PR Leap - Recent News Releases (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Brian Wieler has been named the new executive chef of Tarrytown House Estate & Conference Center, in the Hudson Valley. The hotel's new chef has been on The Food Network and Chef on a Shoestring.'
Politics on the Hudson (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long is scheduled to be the guest speaker at the Westchester Conservative Committee’s annual dinner Thursday night. The $300-per-ticket fundraiser begins at 6 p.m. at BOE Restaurant, 324 Central Park Ave, in White Plains.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
A report suggested using land in office parks for moderate-cost housing, but officials are wary.
Politics on the Hudson (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Westchester Republican Committee Chairman Doug Colety reminded me in an email this morning that the Westchester GOP “will be supporting (state Assemblyman) Greg Ball” at its convention later this month. Ball is facing a challenge from Republican John Degnan, a former Brewster mayor and village trustee, in his bid for a second term representing the [...]
Book Calendar (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
On March 9, 2008, I attended the Westchester Library Association one day conference held in Tarrytown. I took the Metro North up to Tarrytown. It was a long slow ride. On the way up, I read some more of Robert Grave's The Reader Over Your Shoulder . I am almost done reading it. The conference registration started at 8:00 a.m. which was quite early. I had time to get some grapefruit juice, coffee,...
WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Westchester County calls it a proactive measure to stop terrorists from snooping online. Certain county facilities have been obscured on "Google Maps," making them impossible to see clearly. But as CBS 2 HD found out, this is one security measure that is far from fool proof.
AMNY Subway Tracker (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The bar car of the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven line has received a makeover as a tiki bar. The advertising campaign, similar to the subway "wraps" on the Times Sq shuttle, is a promotion for Westin Hotels. It wasn't...
Westchester Real Estate Blog (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Just announced is that the Fairway Supermarket chain will be opening a 75,000 square foot market in Pelham Manor in 2009. Fairway is great. Sort of like Stew Leonards but much larger, more selections, and more diverse choices. There is one on the upper West Side, one on Long Island, one in Brooklyn, a hugh one in Harlem and now there will be one in Westchester. It's a great place. Fairway Supermarket...
Festival21.com (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington in PHILADELPHIA Thursday, May 15----- The timing could not be more perfect. On the same day that the California Supreme Court issued a historic reversal against the ban on gay marriage, the Jacob Burns Film Center in New York's Westchester County is launching its annual Out At The Movie series, focusing on films made by and targed to the gay and lesbian community...
UPTOWNflavor (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
While Harlem craves a new Trader Joe’s, a Bronx border town gets a new Fairway. According to Crains: Fairway Market is opening its sixth and largest store in Pelham Manor, just over the Bronx border in Westchester County, marking the budding chain's first foray north of the city. At 75,000 square feet, the Pelhman store will [...]
Politics on the Hudson (Free subscription) | yesterday
Westchester Legislator Tom Abinanti had a curious answer when asked about rumors that he’s considering a primary campaign against Assemblyman Richard Brodsky. “I’ve had a lot of people ask me to run but I have no plans at this time to do anyhing,” said Abinanti, a Greenburgh Democrat. Abinanti also said he plans to “sit back and [...]
CBS 4 - South Florida's Source for (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
A South Florida police officer has reportedly been hurt in Westchester but details about how the officer was injured are still not known.
Politics on the Hudson (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Could there be trouble percolating behind the scenes at the Westchester Board of Legislators? Well, it's a question worth asking after word came today that Alicia Maxey Greene, a former Journal News reporter and a “communications specialist” at the board has abruptly resigned. She was hired only a few months ago to help with the board's [...]
WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
The tragic friendly fire death of a suburban police officer leads to a call for change in police training. Tuesday marked day two of weapons of mass destruction training for recruits at the Westchester County Police Academy. By contrast, recruits get just a half-day training on so called 'off-duty confrontations': when on-duty officers respond to calls involving off-duty cops.
UPTOWNflavor (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
... actress Diahann Carroll (most recently seen as Mama on “Grey's Anatomy,”) works as a domestic in Westchester county, while collecting a welfare check on the sly for her six fatherless children who range in age from practically grown to rug rats. In the midst of her daily struggles, Claudine meets a garbage collector who sweeps her off her feet. Naturally, their relationship faces numerous...
