New York State Police troopers removed two dozen motorists from area roadways during the extended Veterans Day holiday weekend.Local residents charged include: Westchester CountyOn Saturday, Nov. 9, State Police from Cortlandt arrested Otis L. Martin, 36, of Croton-on-Hudson, for DWI. He was traveling on Route 9 in the village of Croton-on-Hudson, when he was stopped for a ...

The owner and operator of a Westchester waste disposal business admitted to fraudulently overfilling hundreds of thousands of dollars to clients.Harrison resident Ralph Mancini, 57, who operated County Waste Management, pleaded guilty to mail fraud, admitting as part of his plea that he had defrauded multiple commercial customers by overbilling them for the waste collected and dumped on ...

Another one bites the dust.The latest round of store closing by Kmart’s parent company, Transformco, which purchased the assets of Sears Holding Corporation earlier this year, will leave Long Island with just one Kmart location, as the Bohemia store is set to shutter its doors.That store is expected to begin motions to close its doors next month. The only remaining Kmart location on ...

A Mount Vernon Police Department sergeant is facing charges connected to an assault of a woman during an off-duty incident earlier this year.Mount Vernon Police Sgt. Martin Bailey, 49, of Dutchess County, was arraigned on a multi-count indictment in connection to the physical assault of a Mount Vernon woman in September, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., ...

A former area resident who went on the run may spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted of murdering a Westchester man. Former Yonkers resident Anthony Burton, who most recently lived in Pensacola, Florida, was found guilty of murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon following a trial for the murder of a Yonkers man in April 2016 earlier this ...

A Hudson Valley donut shop ranked as among the tops in the country, according to a newly released report.Glazed Over Donuts in Beacon was ranked as New York’s best doughnuts by Insider.com, which ranked each state’s top stops for the pastries throughout the country. At Glazed Over Donuts, in Beacon, each doughnut comes with a glaze, topping, and drizzle. You can combine a number of ...

More than 25,000 pounds of sausage products are being recalled due to a Listeria scare.Ezzo Sausage Company, based out of Columbus, Ohio, is recalling approximately 25,115 pounds of sausage products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced.The products subject to recall were ...

Have you seen him?Police are seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to track down a man wanted on weapons, assault and menacing charges.The Yonkers Police Department Warrant Squad issued an alert this week regarding 36-year-old John Degree, who was arrested and charged with third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, third-degree assault, and second-degree menacing. He later ...

Two armed robbers are on the loose after an alleged armed robbery on Long Island.A 45-year-old driver and his two female passengers were driving on Sprague Avenue at approximately 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14, in West Hempstead, when a tan Ford Escape cut them off, forcing the vehicle to stop.Nassau County Police said that two men, both armed with a black and a silver handgun, exited ...

Flu season is here, and a Fairfield County resident was one of two deaths related to influenza in Connecticut reported last week.The Connecticut Department of Health issued its report for the week ending on Saturday, Nov. 9, which included two influenza-related deaths and three more influenza-related hospitalizations, bringing the total to 47 for the season.The second Connecticut ...