen. Jeffrey Klein, Deputy Mayor Susan Mutti and village trustees attended the ceremony. The project is being funded by a grant secured by Klein.The 5-acre site along the Wolfs Lane downtown corridor will be ...
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- A frost advisory has been issued for southern Westchester County, with temperatures predicted to sink into the 30s overnight, according to the National Weather Service.The advisory, from midnight Monday to 9 a.m. Tuesday, means widespread frost is expected, according to the National Weather Service.The frost could be damaging to sensitive plants and crops, so ...
