Rebecca Baker joined The Journal News in March 2004. She covers state and county legal proceedings inside the Westchester County Courthouse, as well as cops and crime in Greenburgh and its six villages. In prior jobs, she covered Rockland County government and politics, and was a municipal reporter for newspapers in New Haven, Conn. and Warren, Ohio.
- October
- 26
Pace University law students got to pick the brains of (and have a cocktail with) the black-robe crowd during the annual “Meet the Judges” event at the law school this week.
The judges, some of whom are practicing attorneys, advised and encouraged the students, who weren’t shy about asking the judges for their thoughts about the law.
“For most of us, our bark is worse than our bite,” said Francis Nicolai, the administrative judge for the 9th Judicial District of the state … Read more of this entry »
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- October
- 26
The Scarsdale Police Benevolent Association has given $10,000 in phone cards to troops wounded in Iraq.
Six Scarsdale police officers presented the AT&T International calling cards to staff members of the Family Assistance Center at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. earlier this month.
The money came from the PBA’s second annual fundraiser to support soldiers recovering from Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Noble Eagle. Every dollar raised went toward the cost of the cards.
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