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By replacing its traditional street lights with LEDs, the city of Yonkers is expected to save more than $18 million in energy costs over the next 10 years. Photos courtesy city of Yonkers
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County legislators pass climate change resolution

The Westchester County Board of Legislators passed a resolution last month making the county the latest municipality to become a New York Climate Smart Community. The resolution, originally introduced to the board by county Legislator Catherine Parker, a Rye Democrat, will add Westchester to a network of communities throughout the […]

Making computer programs is popular particularly with boys ages 8 to 10 at least at the Maker Day event at The Rye Arts Center. Photo/Sarah Varney
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Rye Arts Center hosts STEAM deluge

Adam Levi, Rye Arts Center’s senior director, wasn’t sure what kind of attendance numbers to expect at the second annual STEAM Maker Day on Jan. 9. It was cloudy, gray and the sky was spitting rain intermittently. He needn’t have worried though, as this year’s event drew 400 children and […]

Mark Croughan contests a shot by Harrison’s Zach Evans. Croughan and the Garnets topped their rivals 56-38. Photo/Mike Smith
Sports

Garnets top Huskies by 18

On Jan. 9, bitter rivals Harrison and Rye squared off in the annual Michael Ice Memorial Classic with both teams needing a win to keep pace in a crowded Class A landscape. In the end, a late push by the Garnets put the home team on top for good, as […]

In an undated photo, Luigi Del Bianco stands on a scaffold next to the model of Lincoln’s head used to recreate the mountainside Rushmore version.
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Late Port Chester man honored for Mount Rushmore work

After 28 years, the Del Bianco family of Port Chester finally has succeeded in getting the National Parks Service to recognize the contribution of grandfather Luigi Del Bianco as chief carver of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, South Dakota. Last week, grandson Lou Del Bianco of Port Chester […]

A $1.2 billion biotech facility which will include two massive research wings in addition to a 100-room hotel is slated for development on county-owned land in Valhalla. Photo courtesy Westchester County
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$1.2B biotech facility slated for development

A $1.2 billion project slated for development in Valhalla will, according to county officials, bring not just a state-of-the-art biotech facility to Westchester County, but also thousands of jobs. The 80-acre, 3-million-square-foot facility dubbed Westchester BioScience & Technology Center—which is being developed by Fareri Associates—will encompass two massive research wings, […]