Hartsdale News

Homeowners and businesses in 10 Westchester communities could save an estimated $47 million a year in fire insurance premiums if their fire districts consolidated, according to a study being released today by Pace University's Edwin G. Michaelian Institute for Public Policy and Management.

Lorraine Valentini, a fierce competitor on top of a bike who helped share her love of cycling with many newcomers to the sport, died Tuesday at her home in Hartsdale.

GREENBURGH The Town of Greenburgh will study the feasibility of consolidating the three paid fire districts in the town Fairview, Greenville and Hartsdale.

Last week, Gov. David Paterson signed legislation to streamline local government, with the ultimate aim being to reduce property taxes.

VALHALLA - The African-American Heritage Celebration yesterday marked its 25th anniversary with a lively festival at the Kensico Dam Plaza focused on the theme of unity.

The town has released a financial analysis that says fire protection in unincorporated areas costs significantly more than in other Westchester County communities.

A break-in at a Hartsdale electronics store was part of a three-state crime spree by a nine-member gang, federal authorities said yesterday.

GREENBURGH - A dozen local civic leaders rallied in support of former Town Clerk Alfreda Williams yesterday, as the Greenburgh Democratic Committee formally announced her as their candidate to replace Westchester County Legislator Lois Bronz in the 8th District.

VALHALLA - At the Albanian Heritage Day, one of the newer traditions to find a place in the suburbs, dancing is not merely a performance.

Hartsdale, N.Y.: To all those concluding that the shooting of Officer Omar Edwards officer was racially motivated: Give it a rest.

A local man on parole for robbery was arrested over the weekend for another robbery, police said, this time at a Hartsdale store.

HARTSDALE: Barbara Martin of Hartsdale is helping the actors and playwright for the soon-to-open Off-Broadway show 'Night Sky,' giving them guidance to better understand aphasia.

HARTSDALE: The Pathways to Care Program of Westchester Jewish Community Services is offering a new group - Heartstrings: Bereavement Support for Pregnancy Loss.

My son attends Woodlands Middle School and is a student of one of the teachers you mentioned in your May 14 article .

Re the May 10 front-page article, 'Food pantry gets assist of its own' : I have been involved through my own parish church in Hartsdale, bringing boxes and bags of donated food from local parishes since the onset of St.

YONKERS - When Jean Glus was a little girl growing up in Ardsley, her Scottish father, Robert McGregor, was a golf-club maker and the greenskeeper for St.

A Westchester County teenager faces a hate crime charge following graffiti incidents at a church in Greenburgh.

A 13-year-old Hartsdale boy was arrested yesterday after a police officer investigating a string of graffiti incidents at Sacred Heart Church spotted him spray-painting a church wall, town police said.

If you're feeling isolated, Lenore Rosenbaum can point you in a sunnier direction.

Last night on CNN I said that Bristol Palin was the wrong messenger, that she was a joke, and that teenagers weren't going to be receptive to an abstinence message delivered by Palin.