Yorktown Heights News

The Yorktown Chamber of Commerce invites the public to network at one of its upcoming holiday events: • Nov.

Veterans from current conflicts overseas are starting to turn up at local veterans organizations in northern Westchester - but the process is a slow one.

Q&A with Donna Baratta, library media specialist at Mildred E. Strang Middle School in Yorktown Heights.

Yorktown's most enthusiastic dieter has a new reason to celebrate. Bobby Calilli, who has lost 65 pounds since April, was just named the winner of Men's Fitness magazine's Fat to Fit challenge, a national weight-loss competition that pitted him against a 24-year-old ex-Marine from Georgia.

ABOARD THE JOHN J. HARVEY IN NEW YORK HARBOR - Up on deck, a group of inner-city kids - most have never before been on the Hudson River - squeal in delight, getting drenched by water.

Big Blue teams up with Ireland's IDA to develop advanced risk analytics technologies.

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS: The Yorktown Chamber of Commerce will host a networking meeting at 6 p.m. Monday.

Bon Bon and Tequila model Halloween costumes that were handstitched by their mom, Ada Nieves.

IBM made a $3.2 billion profit in the third quarter, even as sales fell. That's a 14 percent increase over the same quarter last year, the company said Thursday.

As IBM transforms itself from a traditional hardware company to a service provider, what it does here in the mid-Hudson will become even more vital.

On Saturday, October 10th, the American Association of University Women Active Artists group will present a group exhibition of works entitled "Inspiration In Nature" at the Greenburgh Nature Center.

IBM researchers are developing a chip for cheaper, faster DNA sequencing using fabrication techniques refined through semiconducting manufacturing.

Fewer than 200 addresses remained without power at 7 a.m. today in northern Westchester and Putnam counties after a wind storm swept through the Lower Hudson Valley last night.

Published: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 5:08 a.m. One of the oldest names in computing is joining the race to sequence the genome for $1,000. On Tuesday, I.B.M. plans to give technical details of its effort to reach and surpass that goal, ultimately bringing the cost to as low as $100, making a ...

Route 129 remains closed this morning after a tanker truck overturned at Underhill Avenue and caused a spill Monday.

Large-scale parallelization of MD simulations is challenging because of the small number of atoms and small time scales involved.

White Plains, NY The Ruth Taylor Award Fund Committee is pleased to announce the scholarship winners for the 2009-10 academic year.

If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, then local medical professionals might have a better chance of getting vacations approved this fall.

The DoubleTree Hotel in Tarrytown has recently appointed Linda Ferone of Yorktown Heights as its new Director of Catering.

A former benefits manager who pleaded guilty to stealing $6.1 million from Hitachi America has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison.