Irvington News

Math curriculum: Parents and community members are invited to an orientation today to learn more about "Everyday Math," the district's new math curriculum for kindergartners through fifth-graders. The orientation will be from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Centerville Junior High multipurpose room, 37720 Fremont Blvd.

A suburban New York City contractor charged with plundering construction union money is free on $10 million bond.

Melissa King was arrested on charges of embezzling tens of millions of dollars from the employee benefit plans she administered on behalf of the Compressed Air and Free Air Foundations, Tunnels, Caissons, Subways, Cofferdams, Sewer Construction Workers Local 147 of New York, New Jersey States and Vicinity AFL-CIO . King was arrested at her ...

An Irvington woman stole $42 million from a construction workers' union over the last seven years, federal prosecutors said.

A sticky-fingered postal carrier was busted this week for pilfering two gift cards sent to a New Jersey man and using them to buy fixings for her Thanksgiving dinner, authorities said.

The Villge of Irvington Treasurer's Office in conjunction with the Senior Program is holding a Property Tax Exemption Seminar on Monday, November 30, 2009 at the Irvington Senior Center - 29 Bridge Street - 1:00 PM.

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.

GREENBURGH - An Elmsford police sergeant was the top earner in all of the town's six villages last year.

Continuing their tradition of sharing sweet treats, a couple of hundred Girl Scouts representing 23 troops in the Ardsley school district decorated thank-you cards and delivered homemade cookies to about 240 veterans in the area today.

Mary A. Noble, 91, died at home on November 9th. She was born Mary Antoinette Tripp on November 8, 1918 in Champion, NY, and moved to Edwards with her mother Ethel Tripp as a teenager.

Elmsford police Sgt. James A. Wehr received $170,055, which made him the top municipal earner among six villages last year.

A 20-year old student at New York University apparently took his own life on Tuesday morning, reviving concerns about the high number of suicides there in recent years.

The Greenburgh Drug and Alcohol Task Force cited two businesses for selling alcohol to minors, police said.

Tuesday's tragic death at NYU was the latest in a rash of student suicides. Kathleen Kingsbury on why it's so hard for colleges to prevent their kids from killing themselves.

NEW YORK - A 20-year-old student from Irvington died Tuesday after an apparent suicide leap in the main library at New York University, school officials said.

The body of New York University student Andrew Williamson-Noble, 20, of Irvington, NY, was discovered in NYU's Bobst Library early Tuesday.

Irvington High School is in the lead for the title of "America's Favorite School," with one week left in the online competition.

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EASTCHESTER: A 17-year-old Eastchester boy is facing a drug charge after a town police officer spotted him allegedly selling prescription drugs to other teens.