Month: August 2016

Carl Frampton, left, poses for a picture with Champs Boxing Club owner Ryan O’Leary and Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino in New Rochelle on July 12. Frampton trained at the New Rochelle gym in preparation for his July 30 fight against Leo Santa Cruz, in which the Irish fighter won the WBA featherweight title. Photo/Bobby Begun
Sports

Frampton dazzles at Barclays

On Saturday, July 30, Carl Frampton, a 29-year-old professional boxer from Northern Ireland, won the WBA featherweight title with an impressive showing against Leo Santa Cruz at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn. And even though Frampton might not yet be a household name among American fight fans, he is gathering […]

Maybe we can’t take a joke
Opinion

Maybe we can’t take a joke

Just a few weeks after the terror attacks of 9/11, Gilbert Gottfried took to the stage of the Friar’s Club and explained he had to leave early to catch a plane to California. “I couldn’t get a direct flight. We have to make a stop at the Empire State Building.” […]

Rob Astorino
Community

Astorino promotes county as business ‘smart spot’

Continuing it ongoing initiative to promote Westchester County as the “smart spot for business,” Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino recently met with a group of nearly 30 commercial real estate brokers from Jones Lang LaSalle, JLL, at their New York City offices to discuss the many benefits that Westchester County […]

The former residents of the Esplanade senior living facility, located on Lyon Place in White Plains, will receive up to $6,500 each in reparations after being evicted from the residence in November 2015. File Photo
News

AG secures $528K for former Esplanade residents

New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced an agreement with the owners of the Esplanade Senior Residences in White Plains, who will pay 139 of their former residents a total of $528,367 in reparations. Last November, the owners of the Esplanade sent eviction notices to their 139 residents with […]

Bruce Bendish, left, will no longer have to run in a Republican primary for Westchester County district attorney against Mitch Benson, as Benson’s petitions have been invalidated by the county Board of Elections. Bendish, the GOP candidate, will now face Democratic nominee Anthony Scarpino in the general election. File photo
News

2 Republicans square off for county DA primary

Two Westchester County Republicans will run for their party’s nomination in a Sept. 13 primary before the winner goes on to face Democratic nominee Anthony Scarpino for the county’s district attorney seat. Bruce Bendish, 69, the candidate who is being backed by the county Republican Party will face Mitch Benson, […]