Getting Out Among The Vines Just an hour’s drive northeast of San Francisco is one of California’s most visited attractions – the world-famous vine-covered hillsides of Napa and Sonoma Counties. A recent visit took me to a region reminiscent of Tuscany with undulating, lush green hillsides crisscrossed with vines and awash in wildflowers – a dramatic landscape sprinkled with appealing …
Bee-Line Buses and Paratransit Vehicles Updates as Warranted Throughout Saturday, January 24, 2015
3:28 p.m. UPDATE: Bee-Line buses and Paratransit vehicles are running on or close to schedule, with no snow detours in effect. 8:53 a.m. UPDATE: Bee-Line Buses and Paratransit Vehicles experiencing 30-minute delays due to worsening road conditions. Route 16-No service to Strawberry Rd. and Lexington Ave. in Yorktown. The bus is operating on Rt. 6 instead. Route 30-No service on Stone …
Bee-Line Bus Service Expanded to Meet Ridership Demands
Changes to 13 Routes Effective March 30, 2015 WHITE PLAINS, NY – January 13, 2015 — County Executive Robert P. Astorino today announced service changes to 13 routes on the county’s Bee-Line bus system to meet new ridership demands. The announced changes add trips to meet growing demand to the Scarsdale train station, provide service to the Elizabeth Seton Pediatric …
LEAVING ON A JET PLANE: Hilton St. Charles and Crescent City By BARBARA BARTON SLOANE
An Historic, Celebrated and Authentic Combo Hustle and bustle, tension and stress – all things associated with the approaching holidays. It’s inevitable, it’s what we’ve come to expect – no escaping it. Or can you? Recently I spent three busy, event-filled days in The Big Easy, aka New Orleans, and know what? It is easy. The holidays here are observed …
Bronx River Parkway Road Paving Cancelled in Yonkers, Scarsdale and White Plains
YONKERS, NY – December 8, 2014 — Motorists are advised that the northbound Bronx River Parkway road paving and closures previously scheduled to start today and continue daily through Wednesday, December 10 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. have been cancelled due to the severe weather forecast for this week. The road paving and closures were previously scheduled at the …
Bronx River Parkway Road Paving Begins Monday in Yonkers, Scarsdale and White Plains
YONKERS, NY – December 6, 2014 — Motorists are advised that the northbound Bronx River Parkway will be closed due to milling and paving operations at the following locations starting on Monday, December 8 and continuing daily through Wednesday, December 10 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., weather permitting. At the Bronx River Parkway/Sprain Brook Parkway split in Yonkers At …
LEAVING ON A JET PLANE: Boom Town USA – San Jose! By BARBARA BARTON SLOANE
Ok, so we all know the way to San Jose but did you know that the headquarters of Apple, Google, Microsoft and countless other of the world’s largest technology companies are a mere 15 to 20 minutes away? So close and yet so far… because actually getting into these establishments is tricky, to say the least. At Google, one must …
American Airlines’ Flight 67 from Barcelona, Spain, Lands at JFK Amid ‘Security Concern’ By HEZI ARIS
YONKERS, NY – November 30, 2014 – American Airlines Flight Number 67 from Barcelona arrived at its destination, John F. Kennedy International Airport early Sunday afternoon immersed under a nebulous suggestion that a telephone call to WPIX-11 received notice of an “unspecified threat”. Emergency Responders were quick to surround AA Flt. #67 amid unsubstantiated reports suggestive of a bomb threat. The …
Thanksgiving 2014 – Travel Day Storm By BARON SERVICES
YONKERS, NY — November 25, 2014 — The area from Washington, DC up through Massachusetts/Connecticut and New York are expected to face a significant snow event tomorrow, on what is sure to be a travel-heavy day due to Thursday’s holiday. Key points: § On Wednesday morning, Nov. 26, precipitation will rapidly move into the Boston area from Washington, DC. This …
Warburton Avenue Southbound Closure In Hastings-on-Hudson Wednesday, November 12th from 9:30 am to 3:30 p.m.
HASTINGS-on-HUDSON — November 9, 2014 — Motorists are advised that the southbound direction of Warburton Avenue from Washington Avenue to Main Street in Hastings-on-Hudson will be closed on Wednesday, November 12, 2014, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., weather permitting. This southbound closure is necessary for concrete bridge deck installation. The southbound closure detour will be posted using Main Street …