MV NAACP Host MVPL Trustee Candidate Forum
The NAACP Mount Vernon Branch, in partnership with the Mount Zion Christian Baptist Church, hosted a Mount Vernon Public Library (MVPL) Trustee Candidate Forum...
Ossining Leaders Push National Caregiver Support Through Dream’s Act
A Mother’s Fight Inspires National Caregiver Health & Wellness Act
OSSINING, NY — A powerful new chapter in caregiver advocacy was unveiled Thursday, May...
Brand Nubian To Be Inducted in The National Hip-Hop Museum
Hip-Hop Culture Salutes Brand Nubian With National Hip-Hop Museum Induction
Legendary Hip Hop group Brand Nubian (Grand Puba, Sadat X, and Lord Jamar) have been...
More Than Hats and Heels: Gamma Xi Zeta’s Scholarship Luncheon Was a Reminder That Black Women Are the Infrastructure
On Saturday afternoon, April 25, 2026, the VIP Country Club in New Rochelle became the kind of space Black folks know how to create...
Queens Man Arraigned on 16-Count Indictment in Alleged White Plains Sexual Assault Case
The alleged attack is said to have occurred over the course of hours and was captured on video surveillance
A 22-year-old Queens man has been...
Teresa B. Clarke Honored with Zeta Amicae Award and Proclamation
“Teresa B. Clarke Day” Declared Following Zeta Amicae Honor
At its annual Scholarship Luncheon, on Saturday, April 25, 2026, at the VIP Country Club in...
Sisters in Step: Healing, Liberation, and a 9AM Start with GirlTREK Westchester article
If you know GirlTREK, then you already understand, this is not just movement, this is ministry. And right here in Westchester? Oh, it’s personal.
Let...
Healthy Aging Workshop Brings White Plains Older Adults Together to Connect, Build Healthy Habits
White Plains — Dozens of older adults attended a Healthy Aging Workshop at the Thomas H. Slater Community Center, located at 2 Fisher Ct.,...
The Price of Breathing in Westchester
Let’s begin with what cannot be ignored.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, African Americans are significantly more likely to be hospitalized...
Royster, Robinson, Henderson & Bobbitt Family Celebrate 100+ Years In Westchester
“The Great Migration” was a historic movement of Black Americans, primarily in response to rampant injustices, extreme poverty, and racial violence. From around 1910...
Dare to Be Different Westchester Hosts the Largest Women’s History Month Gala
And This One Didn’t Just Shine… It Shifted Something
Greenburgh, NY — You ever walked into a room and immediately known this isn’t about to...
Westchester County Youth Bureau Joins My Brother’s Keeper Alliance For 2026 Youth Leadership Symposium
Legacy in Action: Empowering Youth, Building Futures
(White Plains, NY) – Westchester County Youth Bureau, in collaboration with the Lower Hudson Valley My Brother's Keeper...
Global Pulse: The Conversation Black and Minority Women Needed to Hear
There’s a particular kind of silence Black and minority women in New York know too well.
Not the city silence, we don’t really have that.
Not...
Mount Vernon Man Arraigned On Murder Charge In Connection With Killing NYC School Employee
Joveair Brice is accused of beating his girlfriend, a paraprofessional in the New York City school system, to death with a hammer
Joveair Brice, 28,...
Breaking the Silence Was Just the Beginning: What Happened When We Finally Told the Truth About Menopause
I arrived on March 30 at 5:30 p.m., just as registration opened, and before anything was even said from a microphone, the room was...
From Curbside to Commodity: ELOC Students Get an Inside Look at Yonker’s Materials Recycling Facility
Yonkers, NY — April 3, 2026 — Students from Environmental Leaders of Color (ELOC) — a Mount Vernon-based nonprofit that has been cultivating the...
Mangoville Owner OK Freddy & Wife Arrested & Arraigned On Tax Fraud Charges
Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced Thursday, April 9th, the arrest of a married couple and owners of Mangoville Meat & Grocery—a Mount...
MVPD Officer Brandon Hunter-Carney Busted in $800K Check Scam
According to Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace, Officer Brandon Hunter-Carney was arrested on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, and charged with second-degree grand larceny...
Global Pulse: Voices of Progress Podcast Premiering April 13, 2026 in commemoration of Black Maternal Health Week
Sister to Sister International (STSI), led by founder Dr. Cheryl Brannan, proudly announces the debut of its groundbreaking new podcast and a spotlight on...
Local Chaplain on Interfaith Unity and the Value of Religion for Young People By Carolyn E. Harrison
Our Stars Align More Than We Think
It was Fat Tuesday at The Children’s Village, the Dobbs Ferry residential campus for system-impacted youth. It is...
