Scarsdale News Archives

Northbound traffic on White Plains Post Road is being diverted onto Sherbrooke Road due to a fallen tree, police said.

All four local school district budgets were approved by voters last week. Here's a breakdown of the unofficial results in your district.

A New York City lawyer has sued Delta Air Lines for nearly $1 million, claiming the company's incompetent and rude employees made his 80-year-old mother's birthday trip to South America a stressful, costly ...

Two Democratic state senators loom as the top targets for Westchester Republicans as they gather to choose their candidates tonight.

Police say an officer heading to a Memorial Day event has been hurt in a motorcycle accident.

Caption: Beyonce. Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy' Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Departures .

NEW YORK - A Scarsdale man who downloaded child pornography to his work computer was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in a federal prison.

Residents handily approved a budget of $128.5 million today, with 505 yes votes and 133 voting no.

A state justice has ordered a political action committee tied to White Plains Mayor Joseph Delfino to explain why he should not require it to name the candidates who have benefited from the $204,000 the PAC has ...

SCARSDALE - Two days after a 14-year-old Scarsdale High School freshman ended his life by jumping in front of a train, friends and neighbors struggled to make sense of the tragedy.

The person killed by a train at Scarsdale station Saturday night was a 14-year-old high school student.

A man jumped in front of an express train at the Metro-North Railroad station last night and was killed.

Maybe he thought he could run away from the police faster if he emptied his pockets.

“I formed Y.A.C. in 2004 as a way to involve teens in community service projects”

Four Eastchester students joined peers from Scarsdale, Edgemont and Chappaqua during spring break to work on the homes of Lakota Indians in South Dakota. via The Patent Trader

“Too often we'd go along with our friends and be unhappy with the beer selection”

Will Stephens, front, with his older brother, Eric, helping their father concoct a home brew years ago in Scarsdale, N.Y. The brothers started an online guide to New York beer menus. via New York Times

“That's the cost of doing business in this area”

WHITE PLAINS - From the $15,000 cost of educational videos and compact discs to the $6 million bill for rebuilding two tracks and ball fields, a small but vocal group of residents last night pelted the school ... via Journal News

Historian Aaron David Miller, author of the recently published book, "The Much Too Promised Land," will be the guest speaker at Westchester Reform Temple in Scarsdale on Sunday, May 18, at 10:30 a.m. The ... via Westchester.com

“Students and school communities deserve better than simplistic and misleading school rankings”

By Dwight R. Worley The Journal News * May 9, 2008 Nearly two dozen school districts in New York have asked Newsweek to no longer include them in the magazine's annual ranking of top high schools. via The Journal News

“We were brought up with this music,'' says Adela. "Everybody had a radio and everybody heard these songs. We were kids, young kids, and we would sing all this, we knew all the lyrics, we knew all the tunes.”

By Linda Lombroso The Journal News * May 9, 2008 They've been married nearly 57 years, but Larry and Adela Elow are as passionate as the day they met - about music and each other. via The Patent Trader

“Don't get me wrong: Normal gyms are good. . . . But as a kid, you want to be fit. And you don't really know how to be fit without trainers.”

Carly Wade is slightly out of breath as she moves through the weight room of Bogifit Youth Conditioning Center, an Anaheim Hills, Calif., gym geared to teenagers. via The Tennessean

“The best definition I've ever heard is that 'lowball' is an offer that's so low the sellers can't contain themselves. They get angry”

Home buyers are looking for a steal; home sellers are looking for an out; and home builders and banks are selling houses at cut-rate prices. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“The crime here was just too severe. It lasted too long”

Nancy Epstein rushed from the elevator toward Allen Julier's lawyer, Victor Grossman, as he stood outside the courtroom where the Scarsdale High School teacher had just been sentenced for possessing child ... via Journal News

“They were very low-key and weren't dressed up. They did not have a large entourage.”

Jay-Z refuses to wear his wedding ring in public. The rapper - who wed Beyonce Knowles last month - doesn't feel the need to wear jewelry as he is content with the 'ring' tattooed on his wedding finger. via The Elements