Mount Kisco Musician Gets Animated On 'Teen Titans' Mount Kisco Musician Gets Animated On 'Teen Titans'
Mount Kisco Musician Gets Animated On 'Teen Titans' WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- A hit song has turned into the opportunity of a lifetime for Frank Enea. Enea, a White Plains native who runs Satellite Music Studios in Mount Kisco, is playing himself on "Teen Titans Go," which is airing on the Cartoon Network this week. The episodes are based on a song he co-wrote called "The Night Begins To Shine." The song, recorded by Enea's band B.E.R., was written for the Warner Brothers music library and was used for the show on Oct. 2015. Once it aired, the song started taking off and charted on iTunes.  The song has more than four m…
Hudson Valley Resident Goes 'Hollywood' With NYC Bus Tours Hudson Valley Resident Goes 'Hollywood' With NYC Bus Tours
Hudson Valley Resident Goes 'Hollywood' With NYC Bus Tours WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. --  It's lights, camera, action for Georgette Blau. Which, in her case, means putting everything in "drive." Blau, a New Rochelle resident, is the owner of On Location Tours, the world's largest TV and movie bus tour company. And yes, that means she knows a lot of TV and movie trivia, including where the apartment was for Carrie from "Sex and the City," where the rich kids hung out on "Gossip Girl,” and the pub that was the inspiration for "How I Met Your Mother." Not to mention a host of other TV and movie "secrets." T…
Video: Cortlandt Coyote On The Move In Peekskill? Video: Cortlandt Coyote On The Move In Peekskill?
Video: Cortlandt Coyote On The Move In Peekskill? Maybe it was looking to make a quick stop at the supermarket? For the second time this week, a coyote has been spotted roaming the streets of Westchester. A passerby shot video of a coyote prowling on Main Street in Peekskill on Tuesday night, across from Stop & Shop in the Beach Shopping Center. It was not immediately clear if it was the same coyote that was hanging out between Route 9A and the Cortlandt train station in Montrose earlier this week, or a separate animal, though a witness said it looked similar. These sightings come on the heels of coyotes being tracked in Greenburgh, T…
Wild Coyote Makes Close Approach To Montrose Train Station Wild Coyote Makes Close Approach To Montrose Train Station
Wild Coyote Makes Close Approach To Montrose Train Station Maybe it had a train to catch? Shortly after noon on Monday, a passerby noticed a coyote hanging out between Route 9A and the northern entrance of the Montrose train station in Cortlandt. This most recent sighting is just the latest coyote concerns in the Hudson Valley recently. Earlier this year, the Greenburgh Police Department issued an advisory regarding coyotes. Coyotes were also spotted near The Hilton in Rye and near the Yonkers Raceway last month. Police caution that coyotes should never be fed, and if a coyote is spotted, one should be aggressive with their behavior, making loud n…
Yorktown Community Rallies Behind Family After Mom, 49, Dies While Hiking Yorktown Community Rallies Behind Family After Mom, 49, Dies While Hiking
Yorktown Community Rallies Behind Family After Mom, 49, Dies While Hiking The Yorktown community has come together to support the family of Tracey Doerr Lister, who died Monday from complications of heat stroke while hiking with her boys at Black Canyon National Park in Colorado. Lister, who grew up in Yorktown and was living in Colorado, was 49 years old and would have celebrated her birthday Friday, July 14. Lister was hiking with her 16- and 20-year-old sons when she collapsed on the trail, according to the National Park Service. Son Hansen Lister is a junior in college and Barrett Lister a junior in high school. Tracey's brother, Rob Doerr, is a police offic…
Northern Westchester Resident Jeffrey Tambor Gets 2017 Emmy Nod Northern Westchester Resident Jeffrey Tambor Gets 2017 Emmy Nod
Northern Westchester Resident Jeffrey Tambor Gets 2017 Emmy Nod WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The 2017 Emmy nominations are out and once again, Westchester's own Jeffrey Tambor is on the list. Tambor, who's won in the past for his role in Amazon's "Transparent," was selected again. The Cross River resident, selected as "Best Actor in a Comedy Series," is up against Anthony Anderson of "Black-ish," Aziz Ansari, of "Master of None," Zach Galifianakis of "Baskets," Donald Glover of "Atlanta," and William H. Macy of "Shameless." The 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, which honors the best i…
27 Years Later, Cancer Loss Still Haunts This Westchester Runner 27 Years Later, Cancer Loss Still Haunts This Westchester Runner
27 Years Later, Cancer Loss Still Haunts This Westchester Runner WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. --  Evan Konwiser has made it his mission to raise funds for cancer research.  And so, for the fourth year in a row, he'll be participating in the Runyon 5K at Yankee Stadium. His goal? To eradicate having one less family member lose their life to cancer. The New Rochelle resident lost his sister, Jill, then 11, in the 1980s to a rare form of the disease.  For the first time ever, his mom, Ava Konwiser, will also be participating (she's usually a spectator).  Konwiser said he supports the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation because they have the most innovative…
Bitsy Is SPCA Pet Of The Week Bitsy Is SPCA Pet Of The Week
Bitsy Is SPCA Pet Of The Week BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. -- Bitsy is hoping to get out of the shelter. Bitsy is a one-year-old shepherd mix who finds life at the SPCA in Briarcliff Manor very stressful, according to the SPCA. The SPCA said the hustle and bustle of the shelter are too much for Bitsy and they are hoping to find a foster home so she can be a carefree puppy.  Medical care, food, and other necessities will be covered by the SPCA for foster homes. Bitsy loves car rides, is crate trained, gets along great with other dogs, and loves to hike and explore the outdoors, the SPCA said. Kids around 14 and up would be a …
Terry Elsberry, Northern Westchester Church Rector, Calls It A Career Terry Elsberry, Northern Westchester Church Rector, Calls It A Career
Terry Elsberry, Northern Westchester Church Rector, Calls It A Career BEDFORD, N.Y. -- For the past 23 years, Terry Elsberry has seen people at their highest and lowest points. Elsberry, who lives in Greenwich, recently retired as rector of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Bedford after serving for 23 years. As rector, Elsberry oversaw a period of change for the church. It increased in parishioners and doubled the size of the parish house. It celebrated its bicentennial in 2010 and started a preschool and chamber music concert series. "We've had a lot of fun," Elsberry said. The church has been also been active in helping other Episcopal churches…
Westchester's Willie Geist Plays Key Role In Coverage Of Trump Tweet Attack Westchester's Willie Geist Plays Key Role In Coverage Of Trump Tweet Attack
Westchester's Willie Geist Plays Key Role In Coverage Of Trump Tweet Attack "Morning Joe," the MSNBC show that has come under a Twitter attack by President Donald Trump, has quite the local flavor. South Salem's Willie Geist is one of the main anchors of the show, along with Bronxville's Mika Brzezinski. Geist anchored the show Friday and questioned Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough to get their side of the story after Trump and called them "crazy" (in Scarborough's case) and "dumb as a rock." (In Brzezinski's case). Trump also said Brzezinski was bleeding from a facelift at a New Year's Eve party at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. Scarborough…
Peekskill Cancer Survivor Running 5K At Yankee Stadium Peekskill Cancer Survivor Running 5K At Yankee Stadium
Peekskill Cancer Survivor Running 5K At Yankee Stadium PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- Patrick Fitzgerald is a cancer survivor who doesn't remember having cancer. Fitzgerald, a Peekskill resident, and Hendrick Hudson graduate was diagnosed with testicular carcinoma at nine months old and has been cancer free since he was three. Fitzgerald is participating in the Runyon 5K at Yankee Stadium on July 15 to raise awareness and funds for cancer research. Fitzgerald is also running for his mother, who successfully battled ovarian cancer. "This is a really great opportunity," Fitzgerald said. "I really like running 5Ks." Not remembering his c…
Petey Is SPCA Pet Of The Week Petey Is SPCA Pet Of The Week
Petey Is SPCA Pet Of The Week Petey is seeking a forever home. The SPCA said Petey is a gentle, middle-aged terrier mix that gets along well with other dogs and really enjoys the company of people. He's super smart and already has a good handle on basic training and cues, according to the SPCA. He'd like a home where someone is home more often than not or a home where he can go to doggy daycare or have a dog walker come visit him, the SPCA said.  For more information, e-mail trainer@spca914.org.