Briarcliff Manor News

Ulysses Five passengers sustained injuries in a one-car accident Thursday in the Town of Ulysses.

BRIARCLIFF MANOR - On a recent weekend afternoon, Briarcliff High School senior Randy Meyers prepared for a day at the beach.

BRIARCLIFF MANOR: The SPCA of Westchester, 590 N. State Road, is holding two events.

In another major step forward, The Club at Briarcliff Manor has announced that it has closed on the purchase of the former Kings College property in Briarcliff Manor where it is developing a new $300 million fee-for-service Continuing Care Retirement Community .

Separate two-car accidents on the Taconic State Parkway were slowing southbound traffic in Putnam Valley and slowing northbound traffic in Briarcliff Manor at 8 a.m. today, police said.

OSSINING - Village Manager Linda Cooper was the highest-paid village employee in 2008, while two police officers boosted their pay by earning more than $50,000 each in overtime, according to salary information that The Journal News obtained through the Freedom of Information Law.

They are almost everywhere in the Lower Hudson Valley and beyond, wherever there are motor vehicles.

Briarcliff Yoga of Briarcliff Manor, New York: Review - No matter your size or shape, age or physical limitation, "There's always something to do," when it comes to Yoga, says Sue Flamm, puja director of Briarcliff Yoga in Briarcliff Manor, Briarcliff Yoga Neigborhood: New York.

Each year I track the results of the New York State Grade 8 English/Language Arts and Math assessments.

The Westchester-Putnam School Boards Association has given annual awards to school board members for their commitment to public education.

We often take a look at smartphone penetration in economic and technological terms - i.e., what will smartphone capability do for the growth of the mobile Web audience and for mobile local search? The New York Times today examines smartphones from a psychological perspective.

The Graham Co. got its verdict back. A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated a jury verdict that awarded the Philadelphia insurance company almost $19 million in damages in a copyright infringement case against a competitor and a former employee.

A certain man died for his country. For his heroism during the Korean War, the man was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, one of only 3,447 Americans ever to receive the nation's highest military citation for bravery above and beyond the call of duty.

In today's recession-racked economy, penny-pinching is a national pastime. But people are still opening their wallets for smartphones.

BEDFORD - Sadie Mae and her children, Sam, Tipper and Sallie Mae, have had their obstacles.

The Food Bank for Westchester, Grace Church Community Center in White Plains and the Literacy Volunteers of Westchester recently kicked off their partnership to help raise funds and awareness for the county's neediest citizens, and to provide food, shelter and education.

VALHALLA - At the 11th annual Asian-American Heritage Festival today, the golden dragon costume was a source of curiosity among young event-goers. View a Photo Gallery here.

BRIARCLIFF MANOR: Westchester residents and avid walkers Jane and Walt Daniels, who have written the new book 'Walkable Westchester,' will give a 'behind-the-book' presentation at the Briarcliff Manor Public Library at 7 p.m. June 2. The presentation will include pictures not published in "Walkable Westchester" as well as stories about places the ...

Four people were indicted this week for an alleged mortgage fraud scheme involving loans totaling more than $3 million on at least six properties.

It sounds odd saying so, given the profligacy of Lower Hudson Valley school districts over the last decade, but local government leaders would do well to borrow a page from the school boards' newly discovered thrift, based upon the near-universal success of school spending plans on Tuesday's ballots.