BY JANIE ROSMAN Westchester-bound traffic moves to the new bridge’s westbound span tomorrow night a few weeks earlier than planned, weather permitting. Multiple lanes will be closed, and traffic will be stopped so crews can reconfigure the landings and strip the lanes. Rockland-bound lanes are not affected. From now until fall 2018, when the eastbound […]
Cowardly attacker takes aim at concert-goers from 32nd-story Mandalay Bay hotel room Fifty nine people were killed and more than 500 were injured after a gunman opened fire on a large country music concert crowd in Las Vegas, Nevada. The shooter, whom police identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock of Mesquite, Nevada, started shooting at the […]
STORY AND PHOTO BY KATHY KAHN The Town of Clarkstown chambers were packed on Tuesday evening, October 3, for the swearing-in of Raymond McCullagh, a 29-year veteran of Clarksotwn Police Department, who praised fellow officers, saying, “Their’s is the toughest job there is.” McCullagh, sworn in by Judge Craig Johns and McCullagh’s wife, Terry, replaces ousted Chief […]
Seven elite European trotters representing five countries landed safely Wednesday, October 4 at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, ready to compete in the $1-million Yonkers International Trot taking place Saturday, October 14 at Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway. World class trotters from Denmark (2), Finland (1), Italy (2), France (1) and Sweden […]
Town of Ramapo to make hidden hamlet disappear, eviction notice sent to home-renters STORY AND PHOTOS BY KATHY KAHN Residents of the small community of the “Hamlet of Ramapo,” a dead-end street off Torne Valley Rd. in unincorporated Ramapo near the Village of Hillburn, have been told by the town to vacate the premises. The […]
Westchester Broadway Theatre is supporting charitable organizations in the community, now through November 22, 2017, with their Share the Warmth Clothing and Toiletries Drive. Clean out your closets and help us provide warm clothing and toiletries to those less fortunate. Men’s and women’s clothing in new or nearly-new condition (no rips, stains, etc.), and unopened […]