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Yonkers, New York is located in Westchester County. Zip codes in Yonkers, NY include 10703, 10704, and 10710. The median home price in Yonkers is $389,000 which is roughly $234/per square foot. More Yonkers information.

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3 hrs ago | Newsday

Three armed robbery suspects nabbed by Yonkers police after 100 mph chase

Officials say the suspects led police on a car chase that ended with some of the suspects in the Saw Mill River.

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3 hrs ago | Newsday

Marquis Jacobs of Yonkers charged by feds in slaying of rival gang member

A Yonkers gang member, held on drug and firearms charges since his December 2011 arrest, could get the death penalty for the gun slaying of a rival gang member earlier that year, officials said.

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3 hrs ago | Law.com

Court System, Counties Agree on 3 Court Facility Upgrades

The Office of Court Administration and local authorities have come to terms on three major capital projects that will result in new Family Court facilities in Nassau and Westchester counties, and the restoration of court space in the Orange County Government Center that was lost to the judiciary after a pair of storms in 2011.

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11 hrs ago | Women's Wear Daily

Vera Wang to Give Commencement Address at Sarah Lawrence

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Tue May 21, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

The Adobe Theater to Stage Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers, Beg. 6/28

Yonkers, NY is city just north of the Bronx, where playwright Neil Simon was born on the 4th of July, 85 years ago.

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Observer

Peter P. Chudzik Jr.

He was born June 18, 1917 in Yonkers, NY, the second son of the late Peter P. Chudzik Sr.

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Overlawyered

N.Y.: "P.I. Lawyers Are Suspended for Encouraging Client to Lie"

"Two Fordham University law school classmates who set up a law practice together a few years after graduating are now both facing nine-month suspensions for pursuing a fraudulent personal injury case." Daniel Levy and Shane Rios represented a woman who claimed to have slipped in front of a Yonkers church; when they investigated the sidewalks, they ... (more)

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HipHopDx

[News] Mary J. Blige Accused Of Owing The IRS $3.4 Million

Mary J. Blige may owe tax collectors over $4.5 million as new reports emerge that the Internal Revenue Service is the latest agency accusing her of default.

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Mon May 20, 2013

Ogdensburg Courier-Observer/Journal

Massena PD Public Record

Village police ticketed Matthew C. Malu, 24, of 1841 Central Park Ave., Yonkers, on his front and rear windows at 8:24 p.m. Friday following a traffic stop on Woodlawn Avenue.

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Gloversville Leader-Herald

Rose Genovese

She was born in the Bronx on January 20, 1918, a daughter of Frank and Angelina Capazolla Rizzo and was a 1935 graduate of James Monroe High School.

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Newsday

Andrea Rebello, slain Tarrytown student, remembered by priest, Westchester's Portuguese community

Students wore white ribbons and observed a moment of silence during their graduation ceremony in honor of 21-year-old junior Andrea Rebello.

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Newsday

Henry DiMatteo slaying: Three suspects questioned in fatal Yonkers stabbing

Police are questioning three suspects in connection with the stabbing death of a man Saturday night in Yonkers, authorities said.

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Sat May 18, 2013

The Scarsdale Daily Voice

Bronx River Parkway North Closes For Repairs In Scarsdale

The Bronx River Parkway will again be closed to northbound traffic from the Sprain Brook Parkway in Yonkers to the Westchester County Center in White Plains from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday.

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The Mt Kisco Daily Voice

Bacon Lovers Dream: Westchester Woman Pens 'Bacon Nation' Cookbook

YONKERS, N.Y. A Yonkers mom has teamed up with a New York City author to pen a cookbook with a simple motto: everything is better with bacon.

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Fri May 17, 2013

Milwaukee Courier Online

Malcolm X's grandson killed in Mexico

His troubles began in 1997, when at age 12 he plead guilty to setting fire to the apartment of his grandmother, Betty Shabazz, that resulted in her death in New York.

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Wed May 15, 2013

Business Journal

Eileen Fisher store for a cause opens in Columbia City

Annie Lusk works at the new Green Eileen store in Seattle's Columbia City. Green Eileen recycles Eileen Fisher designs and donates the proceeds to organizations that empower girls and women.

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The Bedford Daily Voice

Summer Concerts Set To Return To Empire City Casino June 16

YONKERS, N.Y. Empire City Casino's Sunday evening summer party is headed back to Yonkers with some big-time performers in tow.

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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

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State lawmakers have until Wednesday to file new financial disclosure forms that will detail for the first time their amount of outside incomes.

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Tue May 14, 2013

CBS News

Prosecutor: Malcolm X's grandson beaten with bat or stick

In July 29, 1999 file photo, Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of political activist Malcolm X, leaves Family Court in Yonkers, N.Y., after a detention hearing.

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The Hastings Daily Voice

Yonkers Hopes To Do Away With I-87 Toll Plaza

YONKERS, N.Y. Yonkers officials are hoping to do away with what they say is an unfair and burdensome toll along Interstate 87.

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