Westchester Student Deserves Eagle Scout Rank
Many of our Westchester reader know that we enjoy following, and reporting to you about young men who have completed the rank of Eagle...
P Diddy to the Rescue For Memorial Field?
By Dan Murphy
Mt. Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas has once again changed the conversation about Memorial Field, the ballfield, track and stadium that has been...
Westchester Still Awaits Affordable Housing OK
By Dan Murphy
Last summer, former County Executive Rob Astorino announced that the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, under new President Donald Trump,...
Westchester Black College Advocate Meets the Clintons
By Dan Murphy
One of my favorite people in Westchester is Dennis Richmond Jr., who I have been writing about for the past five years....
Kesten and Harckham Get Endorsements
By Dan Murphy
Democrats Robert Kesten and Peter Harckham, both vying to become their party’s nominee to take on Republican State Sen. Terrence Murphy in...
NY Health Dept. Says OK to Legal Pot
By Dan Murphy
The New York State Department of Health has released a 74-page report this month that recommends the legalization of marijuana in the...
4th Annual Ice Bucket Challenge Set for Aug. 4
Mayor Mike Spano, along with City of Yonkers-native Pat Quinn, recently announced that the 2018 Yonkers ALS Ice Bucket Challenge will take place Saturday,...
Yonkers Mosque Loses Appeal
By Dan Murphy
A long running dispute, and attempt to build a Mosque in a residential neighborhood in Yonkers may have ended for the time...
Ocasio-Cortez Not Proud Of Westchester Roots
By Dan Murphy
My family first moved to Westchester in 1972, from the same Parkchester neighborhood in the Bronx as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who shocked the...
Murphy-Harckham-Kesten Race Shows Insanity of Politics
By Dan Murphy
One of Westchester’s hottest political contests this year is for State Senate in the 40th District, which includes many northern Westchester towns...