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Schools
Report: Westchester School District May Be Spending Millions On Improperly Registered Students
A school district in Westchester may be spending millions of dollars to educate students that are improperly enrolled in the school by using false addresses, according to a report by CBS New York. Toward the end of the last school year, New Rochelle School District officials announced that they would be re-registering each of the district’s 10,700 students, though they were forced to amend their initial plan to give themselves “a more realistic timetable to complete the (task).” According to the CBS report, a consultant involved in the residency verification who has verified enrollment…
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Camp Director In Westchester Charged With Sexual Assault
A camp director in Westchester is facing charges for allegedly sexually assaulting a teenager. William O’Neill, a resident of Jackson, New Jersey, was arrested this week for allegedly abusing his teenage victim, who is between the ages of 13 and 16, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced. The alleged sexual assaults happened in the summer of 2018 and continued until the teen alerted authorities on Jan. 12. O’Neill is listed as a director on Scarsdale’s Camp Hillard website. He is also a swimming coach at the Scarsdale camp, according to reports. Billhimer noted that O’N…
Obituaries
Westchester's Olivia Hooker, African-American Pioneer, Race Massacre Survivor, Dies At 103
Renowned for being the first African-American woman admitted into the Coast Guard as well as being a survivor of the Oklahoma Black Wall Street Riots, Olivia Hooker died on Wednesday, Nov. 21 at her Westchester home at the age of 103. The Greenburgh resident was only 5 years old during the Oklahoma Black Wall Riots. She talks of her experience in a YouTube video, which has since been nominated for an Emmy award. “Olivia was loved in Greenburgh, and contributed to our community. She always had time for everyone--whether it was the President of the United States (she met with President Obama)…
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Videos Released Of Fights That Led To Assault Charges For Two Firefighters In Westchester
Videos have been released of fights which left several people injured this past summer and resulted in criminal charges for a pair of firefighters in Westchester. The first video was taken inside Rory Dolan’s Restaurant and Bar on McLean Avenue at approximately 2 a.m. on June 11. The video shows the firefighters - later identified as Lt. Christopher Mitchell and firefighter Bogdin Kosilov - talking to each other before one of them is shoved. The pair of firefighters retaliated, hitting the man with a bar stool during their assault. Upon arrival at the bar, police officers located the vic…
Lifestyle
On Netflix Now: Seinfeld, Minhaj 'Comedians In Cars' Westchester Episode
Jerry Seinfeld's "Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee" episode filmed last November in Westchester is on Netflix now. 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. Seinfeld explains over pancakes why baseball is better than basketball, and learns that Minhaj's wife is pregnant -- with the baby girl that they welcomed in April.
Lifestyle
Cuomo Surprises Sandra Lee With Birthday Dinner In Northern Westchester
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo took a night off to surprise longtime girlfriend Sandra Lee with a birthday dinner at one of their favorite Westchester eateries. Page Six reported this week that Cuomo and Lee dined at La Crémaillère in Bedford for a “romantic birthday dinner,” where he “reserved a completely candle-lit private room.” According to the report, before the two ordered their meals, the governor presented Lee with a card and antique Italian cameo set. The dinner is reportedly just the beginning of the birthday celebrations, as the two are expected to continue the party in the Hampton…
Police & Fire
Kids OK After Mini-Cooper Rear-Ends School Bus On Route 4 In Hackensack
A group of youngsters on a school bus involved in a multi-vehicle crash Monday morning on westbound Route 4 in Hackensack were hospitalized as a precaution, responders said. None of the children on the White Plains Bus Company vehicle out of Westchester appeared seriously injured but were being taken to Hackensack University Medical Center to be completely checked out. It wasn't immediately clear where the youngsters are from. The driver of the Mini-Cooper, part of which slid under the school bus, was hospitalized with serious injuries, responders said. Two occupants of a minivan that hi…
Politics
Molinaro Rips Cuomo For Disability Joke About His Brother, CNN Anchor Chris
Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, who was just nominated as the Republicans' choice to challenge New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s seat in office, has come out firing in response to a tongue-in-cheek comment the governor made about his brother. Cuomo drew the ire of local politicians and residents this week when he made a joke that his brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, “has certain development issues.” “This morning, I did CNN," Cuomo stated. “I have a brother. He’s not a natural brother, he’s adopted. But we treat him like he’s a natural brother. “It’s actually a funny story. He was…
Police & Fire
Staff Member Strikes Student At Westchester School, Police Say
Police were dispatched to a Westchester school campus following a report of a student who was allegedly hit by a staff member. Officers from the North Castle Police Department responded to the Valhalla campus of the Jennie Clarkson Campus in the Greenburgh-North Castle Union Free School District in North White Plains on Tuesday, May 8, following a report from a clinical director who stated that a resident reported that she had been struck by a staff member two days earlier. According to police who responded to the scene, officers spoke with the administration, who “wanted the department to …
Sports
Seeing Gold: Westchester Teen Claims Fifth National Diving Championship
A teenage diver from Westchester took her familiar spot atop the podium, claiming yet another national championship, with more possibly on the way. Jennifer Bell, a Pelham Memorial High School junior who swims for the New Rochelle YMCA, won her fifth title this week at the YMCA Diving National Championship at the outdoor diving well of the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, easily topping all comers challenging her. Bell earned the gold medal in the three-meter springboard competition with 433.45 points over 10 dives, tops in the field of 40 divers from around the count…
Obituaries
Former Westchester Schools Superintendent Dies At 67
Longtime Northern Westchester resident Paul Fried, who served as superintendent of two Westchester school districts and assistant superintendent at another, has died at age 67. Fried came to White Plains on July 1, 2015 from Montville Township, N.J., where he had been superintendent for five years. Fried went on medical leave a year after arriving in White Plains before resigning from his position later in 2016. Prior to that, he was superintendent of the Mamaroneck School District from 2005 to 2010 and was a principal and assistant superintendent in Ossining for the previous 19 years. Du…
Obituaries
Westchester 23-Year-Old Dies After Injuries In 2016 Car Crash
A 23-year-old Westchester man who defied death for nearly two years after sustaining a traumatic brain injury during a car crash has passed away after suffering a seizure and going into cardiac arrest over the weekend. New Rochelle native Jyrel Daniel had come home from college in June 2016 when he was in a car with his friends that was struck by a driver in a BMW going 75 mph in a posted 25 mph. First responders had to utilize the Jaws of Life to remove Daniel from the vehicle, putting him in a coma for six months and leaving him with a traumatic brain injury. After the crash, Daniel, a Ne…
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