Bedford News

The Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson's 2nd Annual Garden Tour will take participants on a stroll through spectacular gardens in Armonk, Bedford, Bedford Hills, Katonah, Mount Kisco, North Salem and Pound Ridge.

After 42 years of gardening a difficult 1.3-acre parcel in Bedford - a seasonal creek cuts it in half and the adjoining Mianus River regularly floods large portions of her backyard garden - Cheryl Thomsen has learned what works and what she shouldn't even think about growing.

State troopers and officers from the town of Bedford and from Westchester County conducted an eight-hour inter-agency drunken-driving and seat-belt enforcement detail Saturday on the Saw Mill River Parkway and arrested six people.

They are baby steps, but the Lower Hudson Valley is cycling toward a greener future.

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS: More than 400 middle school students from five area school districts and the Board of Cooperative Educational Services recently held a career fair at the Tech Center.

Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese wrapped up shooting a scene last night from his latest project about the rise and fall of Atlantic City at the White Plains Middle School's Eastview campus.

This AP story below briefly sent our office into a panic this morning--and it now has reportedly started our co-founder and Chairman's phone ringing off the hook.

For the period June 12-18. 1217 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515.

Three employees of a Westchester County jewelry store were bound at gunpoint today by a pair of diamond-stealing bandits -- one of whom was later arrested after a car crash in lower Manhattan, authorities said.

In this book review cover released by Scribner, "A Short History of Women" by Kate Walbert, is shown.

One of two men accused of robbing Katonah Jewelers at gunpoint yesterday morning was taken into custody after he was involved in an accident in Lower Manhattan, authorities said.

Approximately 3,000 outages are scattered throughout Westchester county due to the rainy weather.

One of two men who robbed the Katonah Jewelers at gunpoint late this morning is in custody after he was involved in an accident in Lower Manhattan, Bedford police said this afternoon.

'A Short History of Women' Kate Walbert This book is for any woman who has ever struggled to find her own voice; to make sense of being a mother, wife, daughter and lover.

Interstate 684: Ronald D. Coleman, 38, of Stamford, Conn., was charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated and felony aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle after a traffic stop at 8:23 p.m. Thursday, state police said.

Troopers charged six motorists with driving while intoxicated after recent traffic stops and an accident investigation, state police said today.

It was a live nightmare, with a TV-style dream ending. A gunman enters a school building.

Published: Monday, June 8, 2009 at 6:18 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 8, 2009 at 6:18 a.m. "A Short History of Women" , Kate Walbert: This book is for any woman who has ever struggled to find her own voice; to make sense of being a mother, wife, daughter and lover.

Even as the state makes $312,000 worth of improvements to the Green Lane rail crossing in Bedford Hills where three trains struck cars last year, a Pleasantville woman is pushing a lawsuit against Metro-North Railroad for an incident there.

KATONAH: Lee Woodruff, co-author of 'In an Instant' and wife of ABC news anchor Bob Woodruff, will address the League of Women Voters of Bedford, Lewisboro and North Salem and the public Tuesday at Le Fontane Ristorante, routes 100 and 139.