Westchester County News

IF MARIN has an East Coast clone it may be Westchester County. Despite its 1 million population, some describe this suburb as New York's Marin.

BEDFORD, N.Y. After months of searching for a resolution to a puzzling situation, the Bedford Central School District found a solution for a blind resident in Mount Kisco in last week's top news .

A New Rochelle man pleaded guilty in county court Friday to eight armed robberies throughout lower Westchester County in early 2012, District Attorney Janet DiFiore announced.

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.

The Tappan Zee Bridge Mass Transit Task Force set the stage Friday for matching its wish list of new transit services with potential sources of funding.

Rye- Several Democrats on the Westchester County Board of Legislators called on County Executive Rob Astorino to hand over the keys for the North Bathhouse at Playland to the Westchester Children's Museum, so work can begin, and the attraction will open by 2014.

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Julie Cherico is a 14-year resident of North Salem, with two children in North Salem schools.

Concluding that a judge's tendency to "interrupt, patronize, and admonish" an attorney deprived the lawyer's client of a fair medical malpractice trial, a Brooklyn appellate court has ordered a retrial before another judge.

Assemblywomen Amy Paulin and Barbara Lifton said they would vote in favor of expelling Vito Lopez from office, but said they see no reason to also oust Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan. So far, at least from Assembly members, the outrage about Lopez's alleged sexual harassment of his young female aides has been focused on him - not Silver, who ... (more)

Democratic members of the Westchester Board of Legislators gathered at Rye Playland Thursday and called on County Executive Rob Astorino to allow work to begin on the Westchester Children's Museum .

Gun owners in New York who don't want their license information available to the public are facing a deadline to file an exemption form with local licensing authorities.

Could you be Westchester County's next millionaire? The jackpot for Wednesday night's Powerball drawing has reached $360 million.

Putnam County Clerk Dennis Sant said he will fight to keep the county's pistol-permit records private - even at the risk of a lawsuit that could cost taxpayers monetary damages.

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

Police are warning residents to beware after two dogs were attacked by coyotes in Westchester County in just the past ten days.

A Chappaqua family is hoping to start a dangerous animal alert group throughout Westchester County after their dog was attacked by a coyote.

The Westchester Hispanic Coalition will expand its Ayuda Latina contra Agresion Sexual program to make its 24/7 hotline bilingual and multicultural.

Here are a number of positions that are currently open in New Rochelle. Just click on the title of the job to learn more.

Former Village of Mamaroneck Trustee Tom Murphy announced today that he will run, on the Democratic ticket, for Westchester County Legislator Judy Myers' seat in the 7th District.