Yonkers Foodie Follows Her Heart With Instagram & Kardashian Sass Yonkers Foodie Follows Her Heart With Instagram & Kardashian Sass
Yonkers Foodie Follows Her Heart With Instagram & Kardashian Sass YONKERS, N.Y. -- Caitlin Duggan is passionate about food, so much so that she'll think nothing of traveling two hours roundtrip to Fairfield to go to Milkcraft just because she loves their over the top desserts. It's a journey she chronicles on Instagram @westchester_carbdashian which is about to hit 1,000 followers. The point of view of her account is high-quality food and higher quality captions. Her motto: Living to eat, not eating to live. "I chose the name because I think there is a certain level of extravagance that is associated with the Kardashian lifestyle and my eating habit…
Lost In Yonkers: Family Hopes To Find Spartacus The Dog Lost In Yonkers: Family Hopes To Find Spartacus The Dog
Lost In Yonkers: Family Hopes To Find Spartacus The Dog YONKERS, N.Y. - Volunteers in Yonkers are seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to reunite a lost dog with his concerned family. On Thursday, the Lost PETS of Westchester County Facebook group posted an alert for Spartacus, a Maltese and Shitzu mix who has been reported missing in the south side of Yonkers. Spartacus was last seen by Morris Street between South Broadway and Riverdale. Anyone with information can contact his owners here.
Yonkers Veteran Named To State Senate's Hall Of Fame Yonkers Veteran Named To State Senate's Hall Of Fame
Yonkers Veteran Named To State Senate's Hall Of Fame YONKERS, N.Y. - A Yonkers resident has been elected to the New York State Senate Veterans’ Hall of Fame by Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins. Each year, a veteran from each of the state’s Senate districts who has served his military and “performed outstanding service on behalf of their community as a civilian” is celebrated by the government. This year, Yonkers resident Harold Dworetzky was selected to join the ranks of the Hall of Fame. A veteran of the Korean War, Dworetzky, was assigned to the United States Army’s Twentieth Infantry, where he served as an ordnance speciali…
Westchester Soldier Deployed In East Africa Westchester Soldier Deployed In East Africa
Westchester Soldier Deployed In East Africa OSSINING, N.Y. -- Drew Young, who graduated from Ossining High School, has served his country in the Army for more than 30 years. Young is currently deployed in East Africa about 100 miles from Somalia. This is Young's sixth combat deployment. He was recently awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal for his service as a Senior Counterintelligence Officer in the Horn of Africa.  Young got commissioned into ROTC after graduating from Ossining. He served in the Persian Gulf War and has been to Iraq three times and Afghanistan twice. This is his second deployment to Africa.  "I was d…
She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not: Westchester Singer Turns Life Into Music She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not: Westchester Singer Turns Life Into Music
She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not: Westchester Singer Turns Life Into Music MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- College has turned out to be very fruitful for Larchmont resident Paul Thomas (aka PT) Prigoda. It's where the 20-old musician has found inspiration for his songs. The Mamaroneck High School grad, now studying at Connecticut College in New London Conn., just released his second single off his upcoming EP,  "The Adventures of Sophomore Year." His music, a combination of bubble gum pop with raps on top, is built around the themes of college (and high school) life. "A lot of it happens to be about girls and love though," he admitted. Still, there are s…
Westchester Residents Bill Clinton, James Patterson Writing Spy Thriller Westchester Residents Bill Clinton, James Patterson Writing Spy Thriller
Westchester Residents Bill Clinton, James Patterson Writing Spy Thriller Bill Clinton can now add novelist to his resume. The Chappaqua resident and 42nd president of the U.S. announced he is working on a new novel with bestselling author James Patterson, who has a home in Scarborough, that involves the President of the United States. "The President Is Missing,"  a spy thriller is set to be released in June 2018. “Working on a book about a sitting President — drawing on what I know about the job, life in the White House, and the way Washington works — has been a lot of fun,” said Clinton in a statement. Clinton has written three nonfiction books, whi…
Westchester Resident Is Sanitation Worker By Day, Singer By Night Westchester Resident Is Sanitation Worker By Day, Singer By Night
Westchester Resident Is Sanitation Worker By Day, Singer By Night MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- By day, you'll find Michael Rivers working the sanitation shift in Larchmont/Mamaroneck, but by night -- and even on his shift -- you can find him humming or singing a tune. That's because his real love is music, primarily soul and R & B. In fact, the Mamaroneck resident is in the midst of recording his second album at Warehouse Music in Mount Vernon. His goal is to get The Rivers of Truth, which contains a variety of styles, released by October or November. (His first album, Try To Work It Out, was released in 2014.) Rivers, who plays a little keyboard and guitar bu…
Bronxville's Mika Brzezinski Gets Engaged To Co-Host Joe Scarborough Bronxville's Mika Brzezinski Gets Engaged To Co-Host Joe Scarborough
Bronxville's Mika Brzezinski Gets Engaged To Co-Host Joe Scarborough It's a match made in morning TV heaven. "Morning Joe" co-hosts Joe Scarborough, a New Canaan resident, and Mika Brzezinski, a Bronxville resident, announced Thursday they are engaged. Scarborough proposed to her while they were in Paris to celebrate Brezinski's 50th birthday. In February, Brzezinski put her Bronxville home on the market. The mother of two announced she was separating from her husband in December 2015. Scarborough, a former Congressman, split from his second wife in 2013. According to an interview in Vanity Fair, the couple does not yet live together.  Between the…
Good Samaritans Seek Owners Of Two Missing Dobbs Ferry Dogs Good Samaritans Seek Owners Of Two Missing Dobbs Ferry Dogs
Good Samaritans Seek Owners Of Two Missing Dobbs Ferry Dogs WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - Members of the Lost Pets of Westchester County are eagerly asking for the community’s assistance as they attempt to reunite a pair of dogs with their families in Greenburgh. On Monday afternoon, two lost dogs were recovered by officials in the vicinity of Ashford Avenue in Dobbs Ferry, who are now hopeful of helping them find their owners. According to Lost Pets of Westchester, one of the dogs was picked up by animal control, and the other - which may be deaf - escaped from its leash and took off. A local mailman in the area reported to officials that he recogniz…
Westchester Filmmaker Relives High School With New GoFundMe Film Westchester Filmmaker Relives High School With New GoFundMe Film
Westchester Filmmaker Relives High School With New GoFundMe Film BRONXVILLE, N.Y. -- "Don't Panic," a new movie by a Sarah Lawrence student, is in the process of both raising funds and looking for college students who want to participate. Filming for this production team's first feature film begins directly after the semester ends (May) and goes into the remainder of the summer (August).  With the donations collected via GoFundMe, the production team will acquire equipment for filming and props for the shoot. All funds raised will be applied directly to the cost of producing the best quality film, writes Filmmaker and current Bronxville residen…
Westchester Fourth-Grader Wins Earth Day Poster Contest Westchester Fourth-Grader Wins Earth Day Poster Contest
Westchester Fourth-Grader Wins Earth Day Poster Contest SOMERS, N.Y. --  You can't change the past, but you can change the future.  Such is the mantra of Julia Schmidberger, a fourth grader at Somers Intermediate School who came up with the slogan and put it to paper, entering her project in Senator Terrence Murphy's 2017 Earth Day Poster Contest for grades K-6.  Schmidberger's entry, which also encompassed the contest's theme, "Reduce, Reuse and Recycle," was chosen as this year's winner. "Congratulations, Julia, for creating a poster that truly captured the message of this year's contest," said Senator Murphy. "All of…
Westchester Teen Puts One Foot Forward With School-Spirited Sneakers Westchester Teen Puts One Foot Forward With School-Spirited Sneakers
Westchester Teen Puts One Foot Forward With School-Spirited Sneakers NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Rebecca Feldman is really excited about pursuing a BFA degree at Temple University's Tyler School of Art in the fall. The New Rochelle high school senior is also excited about her friends' decisions to go to Yale, Tufts, Boston College and University of Wisconsin and so, to help get them off on the right foot --- pun intended -- she started creating custom designs for sneakers in the colors, logos and mascots of their soon-to-be-schools. Each shoe is covered from the top, sides and back with different patterns and details including the graduation year and school slogan…