May 25, 2014 – The “featured” BlogTalkRadio program “Westchester On the Level with Narog and Aris” opens the Monday, May 26, 2014th broadcast day at 10:00 a.m. EDT with White Plains CitizeNetReporter Publisher / Editor John Bailey. At 11:00 a.m., we pivot from hyperlocal, county, state and national news onto the international arena, catching up with events that have transpired …
Read The Westchester Guardian – May 29, 2014 Edition
Read The Westchester Guardian – May 29, 2014 Edition
Environmental Policy & Protection Committee Meeting Scheduled for Tuesday, May 27, 2014 @ 6:30p.m.
Environmental Policy & Protection Committee Meeting Chairman and City Council President have set the following agenda items on their roster for Tuesday, May 27, 2014 @ 6:30- p.m. as follows: 1) Sabatino – Resolution calling upon the City of Yonkers to phase out and prohibit the use or sale of polystyrene food and beverage by business and public entities within …
Yonkers City Council Agenda for Tuesday, May 27, 2014 @ 7:30 p.m.
YONKERS, NY — May 25, 2014 — The Yonkers City Council has published its stated agenda for the Tuesday, May 27, 2014 meeting. A Committee of the Whole has been set aside for Yonkersites to make their perspective known between &;30 p.m. up to 8:00p.m. when the City Council Meting is scheduled to begin. Read the agenda: YCC May 27, 2014 …
THE HEZITORIAL: A Doable Vision to Eclipse the Talk and the Drama Presently Consuming Yonkers By HEZI ARIS
It is recognized though rarely mentioned that the City of Yonkers (CoY) is a diamond in the rough. Yonkers is by every measure the centerpiece of the county. Yet when measured against the barometer of median wealth, it is outdistanced by most of Westchester County. Juxtaposed to that measurement, CoY is sought after by every retailer for its very location, …
BREAKING NEWS: ‘Chocolate King’ Petro Poroshenko Wins Ukraine’s Presidential Election By HEZI ARIS
YONKERS, NY — May 25, 2014 — Exit polls indicate Petro Poroshenko, the richest man in Ukraine, having built his wealth in confectionary, has won more than 55 percent of the vote, distancing himself from one-time Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko who ran a distant second in what Ukrainian officials defined as a high voter turnout in most of the nation …
BREAKING NEWS EXCLUSIVE: Yonkers City Hall Dismisses Human Resources Commissioner Paula Redd Zeman By HEZI ARIS
YONKERS, NY – May 23, 2014 — Paula Redd Zeman spent over 12 years as Commissioner of Human Resources for Westchester County. When she was appointed by Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano to Human Resources Commissioner in January of 2012 she began to replicate the same demeanor that caused people to resent her arrogant attitude. Her oversight of the department in …
Yonkersites Provided Helpful Memorial Day Weekend Safety Tips
YONKERS, NY — Mayor Mike Spano, the Yonkers Fire Department and the Yonkers Police Department today announced helpful holiday safety tips as residents prepare to celebrate the Memorial Day Weekend. “With the unofficial start of summer now upon us, family festivities and good cheer likely come to mind, but what few of us consider is that the start of summer …
THE JACKSON LIST: Memorial Day 1909 By Professor JOHN Q. BARRETT
In the United States in 1909, the Memorial Day national holiday, also known as Decoration Day, fell on Monday, May 31st. The President of the United States, William Howard Taft, delivered an address on the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. In New York City, over 100,000 people lined Riverside Drive, cheered 15,000 parading veterans of the Civil War and the Spanish …
THE HEZITORIAL: Yonkersites Missing In Action By HEZI ARIS
The tight community of Lake Avenue has for many years engaged in conducting a Memorial Day Service to honor and remember those who served the nation when they were called upon. Many lost their lives in the service of a great nation and its people. This annual event is conducted at Lennon Park. A fee for use of the park …