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  1. Yonkers City Council approved $14 million in bonds for rundown city schools; passage was uncertain because of council spat with Board of Ed
  2. Yonkers' Civil Service appointments criticized in state report. 15 have served without taking test for more than 5 years; limit is 9 months
  3. Yonkers toy & coat drive reaches more than 1,200 people. Mayor Amicone to give out toys and coats @87 Nepperhan Av. Rm. 307 @ 1pm on 12/22
  4. Yonkers getting a Miami Subs Pizza & Grill at 815 Yonkers Av. Grand opening Dec 18/19 with hourly bike give-aways. It's the 2nd one in NY.
  5. Yonkers mayor to veto environmental building legislation adopted by City Council. City's lawyer says it's "poorly drafted."
  6. Yonkers Public Library Foundation announces its first winter gala to raise $ for library. It's on Jan.22. Details at www.yonkersplf.org
  7. Yonkers artists on display tonight at YOHO Artists' Gallery Night at 578 Nepperhan Av, 5-8pm. Details @ www.yohoartists.com
  8. Park Hill tree lighting is tonight @7pm @south end of Rumsey Rd. The Pelham Larks choral group will sing. Refreshments @ Raquet Club after.
  9. Got an interesting Yonkers fact or piece of trivia? Submit it to www.myyonkersfacts.com and maybe win a Caribbean cruise if it's the best.
  10. Yonkers got shout out last night from U2's Bono at Rock&Roll Hall of Fame concert. Was it a jab @ Lady Gaga for denying she's from Yonkers?
  11. It's tree lighting season! Crestwood train station tree lighting on 12/2 @7pm @ Vermont Terr & Thompson St; Getty Square's is 12/3 @4:30pm
  12. Yonkers and Greenburgh residents along Catskill Aqueduct furious over Con Ed tree cutting. Greenburgh supervisor calls it a crime scene.
  13. Yonkers Public Schools will spend up to $60,000 with Parkway Exterminating on pest control from 11/1/09-10/31/10. Same rate as last year.
  14. Yonkers Public Schools to receive 50 special computers from IBM for science and math learning in districts with high Hispanic populations
  15. Yonkers adding sixth grade to 16 preK-5 schools in Sept. 2010. Also adding preK to Emerson MS as it phases most of its schools to preK-8
  16. Major traffic @ Yonkers Macy's for the morning sale around 10am. The parking lot was almost full and the construction adds to congestion
  17. Yonkers police statistics for Sept. show that crime incidents in first 9 months of 2009 rose by 5% compared with same period in 2008
  18. Yonkers City Council President Chuck Lesnick wins his reelection bid by 139 votes against Republican Jim Castro-Blanco, who conceded today
  19. Yonkers Con Ed substation explosion on 11/4 leads to massive oil-spill clean-up along Bronx River from Cross County Parkway to Bronx Zoo.
  20. Yonkers to host Vietnam Wall Dignity Memorial 11/11-15 @ Fleming Field.Opening ceremony @ 2pm on 11/11 in the park @ Prescott & Garfield Sts