Large crowd at Edgewater Park, NYPD Mobilization has been called.

Published by Twitter mail on August 30, 2008.

The pedestrian bridge, which dates to 1848 and connects Manhattan with the Bronx, was built as one of the nation's earliest aqueducts and brought water to Manhattan from the Croton River in Westchester.

Published by amNY.com on August 26, 2008.

In Westchester County, the affluent Bronxville district decided not to pursue a pre-kindergarten program for about 100 students because, as Superintendent David Quattrone put it, “the vast majority of parents prefer to use the private programs in our community.” He also cited financial and space constraints.

Published by New York Times on August 23, 2008.

But the news was even scarier for the 300,000 people who live within 10 miles of the controversial Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County, about 24 miles north of the city.

Published by New York Daily News on August 22, 2008.

Donnette Sanz, 33, a traffic enforcement agent employed by the police, was hit by a 1986 Dodge while on duty at an intersection in the Bronx. Sanz, who was eight months pregnant, was then thrown into the path of a school bus, according to a police report.

Published by New York Sun on August 15, 2008.

Fordham University will make a new foray outside New York City on September 9 when it opens its Westchester campus.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 14, 2008.

In an effort to rally support for a proposed 16-mile tunnel under Long Island Sound that would link Nassau and Westchester counties, developers held a meeting Wednesday with a Suffolk County legislative committee.

Published by amNY.com on August 13, 2008.

Westchester County says it's been finding a lot of stores selling milk at prices above New York limits.

Published by New York Sun on July 29, 2008.

Several independent beach clubs have sold their valuable property to developers. Of the surviving clubs along Clarence Avenue in Throgs Neck, several belong to larger national organizations or societies, which has so far helped them avoid selling their land.

Published by Gotham Gazette on July 28, 2008.

Directly across the Long Island Sound from the multimillion-dollar Mediterranean villas in Whitestone Woods, the Throgs Neck neighborhood in the Bronx might offer the most affordable coastal living experience in the five boroughs.

Published by New York Daily News on July 25, 2008.

Bradford, 50, of the 2300 block of Andrews Avenue, and Nieves, 32, of the 1700 block of Bruckner Boulevard, were nabbed yesterday at their respective Bronx homes and brought back to the North Shore's 120th Precinct by detectives who tracked the pair down after they bought a flat-screen television at Best Buy near the Staten Island Mall.

Published by SI Live on July 18, 2008.

The popular drug Mirapex helped a Westchester man combat his Parkinson's disease - but, he claims, it also turned him into a compulsive gambler who lost his multimillion-dollar fortune.

Published by New York Post on July 10, 2008.

Soundview Park:

Published by New York Post on July 7, 2008.

The other eight are Highbridge Park and Randalls Island Park in Manhattan; Pelham Bay Park and Soundview Park in the Bronx; Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens; and Spring Creek Park, Fresh Creek Nature Preserve and under the Brighton Beach boardwalk in Brooklyn.

Published by New York Post on July 6, 2008.

, 42, was crossing Castle Hill Ave. after a day at work when he was slammed by a car racing north on the busy street just before 8:30 p.m. Thursday, police said.

Published by New York Daily News on July 5, 2008.

She called U.S. Marshals and asked them to promise her son would be safe. A few minutes later, the 49-year-old Westchester man's three weeks on the run came to a halt when he rode a scooter to the police station in Southwick, Massachusetts.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 3, 2008.

Of the remaining New York City children with lead poisoning, 22 percent lived in Queens, mostly in West Queens and Southwest Queens; 19 percent lived in the Bronx, mostly in Crotona, Tremont, Pelham, Throgs Neck, Fordham, Bronx Park, High Bridge and Morrisania; 13 percent lived in Manhattan, mostly in Washington Heights, Inwood, Central Harlem, Morningside Heights and the Upper West Side; and 4 percent lived on Staten Island, mostly in Stapleton, St. George and Port Richmond.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

Garcia, 25, spent her childhood living on Marion Avenue, but moved to Throgs Neck at the age of 9. At first, the peppy, pint-sized Puerto Rican found it difficult to fit in with the largely Irish and Italian neighbors, but became more outgoing and independent through cheerleading.

Published by West Bronx Blog on June 30, 2008.

New York authorities say they've concluded a massive effort to crack down on unlicensed home improvement contractors. They've issued nearly 700 violations and seized more than 130 vehicles during a five-week sweep. The city's Department of Consumer Affairs conducted hundreds of routine and undercover inspections along with officials from Westchester and Nassau counties.

Published by SI Live on June 26, 2008.

To participate in the Buying Club, residents must live in 10451, 10452, 10453, 10454, 10455, 10456, 10457, 10459, 10460 and 10474. Institutional buyers, including nonprofits that distribute food for the needy, can also take part.

Published by Crain's New York Business on June 25, 2008.

Robert Machin holds broken leash worn by Ginger (below), one of his two Boston terriers, at the site near Randall and St. Lawrence Aves. where Ginger was sucked into a speeding street-sweeper.

Published by New York Daily News on June 14, 2008.

An out-of-control street sweeper killed a beloved Boston terrier in The Bronx, mowing down the pooch and sucking her up from her owner's leash, officials said yesterday. Robert Machin, 57, a retired transit worker, had just finished walking little Ginger and his other dog, Buster, also a terrier, at Randall and St. Lawrence avenues in the Soundview section at about 10 a.m. Thursday.

Published by New York Post on June 14, 2008.

The incident occurred at Randall and St. Lawrence avenues in the Soundview section of the borough. Witnesses say the sweeper came speeding down the street, swerving to avoid a speed bump, before yanking the dog, a Boston terrier named Ginger, right out of its leash.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 13, 2008.

Yet a few miles away, in the authority's Castle Hill Houses, 127 perfectly good apartments have sat empty for up to two years, agency records obtained by the Daily News show. Do the math. That's 6% of the 2,023 units in the Castle Hill complex.

Published by New York Daily News on June 13, 2008.

At Castle Hill Houses in the Bronx, 127 units, 6% of the development's 2,023 apartments, are being kept off the rolls.

Published by New York Daily News on June 6, 2008.

A man fleeing a drug raid in a Bronx apartment on Wednesday afternoon fell three stories to his death, while two women making the same escape attempt survived and were hospitalized, the authorities said.

Published by New York Times on June 5, 2008.

The drama unfolded at 2:45 p.m. when Drug Enforcement Administration agents attempted to execute a search warrant at 2001 Story Ave. in the Soundview section.

Published by New York Post on June 5, 2008.

A surprise federal raid at a Bronx heroin mill Wednesday sent employees scattering - including three who leaped from a ninth-floor balcony in a desperate attempt to escape. One man was killed and two women were injured after they tried to leap to freedom and tumbled three stories to another balcony below.

Published by New York Daily News on June 5, 2008.

One person died and two others were injured after jumping out of the ninth floor window of a Bronx heroin lab during a raid by federal drug agents yesterday, authorities said. Drug Enforcement Administration officials said that yesterday, police entered apartment 9G at 2001 Story Ave. in the Unionport section of the Bronx with a search warrant. As they entered, three people jumped out of the balcony window, and fell from the ninth floor onto a terrace on the sixth floor, officials said.

Published by New York Sun on June 5, 2008.

So when 20 fifth graders were clamoring for my John Hancock at PS 69 on Tuesday afternoon, you can imagine my utter amazement. And the bright shade of red I turned.

Published by SI Live on June 4, 2008.

Police were called to the building at 2045 Story Ave. in the Soundview section of the borough after there were reports of shots fired. Instead, they found the alleged drug operation being run inside a ninth floor apartment.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 4, 2008.

Federal agents responded to an apartment building at 2065 Story Avenue to executive a raid sometime after 3 p.m.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 4, 2008.

Mr. Colón is so passionate about New York that he apparently splits his time between a New Rochelle home set atop a grassy rise and an apartment in a three-family brick row house rental with concrete yards on a dead-end street in the Bronx. The street in Throgs Neck, however, is not bereft of charm — a yacht club sits at the end of the block.

Published by New York Times on June 3, 2008.

Ma Wrench, who will be honored by Soundview Health Center this week, shows off T-shirt that says, "It's a sin to look this good at 102." They call her "Ma" Wrench, and she is an elegant grandmotherly type. She's been a fixture at the Soundview Health Center for three decades, as a volunteer with patients, and provider of sweet potato pies that staffers swear are her fountain of youth.

Published by New York Daily News on June 2, 2008.

Party Chairman Jay Savino tells us that political steamroller known as the Bronx Republican Party has picked former cop and Morris Park Realtor Dan Fasolino to challenge State Sen. Jeff Klein in the Nov. 4 election for his north Bronx/lower Westchester seat.

Published by New York Daily News on June 2, 2008.

Prosecutors say four men have been sentenced for assaulting an off-duty New York City police officer at a White Castle restaurant in 2006.

Published by New York Daily News on May 28, 2008.

That's counter-intuitive for Larry Hogan, a Westchester resident who likes to use the greenways to roller blade.

Published by Riverdale Press on May 22, 2008.

The "Friends of Ferry Point Park" group replanted 15 trees in the park in a morning ceremony yesterday - one to remember each of the people from the Throgs Neck area lost in the attack.

Published by New York Post on May 18, 2008.

By the modern safety standards that make us all mice, there was simply no room for them at this otherwise wonderful facility outside Public School 138 in Soundview, the first of 200 playgrounds slated for renovation over the next 18 months.

Published by New York Daily News on May 15, 2008.

“The numbers just don’t work right now for a restaurant guy to come in and run a profitable business,” says Jimmy Rodriguez, a restaurateur who in the past has owned Jimmy’s Uptown in Harlem, Jimmy’s Bronx Cafe and Jimmy’s City Island.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on May 15, 2008.

With $400,000 provided under a new initiative, PS 138 in the Soundview section of The Bronx officially opened a new playground yesterday equipped with a butterfly garden, rock-climbing wall and slides.

Published by New York Post on May 15, 2008.

A new school playground in the Bronx will be open on weekends and vacations so that the community can benefit when school is not in session. Mayor Michael Bloomberg cut the ribbon Wednesday on Public School 138's $400,000 playground.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on May 14, 2008.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg cut the ribbon Wednesday on Public School 138's $400,000 playground.

Published by amNY.com on May 14, 2008.

The tragic friendly fire death of a suburban police officer leads to a call for change in police training. Tuesday marked day two of weapons of mass destruction training for recruits at the Westchester County Police Academy. By contrast - recruits here get just a half-day training on so called off-duty confrontations - when on-duty officers respond to calls involving off-duty cops.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on May 13, 2008.

He pointed to neighborhoods like the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Long Island City and Flushing in Queens, Downtown Brooklyn and Dumbo in Brooklyn, and Soundview and Throgs Neck in the Bronx, saying he was concerned that residential construction in those places was outpacing new schools.

Published by New York Times on May 9, 2008.

An antenna on the roof of 875 Boynton Ave., which is soon to be a relic of analog television. For people without cable or satellite television service, the annoyances involved in tuning in a favorite show or the 6 o’clock news with a signal from a rooftop antenna have always included rainstorms and windy days.

Published by New York Times on May 9, 2008.

Louis R. Cappelli, a Westchester County builder, emerged as an unlikely potential savior after the federal government quashed a decades-long effort to bring casino gambling to the Catskills.

Published by New York Times on May 8, 2008.

There was a heartbreaking high school reunion in Westchester Friday night - because the class hero couldn't make it.

Published by New York Daily News on May 3, 2008.

"It's like I hit the lottery," Westchester resident Stephen Marshall said.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 23, 2008.

Joshua Rodriguez had been playing with the tiny ball in his family's Throgs Neck home before he went to sleep Monday. He took the ball to bed with him and somehow swallowed it overnight, police sources said.

Published by New York Daily News on April 23, 2008.