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View MoreWildfire smoke pushes Westchester air quality to 'unhealthy' levels Thursday
The Westchester County Health Department is urging all Bronxville, Scarsdale, and Eastchester residents to stay indoors Thursday, July 16, as Canadian wildfire smoke pushes the Air Quality Index to potentially 200, a level deemed unhealthy for everyone.
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View MoreYour county case count looks normal. The national picture doesn't.
Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins confirmed 28 cyclospora cases in the county as of Monday, July 13, slightly above last year's pace, while a national outbreak has sickened at least 1,645 people across 34 states with no food source yet identified.
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View MoreHealth commissioner warns of heat stroke risk as temperatures hit 100°F
Westchester County Health Commissioner Dr. Sherlita Amler issued emergency guidance Monday warning Bronxville, Scarsdale, and Eastchester residents to watch for heat stroke symptoms and call 911 immediately as real-feel temperatures hit 100°F on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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View MoreFormer Westchester County legislative aide gets two years for child sex sting, pornography
Anand Singh, 35, a former aide to the Westchester County Board of Legislators and Yonkers City Council, was sentenced June 30 to two years in federal prison after being caught in a sting traveling to meet someone he believed to be a 14-year-old for sex.
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View MoreFormer classmate describes Chester Green's troubling behavior years before Scarsdale killing
A former elementary school classmate of Chester Green, charged with second-degree murder in the death of his mother Marian Green at their Scarsdale home, told the New York Post that Green displayed violent behavior and a fixation on weapons dating to grade school.
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View MoreYour next 911 call could include video. Here's the $1.9 million making it happen.
Westchester County is getting $1.9 million in state money to overhaul the emergency radio and 911 systems used by first responders in Scarsdale, Bronxville, and Eastchester, including technology that would let dispatchers receive texts, photos, and live video from people calling for help.
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View MoreCyclospora outbreak sickens nearly 400 in New York; no food source identified
A parasitic illness called cyclosporiasis has sickened nearly 400 people in New York State since May 1 as part of a nationwide outbreak, with no contaminated food item identified; state health officials urge residents to follow food-safety precautions through the summer.
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View MoreHastings-on-Hudson police investigating possible swastika marking on home walkway
Police in neighboring Hastings-on-Hudson are investigating a possible swastika marking found on a Jewish homeowner's walkway on Thursday, July 9, with no arrests announced as of Friday, July 10.
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View MoreMarian Green spent years trying to help son now charged in her killing
A close friend says Marian Green, 71, spent years trying to help her son Chester, 26, now charged with second-degree murder after she was found stabbed and beaten at their Fox Meadow home. Chester Green was arraigned July 8 and is due back in court Aug. 5.
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View MoreWestchester closes three beaches after bacteria tests exceed state standards
Three Westchester County beaches — Croton Point Park Beach, Philipse Manor Beach, and Hudson Park East Beach — are temporarily closed after routine testing found bacteria levels exceeding state health standards, with no reopening date set.
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View MoreLocal blood supply hits crisis level — and the usual safety net isn't there this time
The New York Blood Center declared an unprecedented second blood emergency on Thursday, July 9, with overall supply at two days and O-negative at less than half a day, urging Bronxville, Scarsdale, and Eastchester residents to donate at the Rye donor center.
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View MoreUPDATE: Scarsdale man charged in mother’s death at Butler Road home
Chester Green, 26, has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of his mother, Marian Green, 71, at their Butler Road home in Scarsdale's Fox Meadow neighborhood, marking the village's first homicide since 2016.
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