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Yonkers man, ex-insurance manager, charged with embezzlement
ELMSFORD - Nationwide was not on the side of a Yonkers man charged with filing nearly $300,000 in phony claims with the insurance company where he worked as a claims manager.
Bill Stutler and Bob Funking are the men behind the curtain. T his month sees the opening of The Producers, the 157th show put on by the Westchester Broadway Theatre.
6 groups compete tonight in Playland's Battle of the Bands
Six of the area's hottest young bands will compete tonight in the fifth annual Battle of the Bands at Playland Amusement Park in Rye.
2 accidents cleared from E/B I-287, in Harrison, Elmsford
Two accidents have been cleared from on eastbound Interstate 287. One accident was near Exit 10, Route 120 in Harrison.
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Poll Reveals Popularity of Solar Energy
According to the Elmsford, N.Y.-based SCHOTT Solar Barometer, a nationwide survey conducted by the Los Angeles-based independent polling firm Kelton Research, the majority of Americans support development and ...
Ex-governor giving back campaign donations
ALBANY - Disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer is trying to save some face with former supporters, refunding $1.3 million that contributors gave to his reelection campaign.
County Land Deal To Hurt Greenburgh
The Board of Legislators, with little public notice, is about to appropriate $13 million to buy and renovate a dilapidated office building/warehouse at 450 Saw Mill River Road in Greenburgh.
The owners of four Yonkers stores were convicted late yesterday of tax evasion by a federal jury.
Beer buy goes bad, man charged with robbing teens in Elmsford
A group of teenagers who gave money to a stranger to buy beer became robbery victims tonight, according to police, who found and arrested the man within minutes.
Worker claims village's attorney to blame for DPW contract delay
John Johnson's been a Department of Public Works guy here for 21 years. He's the Highland Falls wastewater treatment plant operator, a village homeowner and a seemingly mellow guy.
Tree crashes onto Saw Mill in Elmsford, backing up S/B rush; 1 lane reopened
A large tree crashed onto the southbound Saw Mill Parkway near the busy connection with Interstate 287 about 7:30 a.m. today, backing up traffic at the peak of the morning rush hour, police said.
What's this? Gas prices up only a penny
Gasoline prices, for now at least, have finally stabilized. The average price of a gallon of unleaded regular in Westchester County stood at $4.45, up just a penny from two weeks ago, the county's Department of ...
NY Builder Eyes Key Whalley Lot
Neighbors like Norma Parks say: The welcome mat's out. Parks was sitting, as she often does, on the sidewalk outside her Caribbean Corner Jamaican restaurant Thursday afternoon, eating red snapper.
Scarsdale entrepreneur a victim of failing trend
Linda McDermott was one of the first customers on the first day Let's Dish opened for business in August 2006.
District residents got their first chance to meet the new Tonawanda City Schools superintendent during Tuesday night's School Board meeting.
Lower Hudson Valley architectural firms to merge
NYACK - Last weekend was moving day for Drazen Cackovic and his crew of nine architects and staff as they switched offices just a few blocks away from their cramped South Broadway digs.
CyberTech Releases New Call Center Monitoring Solution
CyberTech Pro 5.1 enables the simultaneous recording and replay of PC monitors and telephone calls.
Honored athelete killed in Westchester car crash
HAWTHORNE A one-vehicle crash on the Sprain Brook Parkway in Elmsford Wednesday morning claimed the life of a young woman.
Woman to be No. 1 in Section 1
ELMSFORD - On a Wednesday late last month, the Section 1 baseball and softball committees held their annual playoff seeding meetings at Southern Westchester BOCES.
ELMSFORD - A Dutchess County woman died and a second Dutchess woman was injured in a pre-dawn crash today on the Sprain Brook Parkway ramp to eastbound Interstate 287.