Sunday, May 20, 2012
Congratulations to all the college graduates. Celebrate your grad by adding his or her picture on Patch and tell us why you're so proud of your grad!
Thousands of students, including Yorktown natives, across the state and county are gearing up for a new challenge: life after graduation. Patch often gets word of how some local students are doing in their studies at college, including recent graduations. Below is a list of the 2012 college graduates from the Yorktown. This list may not be comprehensive, so if we missed you, or someone you know, please let us know either in the comments below or email me at plamena@patch.com so we can add you. Also, feel free to upload a picture of your college grad by clicking on "Upload Photos and Videos" above. Congratulations to the following college grads: Elon University University of Connecticut (graduation ceremony on May 5 and 6): Quinnipiac …
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Reality TV star visits White Plains to sign books.
MTV's "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi made a visit to White Plains to autograph copies of her book, Gorilla Beach, at the Barnes & Noble Booksellers City Center on Saturday afternoon. Hundreds of fans stood in line outside the store on Main Street as the pregnant celebrity signed books, posed for photos and made personal video clips with them inside.
A new study finds adults with ASDs face many challenges when it comes to school and work.
Autism and adulthood, it is looming for a significant number of families. According to Reuters Health, a new study has found that “35 percent of young adults with ASDs had not gone to school or held a job since high school.” The findings, which appear in the journal Pediatrics, also points out that family income plays a factor, putting those from low-income families at an even greater risk. As a parent of a child with an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), I read the story and wondered why the experts sounded so surprised. The majority of programs aimed at children with ASDs are not really thinking that far ahead. The programs are trying to give the children skills to cope with everyday life, to learn how to learn, to learn how to …
A crowd of more than 100 people gathered Saturday morning for Mary Richardson Kennedy's funeral mass at St. Patrick's Church.
Mary Richardson Kennedy's funeral mass ended shortly after noon on Saturday with the sound of the St. Patrick's Church bell ringing throughout the town. The doors of the Roman Catholic church quietly opened and mourners poured slowly out onto the street, gathering next to the gray hearse that would carry away Mary Kennedy's coffin. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. accompanied the four children he had with Mary Kennedy, ages 11 to 17. Robert Kennedy's mother, Ethel, was in attendance, as were family members Joe Kennedy and Maria Shriver. More than 100 people began arriving around 9 a.m. to mourn Mary Kennedy, who was found dead at her Bedford estate on May 16. The 52-year-old architect and mother apparently hanged herself. The service drew …
Bellas Homemade Toast
Searching for places to have breakfast in Tarrytown, Bellas Restaurant came up first in my search. It could have been because it is in the beginning of the alphabet or it could be because it is the No. 1 place for breakfast in Tarrytown. I made my decision after researching a few places to visit for breakfast, because when I called Bellas to confirm that indeed they were open, and yes, they had a full breakfast menu. The lady on the other line sounded so peppy and happy early on a Sunday morning. Plus she told me that everything is wonderful. So confident in her statement, I had to find out if it was true. Mela—my breakfast companion—and I arrived at Bellas Restaurant in Tarrytown, which was easy to find by the way, at 9:40 a.m. on a …
Recent weird and unusual crime in the Hudson Valley. Reports do not indicate convictions.
Bloody TV A person walking the path of the Greenrock property, the organization that maintains the Rockefeller Estate, on Sleepy Hollow Road spotted something unusual -- a TV with blood on it. The TV was placed on Rockefeller land under a corner of a bridge by the footpath, said Sleepy Hollow police; the placement raised suspicion. The item is being investigated and the blood is at a lab. Woman Arrested at Daughter's Birthday Party Harrison police arrested a woman who was celebrating her daughter's birthday after responding to a domestic dispute call. When they arrived at the woman's home, they learned that the woman was yelling because she thought someone was going to drive home drunk. Police took the woman to headquarters where she …
Traditional Fun Run named in their memory raises funds for sole surviving family member.
The New York Z Car Club paid tribute to the Sullivan family of Carmel saturday morning, renaming their "Fun Run" to the Sullivan Family Memorial Road Run Around The Mighty Hudson River. Thomas Sullivan, the club's events director who did the majority of planning for this event, was killed along with his wife and two daughters when fire engulfed their Carmel home May 1. Sullivan, a former New City resident, was a captain in the Larchmont Police Department and was a former New York City police officer. "He probably handled 75 percent of the planning for this ride" said membership director Dave Cerotti of Putnam Valley as he joined severl other club members at the Annsvile Circle gas station in Cortlandt Manor at 6:00 a.m. Sullivan was an …
Rockland falls 13-0, Velasquez gets loss after working 5 innings.
Game two of the Rockland Boulders’ season-opening series in Quebec was one to forget. The host Capitales rapped out 13 hits in an 13-0 victory. Jon Velasquez worked five innings and took the loss for Rockland, which fell to 0-2 on the young season. The teams will play again today and Sunday before the Boulders return to Provident Bank Park in Pomona for their home opener on Tuesday, May 22. Velasquez looked strong early, retiring six straight – three on strikeouts – after a leadoff walk as the teams were scoreless through two. Quebec broke through with two in the third on the strength of three straight doubles, with Jeff Jelps and Jonathan Malo driving in runs. They added another in the fourth and two in the fifth, sending Velasquez off …
Social Security Administration says Sophia and Jacob were most popular names across U.S.
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The Social Security Administration today announced the most popular baby names in New York for 2011. Michael and Sophia topped the list. The top five boys and girls names for 2011 in New York were: Boys: Girls: 1) Michael 1) Sophia 2) Jacob 2) Isabella 3) Jayden 3) Olivia 4) Matthew 4) Emma 5) Joseph 5) Ava Earlier this week, the federal government’s top official for baby names, Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, announced Sophia and Jacob were the most popular …
Friday, May 18, 2012
Legal dispute comes while preparations under way for funeral.
Thomas Richardson, brother to the late Mary Kennedy, has filed suit against estranged husband Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in state court in White Plains, multiple media outlets reported Friday. The lawsuit was filed yesterday and was not publicly searchable earlier on Friday. By the time basic information about the case appeared in the Westchester County Clerk's records, a motion had been granted to seal its detailed documents. The seal order was given Friday by Judge Joan Lefkowitz, records show. While the contents of the lawsuit are not known because of the seal order, Kennedy told The Associated Press Friday that the matter was "over" (click here for its story). Meanwhile, media outlets reported that Mary Kennedy had recently been sued by …
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