BEDFORD — The New York City Department of Environmental Protection has reopened the path atop the Cross River Dam for walking, running, and bicycling for the first time since 1996. The dirt path, located between Reservoir Road and Mount Holly Road in the Town of Bedford, is roughly one-quarter mile… Read More →
The Westchester Green Party will hold its organizational meeting tonight (Wednesday) at 6 p.m. at the White Plains Public Library. The party has earned a line on the ballot in New York, which will make it easier for candidates to run. For more information contact Joseph Diaferia at 646-773-2084 or… Read More →
With mixed-use developments springing up across Westchester County, the town of Greenburgh is mulling the construction of another north of Elmsford that could generate millions in tax revenue and impact neighboring municipalities. The proposed 100-acre development near the Madison Square Garden training center and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals calls for about 400,000… Read More →
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced $6 million in grants for homelessness prevention in New York on Thursday, including five grants in Westchester and one in Rockland. The local grants are for the City of Mount Vernon ($33,923), Grace Church Community Center, Inc. in White Plains ($130,387),... Read More →
For the second year in a row, a team from Hastings High School will represent Westchester in a state competition testing students’ knowledge of the environment. Hastings placed fourth out of 23 teams participating last month at the Hudson Valley Regional Envirothon in Fishkill. As the highest scoring team from… Read More →
Westchester Legislator Michael Smith, a Republican from Greenburgh who represents Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville and North Castle in District 3, will announce his reelection bid Monday in White Plains. In a press release on his announcement, Smith, a CPA first elected in 2011, said he has worked to represent the taxpayers… Read More →
The Autism Science Foundation and Dance2BFit’s first annual “Zumba Mania” fundraiser attracted 108 participants and raised more than $2,500, according to Alison Singer, president of the foundation. “Zumbia Mania,” which was held Saturday at Dance2BFit in Mamaroneck, raised money to fund research to find the causes of autism and develop… Read More →
A Hastings-on-Hudson teenager is receiving national recognition for developing a program that provides solar lanterns to people living without electricity in the developing world. Since founding the Lit! Project as a 15-year-old, Ben Hirschfeld says he has distributed environmentally-friendly lighting to about 11,300 people in the Philippines, Kenya, South Africa… Read More →
MAMARONECK — The Autism Science Foundation and Dance2BFit will host their first annual “Zumba Mania,” a fun and fundraising event for families and individuals affected by autism, on Saturday at Dance2BFit Studios in Mamaroneck. The event will raise money to fund research to find the causes of autism and develop… Read More →
Tonight’s grand finale of the Hudson Valley Hospital Center’s Winning Winter Whiskers Challenge takes place from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. tonight at the Peekskill Brewery, 47-53 S. Water St. The “Beard Bash” is the culmination of a month-long fundraising campaign in which men volunteered to give up their razors… Read More →
