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Take 5 top-prize ticket sold in Peekskill
ALBANY – One top-prize winning ticket for the May 14 Take 5 Evening drawing was sold in Peekskill. The ticket, worth $35,001, was purchased at Friend’s Valley Brook Market at 1053 Main Street in Peekskill. Take 5 numbers are drawn from a field of one through 39. The...
(Update) Minnewaska State Park to close tomorrow due to moth infestation
Minnewaska State Park will be closed to the public tomorrow, Friday, May 17 due to treatments for spongy moth infestation. The park is slated to reopen on Saturday, May 18. The spongy moth is a non-native insect from France. The caterpillars are known to feed on the leaves of a large variety of trees. Oak is their preferred species, but they will feast on other trees when oak is not available to them or their numbers are in great excess.
Meet the puppies tasked with keeping public spaces in Bergen County clear of geese
Bergen County residents may notice a group of puppies patrolling an area near them soon. The animals are friendly and will happily accept some affection and words of encouragement from the public. But they are also on the clock, so to speak, performing an important environmental duty: keeping lands clear of geese. ...
Help name four baby falcons that hatched on a New York bridge
NEW YORK (PIX11)– Four baby peregrine falcons hatched atop the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge in mid-April; and now the New York State Thruway Authority wants your help naming the state’s newest residents. Dozens of third to sixth graders in Westchester and Rockland counties submitted more than 100 names as part of a falcon naming […]
Shake Shack to open its fourth location in Westchester. Find out where
Add another Shake Shack to Westchester. The burger chain, known for serving elevated versions of American classics at affordable prices, will open its second Yonkers restaurant in the former PF Chang’s space at Ridge Hill in Yonkers sometime next year. The first Yonkers spot is at the Cross County Center.
Review: Looking at the historic bonds of animals and humans in 'Our Kindred Creatures'
A 19th-century pet cemetery in Westchester County, New York, with poignant epitaphs: "Born a dog/Lived like a gentleman/Died beloved." A metropolis adjacent to a metropolis, with teeming Chicago stockyards next to a luxurious hotel. Manhattan's equine ambulance, which preceded the city's first human ambulance by a couple of years.
SPCA's new mobile adoption unit launches at Chappaqua Farmer's Market
The SPCA of Westchester launched its new Mobile Adoption Unit Saturday at the Chappaqua Farmers Market. The SPCA aims to make adoptions more accessible to the public by using the 26-foot truck to bring adoptable shelter animals to community events. “There's sort of a national trend (where) adoptions have really sort of slowed down in the last year or so,” said Shannon Laukhuf, the chief executive officer for SPCA Westchester. "So we thought, this is such a...
Morgan Wallen fans flood MetLife Stadium parking lots before the show
EAST RUTHERFORD − Bergen County became the place to be for country music fans on Friday as Morgan Wallen prepared for his show at MetLife Stadium. The parking lots opened at 1:30 p.m. and some devoted fans started to file in at MetLife hours before the show. Wallen will perform Friday and Saturday as part of the "One Night at a Time World Tour." ...
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