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Yonkers News

Local news for Yonkers, NY continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

13 hrs ago | Journal News

Yonkers man killed in motorcycle crash

YONKERS - A motorcyclist died in a crash Saturday in front of Lincoln High School, three days after his 28th birthday.

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Sat Jul 05, 2008

Journal News

Three people shot in Yonkers in one night

YONKERS - Three people, including two teens, were shot in separate incidents early yesterday morning, police said.

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Fri Jul 04, 2008

Slam Sports

'Hello, Dolly' inspires robot romance

In this image released by Disney/Pixar Animation Studios, a scene from the animated film, "WALL-E." is shown.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Family, Hello, Dolly!, Musical Movies

Thu Jul 03, 2008

The Journal News

Yonkers bodega robbers can't open cash register, flee empty-handed

A Bronx man and another from Yonkers were arrested by police early today after a failed armed robbery at a Nodine Hill bodega, authorities said.

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HarnesRacing

Bartlett, Sumner take Yonkers spring titles

A pair of New Englanders took over New York this spring as Jason Bartlett and Robert Sumner were the leading driver and trainer, respectively, in the Yonkers Raceway meet which began April 1 and concluded this ...

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Journal News

Yonkers textile mill changes with the times

Carolyn Ray has managed her own textile mill in Yonkers for 30 years, manufacturing hand-painted textiles, designer wallpaper and other luxury handcraftings.

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Related Topix: New City, NY, Hastings, NY, Philadelphia, NY, New York Metro

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Journal News

Hundreds in Yonkers walk to fund ALS cure

YONKERS - Grace Vee's mother never saw her two youngest grandchildren. But Caitlin, 7, and Jordan, 2, know about their grandmother.

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Related Topix: Mount Kisco, NY, New York Metro, Mamaroneck, NY

Journal News

Yonkers hit with five new brutality lawsuits

YONKERS - A Bronx law firm recently filed five police-brutality lawsuits against the city, one of them seeking more than $6 million in damages.

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Related Topix: White Plains, NY, New Rochelle, NY, US News

Tue Jul 01, 2008

The Patent Trader

Yonkers hears two waterfront proposals: one new, the other a change

Despite the shaky housing market, property owners and developers see high-rise housing in the future of the city's downtown waterfront.

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Related Topix: Hudson, NY

Journal News

Guardian Angels to land in Yonkers

YONKERS - Curtis Sliwa made a promise to Yonkers drug dealers yesterday: He's going to be their worst nightmare.

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Journal News

Felon arraigned on charges including attempted murder, assault, sex abuse

WHITE PLAINS - A twice-convicted felon from Yonkers is accused of trying to smother an elderly man with a pillow during a home break-in this year and beating another man in a wheelchair with a flashlight during ...

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Related Topix: White Plains, NY

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Journal News

Cops: Probationer still wearing ankle bracelet robbed, burned Yonkers woman

YONKERS - A man on probation who was still wearing his ankle bracelet robbed a New York City woman at knifepoint and burned her hand with a cigarette as he took her property, police said.

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The Journal News

Ambulette strikes pedestrian, 67, in Yonkers

Editor's note: The intersection where the accident happened was incorrect in an earlier version of this article.

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Outasight: Radio New York

Look into the crossing of genres, somewhere between soul and jazz, hip-hop and blues, lyrically-minded and catchy, and there you will find the New York-bred rapper Outasight .

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Sat Jun 28, 2008

The Patent Trader

Bomb squad removes fake bomb from Yonkers house

An item that looked like dynamite in a briefcase turned out to be fake. The Westchester County Bomb Squad was called to 189 Winfred Ave.

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Related Topix: Westchester County, NY

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Yonkers Cop Accused Of Excessive Force Out On Bail

A suburban New York police officer is free on $300,000 bail after being charged with using excessive force against a woman at a restaurant.

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Related Topix: New York Metro, White Plains, NY

Poughkeepsie Journal

Legislature addresses weapons, ice cream flavors

ALBANY - While much of the attention in this legislative session was focused on issues such as property taxes, gas prices and economic development, lawmakers also dealt with matters such as wine-flavored ice ...

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Related Topix: Albany Metro, Madison County, NY, Utica Metro, Rome, NY, Boonville, NY

Fri Jun 27, 2008

Contra Costa Times

NY policeman charged after woman body-slammed

This March 2007 photo released in New York by Certain & Zilberg, PLLC, shows Irma Marquez in her hospital bed bearing injuries she sustained after being body-slammed by a Yonkers, N.Y, police officer.

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Journal News

Man pinned between 2 vans in Yonkers

YONKERS - A city man was sandwiched between two vans on a southwest street yesterday afternoon, police said.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry

Mid-Hudson News

Amicone applauds brownfield cleanup reform, urges state to restart program

A state program that has helped Yonkers clean up environmentally contaminated sites and turn them into job and revenue producing redevelopment projects was spared under a compromise reform agreement reached ...

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Related Topix: Paper, Albany Metro, Albany International CorpDE, New York Metro

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