United Water Warns Pelham Customers About Phone Scams

United Water is advising the recipients of suspicious calls to hang up and call customer service at either -266-9109, or -426-8969. If someone comes to the house claiming to be from the company, customers should know that United Water employees wear uniforms and ID badges with the company name and logo, it said.
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a Law & Ordera director busted on child porn charges

TV director Jason "Jace" Alexander was busted on child-porn charges for allegedly promoting a video showing a girl stripping and masturbating, according to the Westchester County DA's office. Alexander, 50, of Dobbs Ferry, the only son of actress Jane Alexander, is accused of promoting the video - depicting a girl about 12 or 13 years old - by making it available for viewing in late June on the Torrent network, according to a criminal complaint.
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Bad Air, High Heat, Thunderstorms on Thursday

The National Weather Service has issued two advisories. Get the hour-to-hour details for Dobbs Ferry, Irvington and Hastings-on-Hudson.
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Sister Mary Dominica, Taught at Holy Name School 1962-1979, Dies at 101

... 1956 to 1962. She was also general treasurer for the community and local treasurer of the mother house in Hastings on Hudson from 1979 to 2001. In 2004 she retired from active ministry and July 2011 she moved to The Wartburg Adult Care Community. ...
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Unstable Sunday

The county will continue mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service . Want hour to hour info: Click here for the in-depth weather forecast for Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings-on-Hudson and Irvington.
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Spreckman, Marcotte Push Vote For New Yonkers Family Court Facility

YONKERS, N.Y. Republican county legislators were able to get a commitment for a vote on a lease for a proposed new facility for Yonkers Family Court at the Board of Legislators meeting scheduled for Aug. 10. The Infrastructure Committee met Tuesday, and committee members Legislators Michael Smith and Sheila Marcotte made a motion to have the board vote on the lease. Board Majority Leader Catherine Borgia and Legislator MaryJane Shimsky wanted the issue tabled for the time being, wanting more time and information.
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Sister Mary Dominica Buttner, 101, Taught in New Rochelle School

... 1956 to 1962. She was also general treasurer for the community and local treasurer of the mother house in Hastings on Hudson from 1979 to 2001. In 2004 she retired from active ministry and July 2011 she moved to The Wartburg Adult Care Community. In ...
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For Vote Legislators Spreckman, Marcotte Secure Commitment on Yonkers Family Court

Republican Legislators have secured a commitment that there will be a vote on the new Yonkers Family Court facility at the next Board of Legislators meeting on August 10th. At a meeting of the Infrastructure Committee on Tuesday, committee members, Legislators Michael Smith Pleasantville and Sheila Marcotte Eastchester, made a motion for a committee vote that would send the lease agreement to the entire BOL for a vote.
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Aggressive deer encounters prompt city forum Updated at

Since numerous reports of encounters with aggressive deer have been made recently to the city, the city will “host a community conversation about this subject,” Ashland Mayor John Stromberg announced at the City Council meeting Tuesday night. It's a “serious subject,” Stromberg said.
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Sister Mary Dominica Buttner, 101, Mount Vernon Resident

Sister Mary Dominica Buttner, a resident of the Wartburg Home in Mount Vernon, died Tuesday, July 14, at the age of 101. On Oct. 4, 1930, she entered the Sisters of St. Francis Neumann Community and made her final religious profession on July 14, 1936.
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New Nursery School Opening In Hastings

Little Leaf Nursery School at Andrus on Hudson will open in in September. The program will be open to children from 2 1/2 to 6 years old.
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How Hot Will it Get in the Rivertowns Today, This Week?

Just two more days of oppressive heat and humidity and then you'll love the forecast beginning on Wednesday and running the rest of the work week. First, let's begin with today's weather for which the National Weather Service has issued an Air Quality Alert in Westchester County until 10 p.m. Monday.
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Maria Costa (nee Neves), 94, Of Yonkers

Maria Costa , 94, a longtime Yonkers resident, died Saturday July 18, 2015 at the Andrus Home in Hastings-on-Hudson. She was born on Jan. 22, 1921, to John S. and Maria J.P. De Resende in Plymouth, Mass.
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Carolyn O'Connell

Carolyn Janet Rohlfs O'Connell, 89, of Marietta and formerly of Rockport, Maine, died Sunday, July 12, at Brookdale Senior Living in Marietta. There will be a memorial service held at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, in the chapel at Brookdale Senior Living, 150 Browns Road, Marietta.
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Turning St. Mary's Convent into Resort-style Tourist Destination

A new development to be called Fort Hill is proposed for the former St. Mary's Convent property overlooking the Hudson River. Ginsburg Development Companies wants to make it a resort-style tourist destination that would feature a spa, inn and restaurant as well as 178 luxury rentals apartments and 20 townhomes.
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Hastings Flea Brings Vendors, Music, Summer Fun

The next Hastings Flea takes place on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Hastings-on-Hudson Metro North Train station parking lot. Local vendors will sell antiques, furniture, home goods, crafts, jewelry, comic books and more.
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Sophie Kontos, 96, Of Hastings-On-Hudson

Kontos is survived by two children, Orsa Manousos and her husband, Anthony, and Michael John and his wife, Jorie; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Visiting hours will be at the Whalen & Ball Funeral Home on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
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Rose Pryschlak, 86, Of Hastings-On-Hudson

She was born June 28, 1929, in Munich, Germany. She was a longtime resident of Hastings-on-Hudson and an active member of St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church.
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Home remodeling: Kitchen renovation on a budget

Adrian Forman's last kitchen had professional appliances, a marble floor, and a tile backsplash. But when the recently divorced mother of two moved to a smaller home in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., her idea of a dream kitchen started over, too.
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