Month: January 2018

New Rochelle's 182-pounder Jake Logan
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New Ro takes 2nd at Counties

The area’s top high school wrestlers descended on Yonkers Middle High School on Jan. 20 to compete in the annual Westchester County Championships, and while Fox Lane may have taken top team honors, a number of local teams—and athletes—also shined on the county’s biggest stage. As teams look ahead to […]

Westchester County Executive George Latimer, a Democrat, has signed a bill into law that was approved by the county Board of Legislators on Feb. 5, banning gun shows on county-owned property. Photo courtesy Wikipedia.org
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Dems look to revive gun, immigration bills

Under a new Democratic regime, legislators will reincarnate two vetoed bills, including a piece of controversial gun legislation, that were nixed under former County Executive Rob Astorino, a Republican. The legislative agenda on Jan. 22  will feature the reintroduction of a bill to ban gun shows on county owned property […]

The Harrison Town Council has approved construction of a Wegmans Food Market at 106-110 Corporate Park Drive, the company’s first location in the Lower Hudson Valley region. Construction is expected to kick off in three months. File photo
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Wegmans signs deal on ‘Platinum Mile’ property

Normandy Real Estate Partners has negotiated a deal to sell the vacated office complex at Corporate Park Drive to Wegmans Food Markets, which plans to build a supermarket at the location. Earlier this month, the Connecticut-based commercial real estate advisory firm Newmark Knight Frank, which represented both the buyer and […]

The Harrison Town Council spent nearly $90,000 on two new vehicles for its Police Department, including an unmarked 2017 Dodge Charger, pictured. Photo/Franco Fino
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Police Chief Olsey under investigation for sexual harassment

Harrison Police Chief Michael Olsey is under investigation by the town/village after one of the department’s detectives filed a complaint accusing him of sexual harassment. Detective Derka Abbate filed the complaint with Harrison’s attorneys at the end of 2017, alleging that Olsey sexually harassed her for six years. As of […]

In prior years, the Rye Women’s Interfaith Committee has discussed topics including religious diversity.  Photo courtesy turkishculturalcenter.org
Features

Interfaith committee sparks discussion on violence against women

The Rye Women’s Interfaith Committee, a community of women from different religious faiths, will tackle the topics of human trafficking and domestic violence against women in their annual conference this month. The presentation, titled “Women Under Threat—Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking,” will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 21, at the […]