Eastchester News

First the good news: handgun accidents are on the decline . The bad news: they still happen, often with tragic consequences.

After reading the article and wanting to learn more, I stumbled upon this ERACISIM video, and thought about the W.A.R. series.

For the third year, Eastchester Councilwoman Sheila Marcotte is running a 'Snow Angels' program that connects young people in Eastchester, Bronxville and Tuckahoe with senior citizens who need to have their porches and front walks shoveled after snowstorms.

Seven Eastchester Middle School sixth-graders clustered around a library computer Monday, listening as first one of them and then another earnestly argued that multiculturalism is a bad thing that causes more harm than good.

A Scarsdale woman is being held in the county jail on no bail, accused of breaking into her former lover's Eastchester apartment and violating a court order to stay away from the New York City detective's home, police said.

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James Borck has a simple philosophy for Election Day: He always votes against incumbents.

Eastchester police Officer James Pileggi was arraigned this afternoon in the fatal off-duty shooting of a New Rochelle man Tuesday night, and his lawyer afterward called it a tragic accident.

Garage fire photo by Jon Bidwell. A fire destroyed a garage on Third Avenue and also destroyed the garage behind it on Second Avenue in the Village of Pelham on Friday evening.

Mount Vernon voters stayed true to party lines last night, electing a slate of Democrats, while Yonkers saw a close race for city council president that threatened to unseat incumbent Chuck Lesnick.

NEW ROCHELLE - A 27-year-old man died Tuesday night after being shot in the neck by an off-duty Eastchester police officer, police said.

Karl Schenkel says driving Main Street in West Haverstraw has been "absolutely horrendous" for the past three weeks.

TUCKAHOE - Ever since he was seven years old, Fred Cioffi dreamed of becoming a police officer like his father, retired Ossining police Detective Fred Cioffi.

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EASTCHESTER: Town employees recently wore pink in support of the Susan G. Komen for a Cure Foundation with the hopes of finding a cure for breast cancer.

Voters in Eastchester should return Christine Doody Doherty and Sheila Marcotte, two highly energetic and focused incumbents, to the Town Board.

Q&A with Barbara Covell of Eastchester Barbara Covell has a passion for history she shares with her daughter, Karla, 16, who attends the Ursuline School.

Shortly before efforts increased to develop a new "Pelham Bay Park" using lands located within the Town of Pelham in the 1880s, there were a number of initiatives to develop residential hamlets in the area.

EASTCHESTER - Cartoon creatures such as Chlorophyll and Chlorophyllis have helped Judith Hope Blau teach kids about trees since 1984.

Voters in the Lower Hudson Valley go to the polls Nov. 3 to decide a host of local elections.