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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.
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.
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...
French onion short ribs in Pleasantville is Jeanne Muchnick's Best Thing She Ate This Week
Who doesn't love comfort food? It's why the French onion short rib at Freddy's in Pleasantville, with gruyere potato gratin and onion rings — a must if you're going for that 70s vibe — is the best thing I ate this week. I have to confess I've loved...
Mt. Kisco Farmers Market Ready to Roll for New Season
It’s that time of year when the weather has turned warmer and a variety of farmers markets that had been closed for the winter are back in business. On Sunday, the Mount Kisco Farmers, which is run by WMN unite, reopens for its third full season at the South Moger Avenue parking lot near the Metro-North. There will be close to 20 vendors a week and about 40 vendors overall, some of whom will appear on rotation, said Nicole Sturomski, the market’s executive director and found of WMN unite.
Fortress of Fun set to be demolished
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT)- Following an inspection of the Fortress of Fun playground in Newburgh, the Parks and Recreation Board has officially decided to close the town staple. The playground was initially announced to be demolished in March, but was met with mixed reactions from Newburgh residents, with the Parks and Recreation Board saying that it […]
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.
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