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Police & Fire
16-Year-Old Charged In Crash That Killed Sergeant From Mahopac: 'Painful, Difficult'
A 16-year-old has been criminally charged with a felony in connection to a Westchester crash that killed a beloved longtime police sergeant and Putnam County resident. After a nearly 11-month investigation into a December 2022 crash that killed Yonkers Police Department Det. Sgt. Frank Gualdino, a 16-year-old Yonkers boy accused of causing the incident has been charged, Yonkers Police announced on Monday, Oct. 30. On the day of the crash, Thursday, Dec. 1 around 3:30 p.m., Yonkers officers responded to the Sprain Brook Parkway overpass on Tuckahoe Road to a reported cr…
News
New Update: Prisoner Caught After Escaping Custody In Hudson Valley
This story has been updated. Authorities have caught a prisoner who escaped custody while he was being held at a medical center in Westchester. The prisoner, identified as 24-year-old Geraldo Rojas, was located in the Bronx on Monday, July 24 after 29 hours of "intensive search efforts," Yonkers Police announced Rojas had escaped from a prisoner detail at St. Joseph’s Hospital on South Broadway (Route 9) in Yonkers during the early morning hours of Sunday, July 23, police said. Earlier Report - Search On For Prisoner Who Escapes From Custody In Yonkers Rojas, who was taken back into …
Business
I'm Lovin' It: McDonald's In Area Reopens After Renovations (
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A McDonald's in Westchester County that had been closed for renovations is once again serving up Big Macs, nuggets, and fries. A ribbon-cutting ceremony held by Yonkers city officials, including Mayor Mike Spano, marked the reopening of the McDonald's at 1200 Nepperhan Ave. which is now open for business as normal, according to a tweet from the city. In a video produced by the city, a Mariachi band plays inside the store as patrons once again enjoy the popular fast food location. Mayor Spano welcomes back @McDonalds to 1200 Nepperhan Avenue with an official ribbon cutting! pic.twitt…
Schools
Construction Starts On Hudson Valley School Named For Supreme Court Justice
Officials have broken ground at a new Westchester school named for a groundbreaking Supreme Court justice. In Yonkers, construction has begun on a new school named in honor of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a Bronx native who is the first Latina to sit on the bench. Upwards of 700 pre-K through eighth-grade students are expected to attend the school on McLean Avenue once it is completed, one of three new schools planned for the city in the coming years. A rendering of the Justice Sonia Sotomayor Community School in YonkersYonkers Public Schools Construction is expected to be co…
Business
New Hudson Valley Ice Cream Shop To Host Grand Opening
Here's the inside scoop! A new Westchester County ice cream shop will hold its grand opening. The owners of Lost Borough Ice Cream Shop announced that the shop's grand opening and ribbon-cutting event will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 7. Located at 40 North Broadway in Yonkers, the shop specializes in small-batched, hand-crafted ice cream flavors. They offer vegan options in addition to the traditional dairy fare. The shop also serves banana pudding, Belgian waffles, and sorbet. Mayor Mike Spano, along with other elected officials and community leaders are set to attend th…
Lifestyle
Fifteen Cats Left Alone In An Area Apartment Rescued, Up For Adoption
More than a dozen cats are counting on one of their nine lives after being abandoned and left alone in a Westchester apartment. Fifteen cats that were left alone in an apartment in Yonkers are looking for new homes after a quick-acting response by the Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers (MHACY), Mayor Mike Spano, and the Yonkers Department of Parks, Recreation, and Conservation. Officials said that on Wednesday, July 7, the MHACY was alerted that a tenant in a building had gone missing for 24 hours, leaving behind the furry felines. When officials went to the apartment, the…
News
Westchester Officials Seek To Seize Vehicle Involved In Debris Dumping
Officials are taking steps to seize the pickup truck of a man who was busted illegally dumping debris from the truck bed onto a city street. An officer from the Yonkers Police Department on patrol at approximately 7:30 p.m. on Friday, June 22 near the intersection of Oak Street and Chestnut Street spotted Yonkers resident Sirlarry Washington, 33, removing debris from the bed of the pickup truck and depositing it onto the roadway. Police said that after observing Washington for several minutes, they determined that it was an incident of illegal dumping, and Washington was taken into police c…
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