Month: July 2016

A camera outside Häagen-Dazs on the corner of Kraft Avenue and Park Place in Bronxville is one of eight cameras recently installed by police. The plan is to install 25 additional cameras in 2016. Photo/Corey Stockton
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Bronxville police install cameras villagewide

The Bronxville Police Department has installed eight surveillance cameras throughout its village and plans to install an additional 25 cameras in the near future. Bronxville Police Chief Christopher Satriale said at least 10 or 15 of those additional cameras could be installed by the end of July. Satriale said the […]

Building a villain
Opinion Sports

Building a villain

On July 4, the sporting world woke to some blockbuster news; Kevin Durant, one of the five best basketball players on the planet, was leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder and joining forces with the Golden State Warriors to help bring about the downfall of the NBA and spit on the […]

Liberty Park is now a launch point for kayaks, as the city of White Plains is allowing residents and non-residents to board kayaks on Silver Lake from the docks in the park until Oct. 31. Photo courtesy Facebook.com
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Kayaking opens on Silver Lake in Liberty Park

The city of White Plains is now allowing kayakers to launch from the docks of Liberty Park in West Harrison on Silver Lake. “We looked at the waterfront as the only waterfront park in White Plains,” said Wayne Bass, commissioner of White Plains Recreation and Parks Department, “and we thought, […]

Veteran honor flights and U.S. passports
Opinion

Veteran honor flights and U.S. passports

I hope you all had a safe and happy holiday weekend. When it comes to summer in Harrison, the annual Fourth of July celebration is certainly one of the season’s biggest highlights. Hundreds of spectators gathered in downtown Harrison to watch this time-honored tradition. The stunning fireworks display lit up […]

The other July holidays
Opinion

The other July holidays

Feeling a little down because the big July holiday is already behind us, with nothing to show for it but leftover red, white and blue frosted cupcakes? (Isn’t blue frosting repulsive? And isn’t that why the cupcakes are left over?) Take heart, die-hard celebrants. It turns out July is chock […]