Yorktown Heights News

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.

A 22-year-old Yorktown Heights woman is due in court next week to answer a felony charge accusing her of stealing more than $10,000 from the A&P, Yorktown police said.

WHTIE PLAINS, N.Y. Eli Manning announced Monday in White Plains that he will return to host Guiding Eyes for the Blind's 36th annual golf classic in June.

The Yorktown Heights Engine Company Junior Corp has been an intricate part of the Yorktown Heights Engine Company #1 and celebrated its 10th anniversary this March.

More than 200 women and girls from around the Hudson Valley ran in and finished a special Mother's Day 5K on Sunday morning at FDR Park in Yorktown Heights, including several mother-daughter teams.

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. The three incumbents vying for three open seats on the Yorktown Central Schools Board of Education look as though they may run unopposed, but they're not guaranteed to win.

Whether you're in search of something fun to do with the kids or you have a babysitter and are planning a night out, look no further because Patch editors have picked a variety of events taking place to help you make the most of your weekend.

After failing to get any offers the last two times around and dropping the minimum required bid by $300,000, the state has sold one of its empty upstate prisons.

Two Yorktown Heights residents and a Mohegan Lake woman have been named to the Dean's List at Berkeley College for the winter 2013 quarter, according to Berkeley College President Dario A. Cortes.

A Yorktown Heights woman who is head of operations at a Rockland County company is accused of stealing more than $199,000 from escrow accounts connected to the real estate related business, according to Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe.

Mercy College is offering more than 60 subject areas in its summer course lineup with registration now open for the Dobbs Ferry, Manhattan, the Bronx and Yorktown Heights campuses.

A 28-year-old Yorktown Heights woman is facing a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated following a recent traffic stop on Route 35 in Somers, police say.

MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. Grand Prix New York of Mount Kisco raised more than $1,200 for Support Connection - a Yorktown Heights-based not-for-profit organization that provides free confidential services to those battling breast and ovarian cancer - at its Support-apalooza fundraiser April 12.

Click here to read more about who they saved. 2. Lakeland Budget Hearing Tonight The Board of Education will hold the 2013-2014 public budget hearing on Tuesday, May 7 at 7 p.m. in the Lakeland Administration Building, 1086 East Main Street, Shrub Oak.

A Yorktown Heights native, who was fleeing from police in New Orleans, was killed after he burst into a home near the New Orleans Fair Grounds, according to multiple news reports .

I don't think of Westchester County as a hotbed of farmers, but Hilltop Hanover Farm is making waves to change all that.

The second annual "I Love My Park Day" will be held throughout the state on Saturday for residents to volunteer and cleanup their local parks.

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS - Taylor Turnure of Brewster is shown what she loves doing best: painting a car in the paint booth during her auto body class at the Tech Center at Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES.

Whether you're in search of something fun to do with the kids or you have a babysitter and are planning a night out, look no further because Patch editors have picked a variety of events taking place to help you make the most of your weekend.

The second annual "I Love My Park Day" will be held throughout the state on Saturday for residents to volunteer and cleanup their local parks, including those damaged from Superstorm Sandy, Gannett's Haley Viccaro reports.