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- Hurricane Idalia forecasts expect storm to miss NY
Wednesday - 08/30/2023 - 11:59 AMAccording to the latest forecasts, Hurricane Idalia will head out into the Atlantic after the Carolinas, avoiding a northeast impact.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hochul inks Indian Point bill but radiological waste debate rages on
Wednesday - 08/30/2023 - 05:18 AMThe Indian Point bill signed by Gov. Hochul doesn't mention the impact to public health, leaving opponents to debate the dangers of radioactive waste.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Downstate counties have highest rates of students in private schools. Check your district
Wednesday - 08/30/2023 - 05:02 AMThere's been growing national interest in school choice since the pandemic. Here's the rate of private school attendance in all NY schools districts.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Elmsford police officer arrested on grand larceny charges
Tuesday - 08/29/2023 - 04:32 PMElmsford Police Officer Douglas Ramirez was arrested on a charge of grand larceny in the fourth degree. The site of alleged theft: village hall.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Police, FBI seek new answers of the whereabouts of accused killer Eugene Palmer
Tuesday - 08/29/2023 - 12:24 PMHaverstraw police and the FBI are still seeking leads and information on Eugene Palmer 11 years later after the 2012 shotgun killing of Tammy Palmer.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Is new COVID variant in NY? No, but hunt is underway. What to know about BA.2.86, Pirola
Monday - 08/28/2023 - 03:55 PMThe BA.2.86 strain was detected in Israel, Denmark, and South Africa, and Michigan and Virginia. Trends suggest it may soon surface in New York.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - What did they find in the West Point time capsule from 1829?
Monday - 08/28/2023 - 03:10 PMThey had no idea what they'd find inside the lead box unearthed in the base of a monument to a Revolutionary War hero. Until they opened it.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Court battle brews over NY law that lets judges bar gun access for those who pose danger
Monday - 08/28/2023 - 05:05 AMState Attorney General Letitia James has filed appeals to protect 2019 law that allows judges to suspend gun access for anyone found to be dangerous.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Local Immigrants treated to lunch in Yonkers
Saturday - 08/26/2023 - 01:33 PMCatholic Charities and Obreros Unidos de Yonkers hold a lunch for immigrants at the Ramada Inn in Yonkers
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Shoplifter who fatally stabbed Yonkers store owner sentenced to 21 years in prison
Friday - 08/25/2023 - 11:38 AMTyrese Shubrick was sentenced to 21 years in prison for fatally stabbing Ruben Martinez-Campos, a Yonkers clothing store owner.
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- Historic Hurricane Idalia pounding north Florida with 'catastrophic' storm surge: Live updates
Wednesday - 08/30/2023 - 11:05 AMIdalia was driving an intense storm surge and flooding for hundreds of miles after its Florida landfall as it powered toward the Georgia border.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Westchester, Rockland nonprofits team up to polish job skills for people with disabilities
Wednesday - 08/30/2023 - 05:14 AMGirl AGain, a White Plains-based American Girl resale shop, now has stock and staff at the Independence Café in the Palisades Center.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Don't mess around': Idalia now a Cat-2 hurricane as it barrels toward Florida. Live updates
Tuesday - 08/29/2023 - 06:31 PMHurricane Idalia was forecast to intensify as it drives a potentially deadly storm surge toward the Big Bend area of Florida's Gulf Coast.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - BRIDGE'S or Rockland opens Girl AGain boutique at Palisades Center
Tuesday - 08/29/2023 - 12:27 PMYes She Can, of Westchester and BRIDGES, Rockland County's independent living center, opens a branch of Girl AGain, a resale store for American Girl dolls at the Palisades Center Mall in West Nyack.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - East Ramapo slates fixes for lead in water; bond rating outlook 'negative'
Tuesday - 08/29/2023 - 05:08 AMEast Ramapo and state officials say the lead fixtures replacement is part of a facilities overhaul funded with $90 million of federal COVID aid .
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Schools must enroll migrant students, insist NY attorney general and Education Department
Monday - 08/28/2023 - 02:03 PMAttorney General Letitia James and Commissioner of Education Betty Rosa warned that some school districts have discriminatory policies.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - West Nile virus spotted in samples in Westchester: What to do
Monday - 08/28/2023 - 10:31 AMThey are the season's first mosquito batches to test positive in Westchester.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A history mystery: What's inside a West Point time capsule placed when Lee was a cadet?
Monday - 08/28/2023 - 05:11 AMThey have no idea what's inside the lead box they found earlier this year, but officials at West Point will open it up on a livestream Monday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - See 10 years of New York State Fair butter sculptures
Friday - 08/25/2023 - 07:15 AMThe New York State Fair has featured a butter sculpture for more than 50 years.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A decade of butter-tastic art: See the last 10 New York State Fair butter sculptures
Friday - 08/25/2023 - 03:15 AMThe New York State has featured a butter sculpture for 55 years. Here are the last 10 creations.
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- Yonkers slaying: Son accused of killing father with meat cleaver
Wednesday - 08/30/2023 - 04:15 PMA Yonkers man has been charged with second-degree murder after allegedly killing his father with a meat cleaver.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nearly 250 kids from asylum-seeking families set to start school in four upstate counties
Wednesday - 08/30/2023 - 05:15 AMAbout 250 migrant children have enrolled so far in schools in four upstate counties as a result of New York City's transfers of asylum seekers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Yonkers 12th annual Backpack to School Drive to help 500 families
Tuesday - 08/29/2023 - 02:43 PMYonkers 12th annual Backpack to School Drive distributed at Yonkers Early Childhood Academy and Cross Hill Academy to help 500 families
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Yorktown man intentionally struck with ATV, suspect and victim both hospitalized: Police
Tuesday - 08/29/2023 - 11:37 AMA Yorktown man was hospitalized after he was struck by an ATV at a baseball field. Police believe it was intentional. Both men remain hospitalized.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Did your high school make U.S. News' rankings of best in New York?
Tuesday - 08/29/2023 - 01:33 PMTwenty five public high schools in the Lower Hudson Valley make U.S. News' annual rankings of the best in New York.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ramapo cops charge two with burglarizing Monsey synagogues and schools
Monday - 08/28/2023 - 01:30 PMRamapo police charge a 21-year-old man and a 12-year-old - with burglarizing religious facilities such as synagogues and schools
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Arrest made in alleged hit-and-run death of East Hartsdale community leader
Monday - 08/28/2023 - 09:51 AMAntonio Robles Sanchez was charged in the alleged hit and run death of East Hartsdale community leader Stephanie Kavourias.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Suffern to shut elementary school as growing population sends kids to private yeshivas
Monday - 08/28/2023 - 05:02 AMDistrict officials say the change will have educational, extracurricular and social benefits for children in the district.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Transgender woman in New York reaches landmark settlement with county jail after great discrimination
Friday - 08/25/2023 - 11:37 PMMakyyla Holland, a 25-year-old transgender woman, will receive $160,000 for harm she suffered and new policies will be enacted by Broome County Jail.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Thruway Authority fines, suspensions surge since last summer
Friday - 08/25/2023 - 05:18 AMThe NYS Thruway Authority paused its registration suspension program after a botched rollout of cashless tolling. Fines surged when it restarted.
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