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Irvington High Names Class of 2024 Valedictorian, Salutatorian
Ciara Lyons and Hanna Reich are heads of the Class of 2024 at Irvington High School. Lyons has been named valedictorian, while Reich is salutatorian. Both students said they were honored to have earned the recognition and attributed their success to the support of family, teachers and peers. For Lyons,...
Man Shoots, Kills Cab Driver Moments After End Of Shift In Westchester: Here's His Sentence
A man will spend decades in prison for fatally shooting a cab driver in Westchester during a robbery right after the victim's work shift ended, officials announced. Covington, Virginia resident Percell Ross Blakely, age 54, was sentenced to 20 years to life in state prison for the Oc…
19-year-old Bronxite dies in father’s arms after enraged man stabs him over parking
A 19-year-old Bronxite died in his father’s arms after an enraged neighbor stabbed him in the heart just because of a fight over parking, the victim’s devastated dad told the Daily News. Dominic Aguilera and his father Jose Cruz were getting ready to leave for work together when a downstairs neighbor in their apartment building knocked on their door to demand Aguilera move his vehicle, which ...
NY Democrat faked signatures on election petition — including 3 dead people: prosecutors
An suburban New York councilman was charged after he submitted election petitions with fraudulent signatures — including three dead people, according to prosecutors and a report. Rob Scott, 44, a Democrat serving on Peekskill Common Council, allegedly submitted a 2023 petition to run for a county lawmaker seat that was signed by individuals who died in 2012, 2017, and 2022, the Rockland/Westchester Journal News reported. Eight other individuals whose names were included in the 37-page petition told prosecutors they’d never signed it. Legal bid seeks to knock AOC off ballot line for left-wing Working Families Party: ‘Too involved in social experimentation’ Those and the...
Fordham Manor: New Chick-Fil-A Restaurant Opens on East Fordham Road
A new Chick-fil-A restaurant on East Fordham Road has begun serving the Bronx community, having held opened on Thursday, April 11. Chick-fil-A, Inc. representatives said it has selected Roberto Ruiz as the independent, franchised, local owner-operator of the new restaurant. Located at 201 East Fordham Road, representatives said the new...
Stamford Man Charged With Negligent Homicide Following Crash
Stamford resident Tyler Zinko was arrested on Wednesday, April 17, for the March 4 incident at the intersection of Prospect Street at Forest Street in Stamford. According to Sgt. Jeffrey Booth of the Stamford Police, Mary Botan, age 79, of Stamford, was crossing the street in the crosswalk when she was struck by a 2014 Toyota Prius driven Zinko on Monday, March 4, around 6:30 p.m.
NJ bank employee admits to stealing more than $100K from dead customer
NEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) – A former bank employee in New Jersey admitted to stealing more than $100,000 in federal retirement benefits from a dead customer’s account, U.S. Attorney Phillip R. Sellinger said Thursday. Jorge Nova, a 35-year-old bank employee from Passaic, N.J., pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, court documents show. The deceased […]
What turned this Bergen County brook bright green? We found the answer
"Who had 'radioactive river' on the Garfield bingo board?" asked one Garfield resident on Facebook on Wednesday morning alongside a photo of an unnaturally green body of water. This post in the Garfield Deserves Better Facebook group stirred up a conversation with several residents, all wondering why the Fleischer Brook near Price Rite on Outwater Lane was bright green. ...
Update on manhunt for Bronx gunmen
NEW YORK (PIX11) – The search for two masked gunmen involved in Tuesday’s fatal shooting in the Bronx is still ongoing. The suspects pulled up to the shooting in separate scooters, police said. Chief of Patrol John Chell and Kaz Daughtry, the deputy commissioner of operations, join PIX11 to give an update on the manhunt and cracking […]
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