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Yonkers Fire Officials Ratify Contract; City Sets Vote
YONKERS, N.Y. -- The long battle between Yonkers and fire officers over a contract will soon be over, city officials said this week.
Members of the Uniformed Fire Officers Association, who have been working without a contract, or a cost-of-living raise, for seven years, have ratified a new pact, according to a spokesperson from Mayor Mike Spano’s office.
The City Council is scheduled to formally vote on the pact on Tuesday, April 5, the spokesperson said.
According to a report on News12, the deal will give fire officers, such as lieutenants and captains, an approximate 2 percent raise over…
Scarsdale Woman Who Inspired Harry Chapin Song Dies At 73
SCARSDALE, N.Y. -- The Scarsdale native who was said to be the inspiration for Harry Chapin’s love song “Taxi” died earlier this month in Falls Church, Va., according to a report by lohud.com
Clare Alden MacIntyre-Ross met the singer-songwriter in 1960 at a summer camp in Fishkill where she was a counselor and Chapin – and his brother, Tom, also a famed musician – were campers, the lohud report said.
She and Harry Chapin dated for a while after the summer was over, but eventually broke up, apparently inspiring Chapin to write “Taxi,” a song about former lovers, and “Stars Tangled in Her Hai…
New Rochelle Seniors To Get Their Groove On At 70's 'Throwback Party'
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- The New Rochelle Youth Council is inviting seniors to get their groove on at a 70’s “Throwback Party” next month.The party is set for 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 16, at the Hugh A. Doyle Center Senior Center, located at 94 Davis Ave.
The event will feature catered food, appetizers, dancing, raffles, and “groovy” music.
Registration for the event is required. Tickets are $5.
For more information, call Michelle Oliveros of the New Rochelle Youth Bureau at (914)-654-2045.
To register for the party, call Mary Ellen Costa, at the Office for the Aging, (914)-235-2363.
