A five kilometer run/walk organized by the Aisling Irish Community Center on Sunday, May 19 will be dedicated to a woman who knew no bounds while she lived in New York a number of years ago.

Thousands of Yonkers’ locals, young and old, braved the cold on Saturday afternoon to make their way to the second annual McLean Avenue St. Patrick's Day parade which took place along the famous Emerald Mile.

Two people were rescued from the icy waters of the Hudson River, in Yonkers, on Sunday evening, after their two man aircraft crashed.

The Irish community in Woodlawn are hosting a fundraiser for County Monaghan man Shane Hoey who was recently diagnosed with stage four intestinal cancer.

Six months ago 21-year-old Co. Meath native Alisha Jordan was brutally attacked on Katonah avenue in the Bronx while walking home after a night out in the popular Irish neighborhood.

The popular native of County Clare, Ireland – band leader, Guss Hayes – will be among the musical entertainment helping to bring in 2013 at Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway on New Year’s Eve (Monday night,December 31, 2012). Special dinner party packages are available, and live entertainment at the Entertainment Lounge in the Gotham Palace will be featured as the curtain comes down on 2012.  

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On Wednesday, October 3, "Sex and the City" superstar Sarah Jessica Parker took a visit to the Irish enclave of McLean Avenue in Yonkers to stock up on Irish goodies, thrilling locals in the process.

Certain followers ignoring myths and inspired by Mayo's captivating play and title drought, had remained hopeful of a victory against Donegal. No such luck on Sunday. Not this year anyway.

Jess Buzzutto, better known as the Yonkers Leprechaun, is being remembered fondly by his community in the wake of his death on Wednesday morning following a battle with illness. Buzzutto was 70 years old.

Background: Born in Rockfield, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Doherty immigrated to London when he was 19 before he joined his sisters in New York in 1961. He is being honored at the Aisling Irish Center’s dinner dance next month, and is the owner of Precision Windows in Yonkers.

I was thrown onto a Gaelic football pitch probably at the age of five. Davey, my Dad, a strong GAA man saw the amount of energy I had as a child and thought, what better way to let her release it than to run around a football pitch.

Three days before the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 a special little boy was born. His parents, living in Crusheen, Co. Clare, called him Joe. He was the sixth child born into the family.

The New York Rose of Tralee Center is proud to announce this year's New York Rose Competition. As part of the International Rose of Tralee organization, the New York Rose of Tralee Center is proud to promote and honor young women of Irish heritage who have dedicated themselves to their communities and connection to their Irish roots.

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"It's very windy in the trees so I'm happy to go to school today because I don't like the wind," said Niamh Kelly, 4, as she tucked her hand behind her back to make sure her bag pack was secure.

Shannon and Kathleen Enright are dancing their way to Glasgow, Scotland at the end of this week to participate in the World Irish Dancing Championships.