Area athletes made for special 2008
Iona Prep football player Jeff Mack, White Plains basketball player Angelei Aguirre and Fox Lane swimmer Kim Holden are among the athletes who made magic in 2008.

New Year's brings higher tolls, more alternative energy
ALBANY - Tolls on the New York State Thruway are going up 5 percent Sunday, and starting today more utility customers will be able to sell back excess electricity they generate on their own to utilities.

Driver's test hopeful loses control, pins pedestrian in New Rochelle
NEW ROCHELLE - A Bronx woman's driver's test came to an abrupt end yesterday morning when she pinned a pedestrian with the examiner's car on a snowy New Rochelle street, police said.