Hastings on Hudson News

One of the two tenant members on the Westchester Rent Guidelines Board has resigned, leaving only seven members on the nine-member body that decides rent increases for about 30,000 apartments in the county.

Kevin Hay, a Hastings-on-Hudson official, has been hired as the new village administrator in Buchanan.

GREENBURGH - For the first time in years, the joke goes, you can see the desktop in the Greenburgh police chief's office.

Metromix has selected our three favorite places to eat in towns across the Hudson Valley, from wallet-friendly to splurge-worthy. Our Hastings picks include a pizzeria that gets creative, an organic restaurant that's created a loyal following, and a bistro that feels like a trip to Paris.

Bonnie Fuller is hurrying around her Park Avenue office, directing her staff like the queen of celebrity news that she is.

The Take Me To The River Children's Community Chorus debuts in a concert guided by legendary folk singer Pete Seeger at 7 p.m. Dec.

DELHI _ Edith Marie Gonder Pernice said she remembers learning about volunteerism as a child when she helped raise money for the Police Benevolent Fund in Hastings-on-Hudson and learned to fly a plane at age 15 as a cadet in the Civil Air Patrol.

GREENBURGH - As the economy remains in a downward trend, the town will continue to do more with less next year, said Supervisor Paul Feiner, who has released his tentative spending proposal for 2010.

HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON - Ecologist Sven Hoeger explained to a group of Cub Scouts how to spot an invasive vine.

Two-year-old Isaiah Dubuisson-Perez bounced in his living room, dancing wildly as he pressed against a TV set playing the song, "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life." Thursday, his mother laughed through tears as she watched the scene on a cell phone video - reminiscing about the son she described as the happiest child in the world.

Two students who won The Journal News Newspaper in Education essay contest will spend Halloween at a Broadway performance of 'Wicked'- and get a behind-the-scenes tour of the musical that tells the story behind the witches of Oz.

BEDFORD - A Hastings-on-Hudson teenager and a 21-year old Manhattan man are accused of assaulting and robbing a taxi driver in the parking lot of Fox Lane High School, then driving off in his cab.

HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON - Police are investigating the case of a toddler who died Thursday at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, officials said.

This weekend's stormy forecast has prompted some events in our area to be canceled, including: • Hastings on Hudson: The Halloween window painting contest scheduled for Saturday and the Halloween celebration, including parade, scheduled for Sunday, have been postponed to the weekend of October 24-25 at the same times. Sign-ups ...

Lillian Cohen died of cancer last week in Columbia Presbyterian Hospital . But for the last month, from her hospital bed, she was trying to get the word out on Michael Lippman .

They say the greatest pain one can suffer is the pain of never knowing. And that may be what motivates Peter Callahan, 46, the writer and director of the very personal independent feature, 'Against The Current,' which will be screened at the Paramount Center for the Arts on Sunday.

New York City officials on Thursday announced the indictment and arrest of 29 people and four corporations for enterprise corruption, bribery, bribe receiving, extortion, narcotics and firearms trafficking and illegal gambling.

Travel notes, live and on virtual time I am at New York City, glocalis par excellence.

Even though George Darden is the highest-paid mayor in Rockland, he's last on the list of 50 top salary earners in the village.

ARDSLEY: ArdsleyCares,― a new PTA initiative to connect village families with volunteer opportunities in Westchester, is working on a range of projects to improve the lives of children and families in need.