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,...
Stew Leonard’s Enters the ‘I Love NY’ Sign Debacle
By Dan Murphy
Stew Leonard Jr., CEO of the Stew Leonard’s grocery stores, including its best-selling store in Yonkers, recently spoke out about the I...
JCY Reading Buddies Program ‘Rocks’ Again This Summer
Yonkers Rotary members and volunteers from other community organizations have been at the Riverfront Library in downtown Yonkers to participate in the JCY-Westchester Community...
Tom Dickerson, A Man of Honor
By Dan Murphy
The people of Yonkers mourn the loss of Thomas Dickerson, who passed away last week at the age of 74. Judge Dickerson,...
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....
The Lunatic Right-Wing Fringe Pops Up in Westchester
By Dan Murphy
It was sad to read that flyers for a Neo-Nazi hate group had popped up in Croton last week. These same flyers,...
Report Cites Racial Disparities In Westchester Pot Arrests
Last week, members of the WESPAC Foundation, Westchester Coalition for Police Reform, and the Drug Policy Alliance released a report highlighting marijuana prohibition enforcement...
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...
Courageous Westchester Student Receives Scholarship
For the past decade, the Making Headway Foundation has awarded college scholarships to survivors of a childhood brain or spinal cord tumor. This award-winning...
