Bronxville High School junior Kirsten Ircha has earned the prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest honor that a Girl Scout can earn after years of service, dedication and hard work. As a member of the Girl Scout’s Bronxville Service Unit 726, it took Ircha more than 100 hours over […]
Month: January 2018
County DA ends bail for misdemeanor cases
Westchester County prosecutors will stop requesting bail for most misdemeanor cases in order to end unnecessary incarceration for those that are financially poor. On Jan. 22, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino Jr. announced that the county would end the practice, which is already in effect, because it’s “outdated” and […]
New Ro takes 2nd at Counties
The area’s top high school wrestlers descended on Yonkers Middle High School on Jan. 20 to compete in the annual Westchester County Championships, and while Fox Lane may have taken top team honors, a number of local teams—and athletes—also shined on the county’s biggest stage. As teams look ahead to […]
Eagles’ depth proves too much for Tigers
For two quarters of the Jan. 19 basketball game between Eastchester and Tuckahoe, the two crosstown foes traded buckets and scoring runs, pushing the pace in a fast, frenetic contest in front of a packed house at Eastchester. Unfortunately for the short-handed Tigers, however, that tempo ultimately proved unsustainable, as […]
Dems look to revive gun, immigration bills
Under a new Democratic regime, legislators will reincarnate two vetoed bills, including a piece of controversial gun legislation, that were nixed under former County Executive Rob Astorino, a Republican. The legislative agenda on Jan. 22 will feature the reintroduction of a bill to ban gun shows on county owned property […]