A Mobile Food Pantry will be stationed at Shrub Oak Memorial Park on Sunnyside St. Thursday, Feb. 2 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. The pantry is a joint effort between Yorktown’s Food Security Task Force and Feeding Westchester and is
Read MoreDon Quinn, a Shrub Oak resident and husband of Support Connection Executive Director Kathy Quinn, died peacefully on Aug. 4 after a courageous two-year journey living with cancer. He was 67. Born in the Bronx, he is survived by his
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When Dennis Antonucci and his good friend Phil Visconti were 23, they decided to buy JV Hot Bagels on Lee Boulevard in Jefferson Valley. Both had worked there while attending Lakeland High School. They learned the nuts and bolts of
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By Rick Pezzullo A groundbreaking ceremony was held March 24 for what will be the first adaptive playground for children of all abilities in northern Westchester. The new playground, which is expected to open by Memorial Day, will be located
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A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Dec. 1 for a new 24-hour gas station/convenience store in Shrub Oak. The CoCo Farms service station on the corner of Route 6 and Barger Street is one of 12 businesses the Elmsford-based company operates
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Let’s Hope Section 1 Admins Back our Student-Athletes By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays There were so many things about high school, Lakeland High, in particular, that were so cool back in the day, yet there were some things
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Bianca Braun of Shrub Oak became the 11th student in Westchester Community College (WCC) history to win the highly competitive Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. This scholarship provides selected students with up to $40,000 a year to complete
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The long-closed Getty gas station on the corner of Route 6 and Barger Street in Shrub Oak is slated to be demolished Tuesday to make way for a new CoCo Farms convenience store and fueling station. The former Getty station
Read MoreA 40-year-old Yorktown man was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Route 6 in Shrub Oak Wednesday evening. Demetrious Doupis was declared dead at the scene after Yorktown Police arrived at about 7 p.m. following reports of a subject lying
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Kevin B. O’Neill, a Shrub Oak resident, died Oct. 4. He was 62. He was born Mar. 7, 1958, in the Bronx to Frances (McGraw) and Michael O’Neill. He grew up in Keansburg, N.J. and later returned to the Bronx
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