News across Westchester County
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published September 30Recovery Programs for Older Adults: What Changes With Age
Image by Drazen Zigic on Magnific Alcohol affects older adults differently. For Yonkers families, a look at warning signs, medication risks and what recovery programs should account for A glass of wine with dinner has been part of the routine for decades. Then it’s two glasses,…
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published September 30Looking Beyond Westchester: What Yonkers Families Should Know About Recovery Treatment in Brooklyn
Image by Drazen Zigic on Magnific When someone in a Yonkers household says yes to getting help for drinking or drug use, the question of where comes up almost at once. Many families start the search in Westchester, and it doesn’t always stay there. Recovery treatment in Brooklyn…
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published September 30Coming Home from Inpatient Rehab: What Continuing Recovery Support Looks Like
Image by zinkevych on Magnific Leaving inpatient rehab is a handoff, not a finish line. Here’s what continuing recovery support can include and where New York families can turn for help Discharge day from an inpatient addiction program can feel like a finish line. The bags are…
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published September 30Yonkers Police Department to Celebrate National Coffee with a Cop Day Oct. 7
Come grab a coffee, meet your Yonkers Police Officers, and enjoy some conversation with the people who serve your community every day. Wednesday, October 7th 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Starbucks – Boyce Thompson Center1086 North Broadway, Yonkers No agenda – just coffee, conversation,…
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published September 30Can You Go to a Treatment Center Without Losing Your Job? What Yonkers Workers Should Know
Image by Drazen Zigic on Magnific Worried a treatment center stay could cost you your job? Learn how the FMLA, ADA and New York leave rules may protect workers taking time off for care For someone in Yonkers weighing a stay at a treatment center, one practical question tends to…
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published September 30Westchester BOL Supports Northern Westchester Organizations Fighting Hunger
Clare Murray, Executive Director of the Community Center of Northern Westchester, with volunteers and County Legislator Erika Pierce $19,500 in Funding Will Help Provide Food to Local Families Ahead of Hunger Action Day on September 29, Legislator Erika L. Pierce (D–Bedford,…
Mid Hudson News
Published September 30Blood center urges donations after nor’easter
NEW YORK- The recent nor’easter resulted in the cancellation of blood drives and the loss of about 1,000 blood donations across New York and New Jersey, prompting the New York Blood Center to urge eligible donors to give blood this week. The storm came during an already difficult…
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published September 29Nonprofit Westchester’s “From Ideas to Action” Forum Reveals That Affordability and Economic Instability Are Key to Healthy Communities
Cross-sector leaders gather in Elmsford to tackle how skyrocketing costs of basics, housing, energy, and health insurance impact community wellness The surging cost of basic necessities – food, shelter, energy, and health insurance—are a major roadblock to keeping Westchester…
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published September 29Peekskill rallies to demand Congressman Lawler stop raising energy bills and driving up cost of living
Photo courtesy of New York Communities for Change NY-17 residents call for better leadership, protest Lawler for pushing dirty, expensive fossil fuel projects Hudson Valley residents and community groups gathered Tuesday at Pugsley Park in Peekskill to protest Congressman Mike…
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published September 29Nonprofit Westchester Young Professionals Group attracts more than 80 to first mixer
L To R: Harrison Angelis of Take Root Strategy and Luke Powell of Gov. Hochul’s office Young professionals from around the region packed Wolf & Warrior Brewing Co. for Nonprofit Westchester’s NextGen Affinity Group’ s first mixer. The sold-out event at the White Plains brewpub on…
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published September 29On this day in Yonkers history…
Columbus Hall, the former Yonkers Armory was converted to an athletic center. Today it is Castle Royale By Mary Hoar, City of Yonkers Municipal Historian, 1977 recipient of the Key to the City of Yonkers, President Emeritus Yonkers Historical Society, recipient of the 2004 Key to…
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published September 29Standing with Samir Nofal, Who Doubled the Number of Palestinian Flags on His Own Property After Threats
By Dan Murphy Yonkers resident and homeowner Samir Nofal has received an outpouring of support after he received an anonymous threatening letter demanding that he take down the several Palestinian flags that he hung around his lawn. The letter reads, “Palestine flags around your…