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Yonkers man arrested for illegal dumping in Nodine Hill
YONKERS – Police charged a Yonkers man with illegally dumping mattresses in an empty lot adjacent to 94 Oak Street in the city. Surveillance video captured an image of the man dumping the two items on August 4. Ten days later, the alleged perpetrator, Michael Davon Roman, 26, was located by a police patrol unit…
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Man killed while crossing Yonkers street
YONKERS – No charges have been lodged against the driver of a Jeep that struck and killed a 62-year-old Yonkers man as he crossed Yonkers Avenue in Yonkers shortly after 5:30Thursday afternoon. City police found the victim lying on the street. He was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. His name was…
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Yonkers man sentenced for attempted murder of woman
WHITE PLAINS – A Yonkers man was sentenced on Monday in Westchester County Court to 10 years in state prison for attempted murder in a stabbing in Hastings-on-Hudson. Judge Susan Capeci sentenced David Rojas for stabbing a former girlfriend with an icepick 14 times in the abdomen and chest while they were parked in her…
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Man arrested in Yonkers mail theft
YONKERS – A traffic stop in the City of Yonkers has resulted in the arrest of a man wanted in connection with an ongoing investigation into theft of mail and check washing. Jamie Guzman, 30, of the Bronx, was wanted in connection with the crimes stemming from an investigation involving Yonkers Police, the Westchester County…
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Yonkers murder case turned over to NYPD
YONKERS – The case of a body of a man found shot to death near eastbound Tuckahoe Road and the Thruway overpass in the City of Yonkers has been turned over to the New York City Police Department for investigation. The body of Brian Brain, 35, of Queens was discovered on July 16. Detectives from…
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REAL ESTATE: What’s up with: the ex-Pathmark at the Yonkers Gateway Center
PROJECT: The former Pathmark at 2500 Central Park Ave. in the Yonkers Gateway Center closed in 2015 as part of the A&P supermarket chain‘s bankruptcy. Still empty, the 49,817-square-foot space is currently on the rental market. LOCATION: The supermarket is in the back of an otherwise bustling strip mall that includes Best Buy, Burlington Coat Factory, PetSmart…
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YONKERS TRIBUNE: Tragedy Befalls 21 Year-Old Yonkers Resident in Greenburgh
Statement from Yonkers City Council President-elect Mike Khader, Uncle of the Deceased Greenberg Police Chief Chris McNerney Over Robbery / Death of Jonathan Maldonado YONKERS, NY — November 30, 2017 — Tragedy has befallen the Maldonado Family of Yonkers. 21 year-old middle son Jonathan Maldonado died in Greenburgh, NY. How and why are issues yet to be discerned. Greenburgh…
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Thomson: Moments to savor from over 90 years of Turkey Bowls in Westchester
Beginning in Yonkers in the mid 1920s, Thanksgiving Day football was held — or at least scheduled — in Westchester County for more than 90 years. The games drew thousands of spectators and played host to both official and unofficial class reunions. They soon developed strong traditions in communities such as White Plains, New Rochelle and Yonkers. Games were held on muddy fields…
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Traffic: Crash closes Saw Mill River Parkway
YONKERS – The northbound Saw Mill River Parkway was closed for almost eight hours after two drivers suffered serious injuries, one breaking a leg, in a crash in Yonkers this morning. Westchester County police said the northbound side of the parkway reopened around 11 a.m. It had been closed between the Cross County Parkway and the Bronx while police conducted an…
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Yonkers City Council election: Merante has a mere 6-vote lead
Uncounted ballots could decide a Yonkers City Council race whose candidates are six votes apart. Unofficial returns Tuesday night gave Republican Anthony Merante a six-vote lead over Democrat Matt Orefice in the Sixth District race. “From what I‘m told it‘s going to take up to a week to figure out,” Orefice said Wednesday. Orefice was referring…