New York family's Christmas crisis becomes Christmas miracle

A listless 7-year-old is taken to a suburban New York hospital on Christmas. What doctors discover becomes a life-or-death gamble for Kerri Dinsmore.
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2018/12/19/christmas-miracle-childhood-brain-surgery/2357850002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories

Child's crisis becomes Christmas miracle. 20 years later, family ...

When a listless 7-year-old went to a suburban New York hospital on Christmas 1998, doctors discovered a problem that became a life-or-death gamble. Child's crisis becomes Christmas miracle.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/12/19/christmas-miracle-childhood-brain-surgery/2357226002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories

Who knew you get a warranty on superintendent of schools search?

The Hastings-on-Hudson district this year exercised the guarantee clause in its 2017 contract this year after schools chief Tony Sinanis resigned, less than a year after he was selected to lead the Westchester district.
https://www.districtadministration.com/news/who-knew-you-get-warranty-superintendent-schools-search

How to plan your smart home - " and weigh privacy risks

Choose your news! Select the text alerts you want to receive: breaking news, prep sports scores, school closings, weather, and more. In this Aug. 16 photo a child holds his Amazon Echo Dot in Kennesaw, Georgia.
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/12/11/how-to-plan-your-smart-home-and-weigh-privacy-risks/aciyfjw/

How to plan your smart home -- and weigh privacy risks

You might have heard of lights that turn off with an app or voice command. Or window shades that magically rise every morning.
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20181215/how-to-plan-your-smart-home---and-weigh-privacy-risks

How to plan your smart home - and weigh privacy risks

In this Aug. 16 photo, a child holds his Amazon Echo Dot in Kennesaw, Ga. Technology companies are pushing the "smart home," selling appliances and gadgets that offer internet-connected conveniences you didn't know you needed.
https://www.postregister.com/business/how-to-plan-your-smart-home-and-weigh-privacy-risks/article_c759eb0e-9de0-5d00-a4eb-80df7b0796c3.html

How to plan your smart home - and weigh privacy risks

You might have heard of lights that turn off with an app or voice command. Or window shades that magically rise every morning.
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/how-to-plan-your-smart-home---and-weigh-privacy-risks-502362101.html

Utilities encourage use of smart thermostats

This Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, photo shows an Ecobee smart thermostat, room sensor and connection components in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. As fall temperatures drop and winter chills loom on the horizon, homeowners and property managers are going beyond traditional winterizing by installing smart thermostats and home energy monitors aiming to lower utility bills. Smart thermostats, which let consumers adjust their home temperatures remotely using any internet-connected device, are among the most popular smart home technologies, with the global smart thermostat market surpassing $1 billion in 2017, according to Research and Markets.
https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Utilities-encourage-use-of-smart-thermostats-13418570.php

Utilities encourage energy savings with smart thermostats

Registration will allow you to post comments on StamfordAdvocate.com and create a StamfordAdvocate.com Subscriber Portal account for you to manage subscriptions and email preferences. This Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, photo shows an Ecobee smart thermostat, room sensor and connection components in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. As fall temperatures drop and winter chills loom on the horizon, homeowners and property managers are going beyond traditional winterizing by installing smart thermostats and home energy monitors aiming to lower utility bills.
https://m.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Utilities-encourage-energy-savings-with-smart-13411563.php

Utilities encourage energy savings with smart thermostats

Registration will allow you to post comments on GreenwichTime.com and create a GreenwichTime.com Subscriber Portal account for you to manage subscriptions and email preferences. This Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, photo shows an Ecobee smart thermostat, room sensor and connection components in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. As fall temperatures drop and winter chills loom on the horizon, homeowners and property managers are going beyond traditional winterizing by installing smart thermostats and home energy monitors aiming to lower utility bills.
https://m.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Utilities-encourage-energy-savings-with-smart-13411563.php

Utilities encourage energy savings with smart thermostats

This Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, photo shows an Ecobee smart thermostat, room sensor and connection components in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. As fall temperatures drop and winter chills loom on the horizon, homeowners and property managers are going beyond traditional winterizing by installing smart thermostats and home energy monitors aiming to lower utility bills. Smart thermostats, which let consumers adjust their home temperatures remotely using any internet-connected device, are among the most popular smart home technologies, with the global smart thermostat market surpassing $1 billion in 2017, according to Research and Markets.
https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Utilities-encourage-energy-savings-with-smart-13411563.php

Reports Of Hunters Near School Stir Concern In Westchester Village

According to Hastings-on-Hudson Mayor Peter Swiderski, there have been two incidents recently involving hunters near Hillside Elementary School, prompting the mayor to email a letter to residents. In the message, Swiderski said the first incident involved the sighting of an individual with a bow and arrow, assumed to be a hunter, entering the woods last week.
https://newrochelle.dailyvoice.com/news/reports-of-hunters-near-school-stir-concern-in-westchester-village/744015/

Missing Teacher From Northern Westchester Found Dead

The Westchester teacher who was reported missing by his family last week was found dead near the Kensico Reservoir over the weekend. The body of Jorge Crespo, a Yorktown resident who taught art at Yonkers Middle School, was found on property owned by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection .
https://northsalem.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/missing-teacher-from-northern-westchester-found-dead/743681/

Werner Maas Celebrates 70 Years of Practiced Excellence in Microbiology

Dr. Werner Maas intends to continue parlaying his expertise to the next generation of microbiologists through his role as professor emeritus. HASTINGS ON HUDSON, NY, October 22, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Werner Maas has been included in Marquis Who's Who.
https://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/457576/Werner-Maas-Celebrates-70-Years-of-Practiced-Excellence-in-Microbiology

Roberta Karmel Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime...

HASTINGS ON HUDSON, NY, October 16, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Roberta Karmel with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, Ms.
https://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/457451/Roberta-Karmel-Presented-with-the-Albert-Nelson-Marquis-Lifetime-Achievement-Award-by-Marquis-Whos-Who

Feathered friends: Active Bird Community launches fourth album

The four members of Active Bird Community are only 24 years old, but they have plenty of experience playing together. The Bedford-Stuyvesant indie rock group, which will launch its fourth album "Amends" on Sept.
https://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/41/37/24-active-bird-community-band-2018-09-14-bk.html?

Fight Involving 30 Students Breaks Out At School In Westchester

The fight broke out around 11:40 p.m. Wednesday on the campus of the Graham School at 1 South Broadway, in Hastings-on-Hudson, near the Odel Cottage, according to Hastings-on-Hudson Police Lt. David Dosin.
https://somers.dailyvoice.com/news/fight-involving-30-students-breaks-out-at-school-in-westchester/741947/

Fight Involving 30 Students Breaks Out At School In Westchester

The fight broke out around 11:40 p.m. Wednesday on the campus of the Graham School at 1 South Broadway, in Hastings-on-Hudson, near the Odel Cottage, according to Hastings-on-Hudson Police Lt. David Dosin.
https://pleasantville.dailyvoice.com/news/fight-involving-30-students-breaks-out-at-school-in-westchester/741947/

Who Speaks For the Suffering Upper Middle Class?

It seems fatuous to argue, especially in a healthy economy, that the upper middle class faces overwhelming financial insecurities. After all, U.S. stocks have entered the longest bull market ever recorded, the labor force has markedly improved, and small business optimism is at a level unseen since the early 1980s.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/who-speaks-for-the-suffering-upper-middle-class/

Mini-Vows: Finally, Intentionally in the Same Place

Sharan Kaur Bal and Robert Hertz Friedman are to be married Sept. 2. Rabbi Edward Schecter is to officiate at Stone Tavern Farm, an events space in Roxbury, N.Y. On Sept.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/01/fashion/weddings/finally-intentionally-in-the-same-place.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Face of Defense: Guard Soldier Uses Medical Skills to Save Boy's Life

National Guard members spend countless hours every year training for the next big mission. For Army Spc.
https://dod.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1617827/face-of-defense-guard-soldier-uses-medical-skills-to-save-boys-life/

New York Army National Guard Soldier uses medical skills to help save boy's life

New York Army National Guard Spc. Nicole McKenzie, a member of Company A, 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion, used her combat life saver skills to help save the life of a 12-year-old boy who jumped from an overpass in Yonkers, N.Y. on Aug. 3, 2018.
https://www.army.mil/article/210111/new_york_army_national_guard_soldier_uses_medical_skills_to_help_save_boys_life

Mystery woman who helped rescue boy who jumped from overpass identified

The story of the hero Hastings-on-Hudson police officer who jumped off a Saw Mill Parkway overpass to help a boy who'd been injured made news around the country. There was one mystery.
https://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/nation-world/mystery-woman-who-helped-rescue-boy-who-jumped-from-overpass-identified/507-584268707

Police officer jumps off highway overpass to aid boy

Hastings-on-Hudson police officer Jessie Ferreira Cavallo made a risky jump off an overpass to reach an injured boy. A suburban New York police officer says she jumped from an overpass on Friday to save a 12-year-old boy's life, the Rockland/Westchester Journal News reports.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-officer-jumps-off-highway-overpass-in-new-york-to-save-boys-life/

Boy, cop jump off overpass: How boy's doing, new details on incident

A Bronx boy is recovering after he tumbled off the Saw Mill River Parkway onto Tuckahoe Road in Yonkers. A Hastings police officer jumped to his aid.
https://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2018/08/06/boy-hastings-cop-jump-off-overpass-boys-condition-new-details/915059002/?from=new-cookie

Hero cop leaps from overpass to save boyNew York Post

A Westchester County cop saw a Bronx boy leap from an overpass - and jumped after him to save his life, according to a report. "Everything was happening so fast, and I think my adrenaline was pumping so high," Hastings-on-Hudson police Officer Jessie Ferreira Cavallo told the Journal News.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/c2b1a112-993b-3beb-926c-767e2c91fc21/ss_hero-cop-leaps-from-overpass.html

Police officer jumps off overpass to save boy's life in daring New York rescue

Officer Jessie Ferreira Cavallo was on her way to work when she saw a teen climb a guardrail and jump over an overpass. She jumped too.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/5a60efd5-d9e6-3bb9-a652-cf942a1ab511/ss_police-officer-jumps-off.html

Police Officer Jumps Off Highway Overpass To Save Boy's Life

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - A New York police officer is being praised for her remarkable leap off a highway overpass in order to save a teen who had jumped moments before. Hastings-on-Hudson Police Officer Jessie Ferreira Cavallo was reportedly on her way to work on Aug. 3, when she spotted a teenage boy climbing and jumping over a guardrail on the concrete overpass.
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/08/06/police-officer-overpass-save-boy/

Hudson Valley Cop Jumps Off Overpass To Help BoyMid Hudson Valley, NY Patch

A Hastings-on-Hudson police officer was on her way to work Friday when she spotted a boy running on the Saw Mill River Parkway in Yonkers. Police Office Jessie Ferreira Cavallo watched as the boy climbed over a guard rail and jumped to the concrete below from the overpass.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/413af291-16dd-3047-a81d-c6f9d6309708/ss_hudson-valley-cop-jumps-off.html

Off-duty officer saves boy who jumped off NY overpass

An off-duty officer saved a young boy's life after she saw him jump off an overpass in Yonkers, NY. YONKERS, NY An off-duty police officer sprang into action Friday, saving a young boy's life after she watched him jump off an overpass in Yonkers, NY.
http://www.newschannel6now.com/story/38824785/off-duty-officer-saves-boy-who-jumped-off-ny-overpass

Police officer jumps off overpass to save boy Officer Jessie Ferreira ...

Officer Jessie Ferreira Cavallo was on her way to work when she saw the boy, 12, jump off the overpass. He has a broken arm and nose and leg injuries.
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/08/06/police-officer-saves-boy-jumping-overpass/912675002/?from=new-cookie

California wildfire on pace to make history for all of the wrong reasons Source: Cox Media Group

The Mendocino Complex wildfire exploded overnight to become the second-largest blaze in California history , at some 425 square miles in size. That's larger than 18 Manhattan Islands and is roughly one-third the size of the state of Rhode Island.
https://www.wsoctv.com/news/national-news/california-wildfire-on-pace-to-make-history-for-all-of-the-wrong-reasons/807591633?

Police Officer's Overpass Jump a Heroic Gesture to Save Boy

An off-duty police officer jumped off an overpass Friday to give aid to a boy she saw jump off the New York overpass as she was driving nearby. Hastings-on-Hudson police officer Jessie Ferreira Cavallo was driving to work near Exit 9 on the parkway northbound when she saw a boy run against traffic and then jump about 30 feet into an empty storage yard below, News 12 Westchester reported .
https://www.newsmax.com/thewire/police-officer-overpass-jump-save/2018/08/06/id/875768/

Hero cop leaps from overpass to save boy

A Westchester County cop saw a Bronx boy leap from an overpass - and jumped after him to save his life, according to a report. "Everything was happening so fast, and I think my adrenaline was pumping so high," Hastings-on-Hudson police Officer Jessie Ferreira Cavallo told the Journal News .
https://nypost.com/2018/08/06/hero-cop-leaps-from-overpass-to-save-boy/

Police officer jumps off overpass to save boy's life in daring New York rescue

A 12-year-old boy is recovering and remains hospitalized days after he jumped several feet from an overpass and a police officer jumped to help him Friday. "Everything happened so fast and I think my adrenaline was pumping so high" said police Officer Jessie Ferreira Cavallo, of the Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., police department over the weekend.
http://www.cbs8.com/story/38817724/police-officer-jumps-off-overpass-to-save-boys-life-in-daring-new-york-rescue

Police officer jumps off overpass to save boy's life in daring New York rescue

Officer Jessie Ferreira Cavallo was on her way to work when she saw a teen climb a guardrail and jump over an overpass. She jumped too.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/9529823b-8bb4-3b0b-8bf4-320c255d4ff2/ss_police-officer-jumps-off.html

Police officer jumps from overpass to save boy Source: Cox Media Group

A police officer in New York literally jumped into action when she saw a boy jump off an overpass in White Plains, New York. Jessie Ferreira Cavallo was driving to work at the Hastings-on-Hudson police department Friday afternoon when an unidentified boy climbed over a guardrail and jumped from an overpass.
https://www.wftv.com/news/trending-now/police-officer-jumps-from-overpass-to-save-boy/807438025?

Police officer jumps off highway overpass to aid boy in Yonkers

Hastings-on-Hudson Police Officer Jessie Ferreira Cavallo was on her way to work Friday afternoon when she saw the boy running along the Saw Mill River Parkway in Yonkers, according to lohud.com . The boy then climbed over a guardrail and jumped.
https://www.syracuse.com/state/index.ssf/2018/08/westchester_police_officer_saves_boy_jump_overpass_yonkers.html

Police officer jumps off overpass to save boy's life in daring New York rescue

Officer Jessie Ferreira Cavallo was on her way to work when she saw the young boy run along the road and jump off the overpass. Police officer jumps off overpass to save boy's life in daring New York rescue Officer Jessie Ferreira Cavallo was on her way to work when she saw the young boy run along the road and jump off the overpass.
https://www.jacksonsun.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/08/06/police-officer-saves-boy-jumping-overpass/912675002/?from=new-cookie

Police officer jumps off overpass to save boy's life in daring New York rescue

Officer Jessie Ferreira Cavallo was on her way to work when she saw the young boy run along the road and jump off the overpass. Police officer jumps off overpass to save boy's life in daring New York rescue Officer Jessie Ferreira Cavallo was on her way to work when she saw the young boy run along the road and jump off the overpass.
https://www.currentargus.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/08/06/police-officer-saves-boy-jumping-overpass/912675002/?from=new-cookie

Police officer jumps off overpass to save boy's life in daring rescue Source: WSB-TV

"Everything happened so fast and I think my adrenaline was pumping so high," she said. "He just climbed up and jumped off."
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/national-news/police-officer-jumps-off-overpass-to-save-boy-s-life-in-daring-rescue/807215199?

Police officer jumps off overpass to save boy's life in daring New...

Police officer Jessie Ferreira Cavallo said she was on her way to work Friday afternoon when she saw a boy climb up over a guardrail and jump several feet from an overpass onto concrete below. "Everything happened so fast and I think my adrenaline was pumping so high," she said.
https://www.fox23.com/news/national-news/police-officer-jumps-off-overpass-to-save-boyaposs-life-in-daring-new-york-rescue/807181556?

Man gets prison time for ice pick attack on ex-girlfriend

A New York man who stabbed his ex-girlfriend 14 times with an ice pick in her car has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempted murder. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino Jr. says the Yonkers resident was in the passenger seat of the woman's parked car when he stabbed her.
http://www.tribtown.com/2018/07/30/us-ice-pick-attack/

Man gets prison time for ice pick attack on ex-girlfriend

A New York man who stabbed his ex-girlfriend 14 times with an ice pick in her car has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempted murder. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino Jr. says the Yonkers resident was in the passenger seat of the woman's parked car when he stabbed her.
https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/crime/article/NY-man-gets-prison-for-ice-pick-attack-on-13117075.php

Westchester Man Gets Prison Time For Attempting To Kill Ex With An Ice Pick

A Westchester man is going to spend a decade behind bars after pleading guilty to attempted murder after he stabbed his former girlfriend more than a dozen times with an ice pick in the stomach and chest in Hastings-on-Hudson. Yonkers resident David Rojas, 39, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for second-degree attempted murder, a violent felony, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., announced on Monday.
https://eastchester.dailyvoice.com/news/westchester-man-gets-prison-time-for-attempting-to-kill-ex-with-an-ice-pick/740350/

Westchester Man Gets Prison Time For Attempting To Kill Ex With An Ice Pick

A Westchester man is going to spend a decade behind bars after pleading guilty to attempted murder after he stabbed his former girlfriend more than a dozen times with an ice pick in the stomach and chest in Hastings-on-Hudson. Yonkers resident David Rojas, 39, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for second-degree attempted murder, a violent felony, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., announced on Monday.
https://mountvernon.dailyvoice.com/news/westchester-man-gets-prison-time-for-attempting-to-kill-ex-with-an-ice-pick/740350/

After 30 Years, She's Turning In Her Keys to the Montauk Lighthouse

From the tower, she saw three decades of autumns characterized by water "boiling" with schools of fish and fishermen shoulder-to-shoulder along the shoreline. She stood in the lantern room of the Montauk Lighthouse as snow swirled around her during Long Island's powerful winter storms.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/29/nyregion/montauk-lighthouse-ny.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Rob Ettlinger, Co-Owner Of Westchester Auto Repair Shop, Dies At 57

South Salem resident Robert A. Ettlinger, who grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, died on Thursday, July 19 after battling cancer. He was 57. He was a proud co-owner with Bobby Robustelli of A&A Auto Clinic in North White Plains and was a much-loved member of the community.
http://bronxville.dailyvoice.com/obituaries/rob-ettlinger-co-owner-of-westchester-auto-repair-shop-dies-at-57/740062/

On Netflix Now: Seinfeld, Minhaj 'Comedians In Cars' Westchester Episode

The "Nobody Cries at a Joke" episode features "Daily Show" correspondent Hasan Minhaj. The comics popped into Clockwork Records, enjoyed coffee at Center Restaurant in Hastings-on-Hudson and drove a 1992 Ferrari Testarossa.
http://northsalem.dailyvoice.com/lifestyle/on-netflix-now-seinfeld-minhaj-comedians-in-cars-westchester-episode/739810/

Sleeping And Eating In Bill And Hillary's Neighborhood

More than 50 million people visit New York annually and will, it is safe to say, spend virtually all their time in the city. And of course they should.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/geraldeskenazi/2018/07/15/sleeping-and-eating-in-bill-and-hillarys-neighborhood/

CARIBBEAT: Bikini Under the Bridge Swim Show's hot fashions fight cancer and raise awareness

Teenagers debuting the "Teen Swim" line are flanked by an ethnic array of adult models at the recent Bikini Under The Bridge Swim Show. Last week, the models and fashions drew hundreds of patrons - and raised money to fight cancer.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-bikini-show-fights-cancer-20180713-story.html

BlueStar Appliances Bring Restaurant Quality Performance to Acclaimed ...

When you design a commercial restaurant kitchen there are three things that are really important for a functional space: Fire , Water and Refrigeration.These are the most important aspects of a well-designed home kitchen as well. Jonathan Benno, the celebrated chef who has worked in many of America's most renowned restaurants, from The French Laundry to Daniel and more recently, Lincoln, wanted to bring the same level of restaurant performance to his home kitchen.
https://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/06/prweb15599250.htm

Detailed case studies of collaborative library design

Talking about why collaboration is so important is one thing-but taking an in-depth look at the ways it works in real-world design projects is both more revealing and instructive. Award-winning architect Peter Gisolfi does exactly that in " Collaborative Library Design: From Planning to Impact ," published by ALA Editions.
http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/07/detailed-case-studies-collaborative-library-design

Baloney Boulevard

Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce The Big Apple , a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano.
https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/baloney_boulevard/

Broadwayite

Entry in progress - B.P. Wikipedia: Broadway Broadway /ESbrE"E dweEa/ is a road in the U.S. state of New York. Broadway runs from State Street at Bowling Green for 13 mi through the borough of Manhattan and 2 mi through the Bronx, exiting north from the city to run an additional 18 mi through the municipalities of Yonkers, Hastings-On-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington, and Tarrytown, and terminating north of Sleepy Hollow in Westchester County.
https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/broadwayite/

This Westchester Locale Ranks Highest For Best Place To Raise A Family

Bronxville took the top honors, according to a report released by Niche this week, which ranked the best places to raise a family in New York based on the quality of public schools, safety, affordability and access to family amenities based on collected data. Several Westchester locales made the list, with Bronxville on top, at fourth overall with A+ grades across the board.
http://cortlandt.dailyvoice.com/lifestyle/this-westchester-locale-ranks-highest-for-best-place-to-raise-a-family/737206/

Westchester School Budget Votes: Here's What You Need To Know

Also popular this spring: Several Westchester school districts are seeking to set up "Capital Reserve Funds," or so-called rainy day funds of up to $10 million, for emergency expenditures. Mamaroneck's school district has grown by 640 students since 2010.
http://mountpleasant.dailyvoice.com/schools/westchester-school-budget-votes-heres-what-you-need-to-know/737061/

Westchester School Budget Votes: Here's What You Need To Know

Also popular this spring: Several Westchester school districts are seeking to set up "Capital Reserve Funds," or so-called rainy day funds of up to $10 million, for emergency expenditures. Hastings-on-Hudson School District wants to create a capital reserve fund for up to $5 million for general school repairs and maintenance upgrades.
http://cortlandt.dailyvoice.com/schools/westchester-school-budget-votes-heres-what-you-need-to-know/737061/

Unicef USAVoice: Unicef Usa Urges Parents To Protect Children's Rights In a Digital World

Mobile phone use has skyrocketed among children worldwide in recent years as products and services have become cheaper and more ubiquitous. These children attend St. Columba's School in Delhi, India.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/unicefusa/2018/05/11/unicef-usa-urges-parents-to-protect-childrens-rights-in-a-digital-world/

The French Connectiona producer Philip Da Antoni dies

Los Angeles: Philip D'Antoni, who won an Oscar for his work on "The French Connection", has died. He was 89. D'Antoni died 15 April of complications from kidney failure at his home in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, his son-in-law Mark Rathaus told The Hollywood Reporter.
https://www.newstodaynet.com/index.php/2018/04/24/the-french-connection-producer-philip-dantoni-dies/

Back-Seat-Driving a Maybach

Josh Max is a name that turns up in your e-mail in-box, sometimes with a video attached. The video might be a business proposition, in the form of him performing, on a portable keyboard, a few verses he's written to the tune of Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/23/back-seat-driving-a-maybach

Anti-war activists spread message of peace at Greenwich teach-in

Nick Mottern of Hastings on Hudson, N.Y., during the Greenwich Rally for Peace & Economic Justice at the Greenwich Common in Greenwich, Conn., Saturday, April 14, 2018. Mottern said "these constant wars need to stop.
https://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/Anti-war-activists-spread-message-of-peace-at-12834769.php

Man Pleads Guilty To Attempted Murder Of Ex With An Ice Pick In Hastings

A 39-year-old man has pleaded guilty to attempted murder after stabbing his former girlfriend more than a dozen times with an ice pick in the stomach and chest while they were parked in a car in Hastings-on-Hudson. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced on Friday that David Rojas of Yonkers has pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted murder, a violent felony, in connection to a stabbing in November last year.
http://greenburgh.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/man-pleads-guilty-to-attempted-murder-of-ex-with-an-ice-pick-in-hastings/735074/

Hastings Man Pleads Guilty To Attempted Murder Of Ex With An Ice Pick

A 39-year-old man has pleaded guilty to attempted murder after stabbing his former girlfriend more than a dozen times with an ice pick in the stomach and chest while they were parked in a car in Hastings-on-Hudson. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced on Friday that David Rojas of Yonkers has pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted murder, a violent felony, in connection to a stabbing in November last year.
http://scarsdale.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/hastings-man-pleads-guilty-to-attempted-murder-of-ex-with-an-ice-pick/735074/

William McEvoy, Popular Intern Minister In Hastings, Dies At 52

William McEvoy of Norwalk, a popular intern minister at the First Unitarian Society of Westchester in Hastings-on-Hudson, died suddenly on Friday, March 16. He was 52. Born in New York City to Aloysius William McEvoy of Hanover, Pa., and Linda Callahan of Bethel, McEvoy grew up in Jackson Heights, Queens and lived most of his adult life in Brooklyn. For more than 25 years, he worked for the Guilford Press in New York City.
http://greenburgh.dailyvoice.com/obituaries/william-mcevoy-popular-intern-minister-in-hastings-dies-at-52/734718/

Bold types: Santa Fe's independent booksellers in the age of Amazon

A decade ago, a wave of independent bookstore obituaries began to pop up in the national news. Greatly admired shops like Cody's Books in Berkeley, Good Yarns in Hastings-on-Hudson, and Acres of Books in Long Beach all shuttered in 2008.
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/books/bold-types-santa-fe-s-independent-booksellers-in-the-age/article_056f1f43-c101-5160-be5a-a744308d40d9.html

Alert Issued For Missing Westchester Teen

Officials from the Missing Persons Clearinghouse is seeking the public's assistance in locating a teenage runaway who was last seen in Westchester nearly a year ago. An alert was issued this week by the organization regarding 17-year-old Ivanna Espinosa, who was reported missing on April 27 last year in Hastings-on-Hudson.
http://harrison.dailyvoice.com/news/alert-issued-for-missing-westchester-teen/733824/

Coyote That Bit 8 People Tests Positive For Rabies

A coyote that was shot and killed by police following several attacks in Westchester County, north of New York City, has tested positive for "The coyote did bite a Westchester County police officer and at that time, the animal was shot and is deceased," said police spokesman Kieran O'Leary. "When my son came in last night, I mean he was shaking.
http://5newsonline.com/2018/03/05/coyote-that-bit-8-people-tests-positive-for-rabies/

Coyote that bit 8 people tests positive for rabies

A coyote in Yonkers, New York that attacked at least 8 people and was shot dead has tested positive for rabies. YONKERS, N.Y. - A coyote that was shot and killed by police following several attacks in Westchester County, north of New York City, has tested positive for "The coyote did bite a Westchester County police officer and at that time, the animal was shot and is deceased," said police spokesman Kieran O'Leary.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coyote-that-bit-8-people-in-new-york-tests-positive-for-rabies/

Rabid coyote killed after suspected biting spree

A coyote suspected of biting several people in Westchester was killed on a Yonkers golf course and reportedly found to be rabid. The victims were attacked by that animal, or another coyote seen with it and also believed to have the disease, Lohud.com reported Saturday.
https://nypost.com/2018/03/03/rabid-coyote-killed-after-suspected-biting-spree/

Coyote that bit several people in N.Y. was rabid

A coyote that is believed to have bitten several people and killed a dog in Westchester County has tested positive for rabies. The Journal News reports that the coyote was tested after it was captured and killed at a golf course in Yonkers.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/coyote-bit-people-n-y-rabid-article-1.3853338

Police say coyote that bit several people in NY was rabid

A coyote that is believed to have bitten several people and killed a dog in Westchester County has tested positive for rabies. The Journal News reports that the coyote was tested after it was captured and killed at a golf course in Yonkers.
https://m.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Police-say-coyote-that-bit-several-people-in-NY-12725731.php

Coyote Killed In Westchester Tests Positive For Rabies

The Westchester County Department of Health determined on Saturday that the coyote killed in the area of the Dunwoodie Golf Course in Yonkers earlier this week has tested positive for rabies. This coyote, including a second coyote observed traveling with it, is suspected of multiple biting attacks in Yonkers and the surrounding jurisdictions, including Hastings-on-Hudson, over the past several days, Yonkers Police said.
http://newrochelle.dailyvoice.com/news/coyote-killed-in-westchester-tests-positive-for-rabies/733763/

Coyote Killed in NY Tests Positive for Rabies, 2nd at Large

Cops in two Westchester County communities are warning of possibly rabid coyotes that have attacked two people and their dogs. Checkey Beckford reports.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Rabid-Coyote-Killed-Westchester-Yonkers-Police-Warn-Rabies-475744583.html

Officials Say Aggressive Coyote At Large In Westchester

Authorities in Westchester County are warning residents to be on the lookout for aggressive coyotes that have attacked several people and pets. The attacks occurred Wednesday evening and Thursday in Hastings-on-Hudson and Yonkers.
http://wibx950.com/officials-say-aggressive-coyote-at-large-in-westchester/

Coyote Ugly: New Westchester Attack Reported

A new coyote attack has been reported in Westchester County, after the animal took a swipe at a woman riding her bike in Yonkers on Thursday afternoon, according to multiple reports. A coyote lunged at the woman riding on the Westchester County Bike Trail near Tuckahoe Road in Yonkers shortly before 3 p.m. on Thursday, March 1. The attack comes on the heels of three other coyote attacks that have been reported in two days in Hastings-on-Hudson and Yonkers.
http://newrochelle.dailyvoice.com/news/coyote-ugly-new-westchester-attack-reported/733651/

Union Head: 'Lack Of Proper Staffing' To Blame For Westchester Mail Woes

The president of the American Postal Workers Union is citing a lack of "proper" staffing at Westchester post offices for the recent rash of shoddy mail service that has been plaguing local residents. Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner announced last week that after inquiring to U.S. Postal Service officials regarding the lack of delivery recently, he received an email from Patricia Irons, the Manager for Public Policy Planning and Analysis for U.S.P.S., who said the matter has been forwarded to the Inspector General.
http://armonk.dailyvoice.com/news/union-head-lack-of-proper-staffing-to-blame-for-westchester-mail-woes/733644/

Coyote Attacks People, Kills Dog In Westchester

Police are warning residents to be on the alert for a wandering coyote who may be rabid in Hastings-on-Hudson. The warning comes after three people were bitten and a dog was killed on Wednesday in the Village of Hastings, said Lt.
http://mamaroneck.dailyvoice.com/news/coyote-attacks-people-kills-dog-in-westchester/733616/

Westchester shooting suspect arrested at Port Authority

Cops nabbed Cynell Brown while he was trying to buy bus tickets at the Port Authority on Tuesday. He's accused of shooting a woman to death in Westchester.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/westchester-shooting-suspect-arrested-port-authority-article-1.3845809

Five School Districts Now On Lockout As Police Search For Armed Suspect

Six school districts in Westchester are on lockout Tuesday as police are looking a man believed to be armed and dangerous on Route 119 in Tarrytown. The Elmsford Union Free, Hastings-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry and Ardsley school districts went into lockout after earlier lockouts were declared for Irvington and Tarrytown schools.
http://bronxville.dailyvoice.com/schools/westchester-manhunt-for-armed-suspect-leads-to-six-school-district-lockouts/733495/

4 School Districts Now On Lockout As Police Search For Armed Suspect

Five school districts in Westchester are on lockout late Tuesday morning as police are looking a man believed to be armed and dangerous on Route 119 in Tarrytown. The Elmsford Union Free, Hastings-on-Hudson and Dobbs Ferry school districts went into lockout after earlier lockouts were declared for Irvington and Tarrytown schools.
http://pelham.dailyvoice.com/schools/five-school-districts-now-on-lockout-as-police-search-for-armed-suspect/733495/

4 School Districts Now On Lockout As Police Search For Armed Suspect

Four school districts in Westchester are on lockout late Tuesday morning as police are looking a man believed to be armed and dangerous on Route 119 in Tarrytown. The Elmsford Union Free and Hastings-on-Hudson school districts went into lockout after earlier lockouts were declared for Irvington and Tarrytown schools.
http://mountvernon.dailyvoice.com/schools/4-school-districts-now-on-lockout-as-police-search-for-armed-suspect/733495/

4 School Districts On Lockout As Police Search For Possibly Armed Suspect

Four school districts in Westchester are on lockout late Tuesday morning as police are looking a man who may be armed and dangerous on Route 119 in Tarrytown. The Elmsford Union Free and Hastings-on-Hudson school districts went into lockout after earlier lockouts were declared for Irvington and Tarrytown schools.
http://newrochelle.dailyvoice.com/news/4-school-districts-on-lockout-as-police-search-for-possibly-armed-suspect/733488/

Nineteenth-century Louisiana album reaches $93K at Swann Galleries

Swann Galleries opened the 2018 season with a $1.6M auction of Icons & Images: Photographs & Photobooks on February 15. Important rare and unique work, both fine art and vernacular, brought a variety of buyers to the fore, with especially active bidding by institutions. Leading the auction and closing to applause was Photographic Views of the Red River Raft, 1873, one of three extant copies of Robert B. Talfor's documentation of the second attempt to clear debris from Louisiana's Red River.
http://artdaily.com/news/102653/Nineteenth-century-Louisiana-album-reaches--93K-at-Swann-Galleries

9/11 1st Responder Turns Passion For Helping Into New Weight Loss Business

Mary Brauner of Scarsdale remembers vividly the hours following the terrorist attacks on 9/11 when she and her partner were called to the burning ruins of the World Trade Center. Brauner, a Scarsdale resident, was a paramedic for the now-closed St. Vincent's Medical Center in Manhattan.
http://northsalem.dailyvoice.com/neighbors/911-1st-responder-turns-passion-for-helping-into-new-weight-loss-business/733165/

Rich and Chocolaty Hamantaschen for Purim

Hamantaschen, the triangular pastries for Purim , are usually filled with prune, apricot or poppy seeds. This year, they are getting the chocolate treatment at By the Way Bakery , a small chain that makes gluten-free, dairy-free pastries, cakes and breads.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/20/dining/hamantaschen-purim-chocolate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Valentine's Day cards help Swarthmore College students raise money for charity

Susan Snyder has covered education for the Inquirer since 1998. She currently covers higher education.
http://www.philly.com/philly/education/valentines-day-swarthmore-college-ninja-cards-charity-engineers-without-borders-20180213.html

State Judge Asks For Meeting On Edgemont Becoming A Village, 2nd Lawsuit

A state judge handling the Town of Greenburgh's litigation with Edgemont residents over their desire to create a new village has called for a meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 13. In the meantime, the town has filed a notice of appeal to protect its interests until there is a clear indication of how to proceed, according to Greenburgh Supervisor Paul Feiner. Feiner said he received correspondence this past week from Judge Susan Cacace informing the town that the Judge had issued her decision on the sufficiency of the petition, without ruling on the second Article 78 proceeding brought at the same time by a separate filing entity.
http://tarrytown.dailyvoice.com/news/state-judge-asks-for-meeting-on-edgemont-becoming-a-village-2nd-lawsuit/732716/

Saw Mill River Parkway Ashford Avenue Bridge Ramp Reopens

County Executive George Latimer speaks Tuesday at a news conference at the Ashford Avenue Bridge, where the northbound ramp reopened to the Saw Mill Parkway. Legislator MaryJane Shimsky, who represents Ardsley and Dobbs Ferry, is next to Latimer.
http://whiteplains.dailyvoice.com/news/saw-mill-river-parkway-ashford-avenue-bridge-ramp-reopens/732477/

Fox TV Series Debut Focuses On 'Strange Inheritance' In Hastings-On-Hudson

On Monday night, Feb. 5, Jamie Colby heads to Hastings-on-Hudson, to meet Marlene Piturro, an opera lover who inherited a musical treasure from her percussionist husband. In the mid-1970s, Marlene's husband, Howard Van Hyning, takes a summer assignment performing in the opera "Turandot."
http://portchester.dailyvoice.com/lifestyle/fox-tv-series-debut-focuses-on-strange-inheritance-in-hastings-on-hudson/732404/

State Judge Orders Greenburgh To Hold Vote On Edgemont Becoming A Village

After his unopposed re-election as Greenburgh Supervisor in November, Paul Feiner vowed to work with Edgewood residents if they succeeded in securing a referendum to incorporate their section of the town into a separate village. On Thursday, Feb. 1, a state judge sided with those residents and ordered that the town hold a special vote within 45 days.
http://tarrytown.dailyvoice.com/news/state-judge-orders-greenburgh-to-hold-vote-on-edgemont-becoming-a-village/732276/

On apocalypse and companionship with the creative team of 'I Think We're Alone Now'

Writer Mike Makowsky, actress Elle Fanning, director Reed Morano and actor Peter Dinklage attend the "I Think We're Alone Now" premiere during the 2018 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Center Theatre on Jan. 21, 2018 in Park City, Utah. A person alone may not be lonely.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-sundance-i-think-were-alone-now-20180126-story.html

Jonathan P. Baird: Daniel Ellsberg and visions of doomsday NEW

Daniel Ellsberg is best known as the guy who leaked the Pentagon Papers. In 1971, as a high government official, he photocopied thousands of pages of secret documents that showed successive administrations had lied to the public about the war in Vietnam.
http://www.concordmonitor.com/Daniel-Ellsberg-and-the-doomsday-machine-14926270

Hastings Girl Stabs Fellow Teen, Injures Adult, Police Say

A 13-year-old girl staying at the Graham Windham residential center in Hastings-on-Hudson stabbed a fellow teenager there and injured a staff member. The event took place Friday, Jan. 12, when the teen attacked a staff member with a weapon, said Hastings-on-Hudson Police Lt.
http://greenburgh.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/hastings-girl-stabs-fellow-teen-injures-adult-police-say/731389/

Suspect Caught After String Of Break-Ins Of Hastings, Yonkers Businesses

Police nabbed a 28-year-old Westchester man wanted for a string of break-ins of Hastings and Yonkers businesses following a long investigation. Tavin Dennis of Yonkers was arrested Wednesday, following an intense investigation into all of the crimes that are believed to have taken place on Oct. 11, 2017, between midnight and 5 a.m., said Lt.
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On Location: In Hastings-on-Hudson, a House in the Trees

In 2015, after the arrival of their first daughter, Josh and Debra Dean began looking to buy a home, as they were rapidly outgrowing their East Village rental. Their expectations seemed reasonable enough: They wanted a three-bedroom in Brooklyn, with outdoor space, for about $1.5 million.
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A Treehouse with a View

For their new home in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., Josh and Debra Dean hired Studio DB to renovate a 1955 modernist house (right, clad in cedar) while adding a new wing (left, clad in composite concrete panels).
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