White Plains Musician Gets Animated On 'Teen Titans' White Plains Musician Gets Animated On 'Teen Titans'
White Plains Musician Gets Animated On 'Teen Titans' WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- A hit song has turned into the opportunity of a lifetime for Frank Enea. Enea, a White Plains native who runs Satellite Music Studios in Mount Kisco, is playing himself on "Teen Titans Go," which is airing on the Cartoon Network this week. The episodes are based on a song he co-wrote called "The Night Begins To Shine." The song, recorded by Enea's band B.E.R., was written for the Warner Brothers music library and was used for the show on Oct. 2015. Once it aired, the song started taking off and charted on iTunes.  The song has more than four m…
Rye High Schooler Wins Award At NYC Film Competition Rye High Schooler Wins Award At NYC Film Competition
Rye High Schooler Wins Award At NYC Film Competition RYE, N.Y. -- Though she is only still in high school, Rye High School rising junior Francesa Murdoch is already making waves. Murdoch's short film, "Intervention," which she wrote and directed in 2014, was screened at the Community Access New York City Mental Health Film Festival. Murdoch won the Young Filmmaker Competiton at the festival. "Intervention" is about a teenage boy suffering from anxiety and depression while his friend Sarah tries to help him, although she is too late. Murdoch wrote the film when she was only 12, writing the first draft in one sitting. The m…
Hudson Valley Resident Goes 'Hollywood' With NYC Bus Tours Hudson Valley Resident Goes 'Hollywood' With NYC Bus Tours
Hudson Valley Resident Goes 'Hollywood' With NYC Bus Tours WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. --  It's lights, camera, action for Georgette Blau. Which, in her case, means putting everything in "drive." Blau, a New Rochelle resident, is the owner of On Location Tours, the world's largest TV and movie bus tour company. And yes, that means she knows a lot of TV and movie trivia, including where the apartment was for Carrie from "Sex and the City," where the rich kids hung out on "Gossip Girl,” and the pub that was the inspiration for "How I Met Your Mother." Not to mention a host of other TV and movie "secrets." T…
Autistic Boy Berated In Viral Video Uplifted By Elmwood Park Dad Autistic Boy Berated In Viral Video Uplifted By Elmwood Park Dad
Autistic Boy Berated In Viral Video Uplifted By Elmwood Park Dad ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. — When Elmwood Park father Jeff Leider saw in the news that a fan at a Yankees Game had insulted a young boy with autism, he knew he had to help. "When I saw what happened to Lucciano it ripped my heart out," Leider told Daily Voice. "I had to do something to make this kid feel better." Leider, who founded the Let Them Be Little X2 Foundation in honor of his two sick boys Jason and Justin, is making 4-year-old Lucciano DiMarco the honorary guest at this Sunday's motorcycle run. Lucciano will be riding in a police car among the 300 motorcycle who for…
Burke Physician Named Best Doctor By New York Magazine Burke Physician Named Best Doctor By New York Magazine
Burke Physician Named Best Doctor By New York Magazine WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Dr. Barry Jordan is one of the best of the best.For the 16th consecutive year, Dr. Jordan, assistant medical director and director of neurorehabilitation at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, was named one of the Best Doctors for Neurology by New York Magazine. “It is an honor to be named one of the Best Doctors in New York again this year, especially to be included in a group of such distinguished physicians," Dr. Jordan said.  At Burke, we pride ourselves on our comprehensive neurorehabilitation programs for those who have experienced a life changing neurological inj…
Westchester Resident Jeffrey Tambor Gets 2017 Emmy Nod Westchester Resident Jeffrey Tambor Gets 2017 Emmy Nod
Westchester Resident Jeffrey Tambor Gets 2017 Emmy Nod WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The 2017 Emmy nominations are out and once again, Westchester's own Jeffrey Tambor is on the list. Tambor, who's won in the past for his role in Amazon's "Transparent," was selected again. The Cross River resident, selected as "Best Actor in a Comedy Series," is up against Anthony Anderson of "Black-ish," Aziz Ansari, of "Master of None," Zach Galifianakis of "Baskets," Donald Glover of "Atlanta," and William H. Macy of "Shameless." The 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, which honors the best i…
27 Years Later, Cancer Loss Still Haunts This Westchester Runner 27 Years Later, Cancer Loss Still Haunts This Westchester Runner
27 Years Later, Cancer Loss Still Haunts This Westchester Runner WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. --  Evan Konwiser has made it his mission to raise funds for cancer research.  And so, for the fourth year in a row, he'll be participating in the Runyon 5K at Yankee Stadium. His goal? To eradicate having one less family member lose their life to cancer. The New Rochelle resident lost his sister, Jill, then 11, in the 1980s to a rare form of the disease.  For the first time ever, his mom, Ava Konwiser, will also be participating (she's usually a spectator).  Konwiser said he supports the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation because they have the most innovative…
Family Of Slain Yonkers MLB Draft Choice Holds Scholarship Softball Tourney Family Of Slain Yonkers MLB Draft Choice Holds Scholarship Softball Tourney
Family Of Slain Yonkers MLB Draft Choice Holds Scholarship Softball Tourney YONKERS, N.Y. -- More than 700 people will be coming together in Yonkers to play softball and remember Mike Nolan. Nolan's family is hosting a softball tournament on Saturday, July 22 at Cook Field in Yonkers to raise money for the Michael Nolan Scholarship Fund from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Twenty teams will be playing, including the Yonkers Police Department, Yonkers Fire Department, and Westchester County Police.  Nolan, a baseball player drafted by the Oakland Athletics, was killed in a shooting in 2015. He was 23 years old. The scholarship fund selects eight students, one from each Yonkers Hig…
Bitsy Is SPCA Pet Of The Week Bitsy Is SPCA Pet Of The Week
Bitsy Is SPCA Pet Of The Week BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. -- Bitsy is hoping to get out of the shelter. Bitsy is a one-year-old shepherd mix who finds life at the SPCA in Briarcliff Manor very stressful, according to the SPCA. The SPCA said the hustle and bustle of the shelter are too much for Bitsy and they are hoping to find a foster home so she can be a carefree puppy.  Medical care, food, and other necessities will be covered by the SPCA for foster homes. Bitsy loves car rides, is crate trained, gets along great with other dogs, and loves to hike and explore the outdoors, the SPCA said. Kids around 14 and up would be a …
Westchester's Willie Geist Plays Key Role In Coverage Of Trump Tweet Attack Westchester's Willie Geist Plays Key Role In Coverage Of Trump Tweet Attack
Westchester's Willie Geist Plays Key Role In Coverage Of Trump Tweet Attack "Morning Joe," the MSNBC show that has come under a Twitter attack by President Donald Trump, has quite the local flavor. South Salem's Willie Geist is one of the main anchors of the show, along with Bronxville's Mika Brzezinski. Geist anchored the show Friday and questioned Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough to get their side of the story after Trump and called them "crazy" (in Scarborough's case) and "dumb as a rock." (In Brzezinski's case). Trump also said Brzezinski was bleeding from a facelift at a New Year's Eve party at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. Scarborough…
Petey Is SPCA Pet Of The Week Petey Is SPCA Pet Of The Week
Petey Is SPCA Pet Of The Week Petey is seeking a forever home. The SPCA said Petey is a gentle, middle-aged terrier mix that gets along well with other dogs and really enjoys the company of people. He's super smart and already has a good handle on basic training and cues, according to the SPCA. He'd like a home where someone is home more often than not or a home where he can go to doggy daycare or have a dog walker come visit him, the SPCA said.  For more information, e-mail trainer@spca914.org.
Mount Vernon Dedicates Park To Slain Teenage Girls Basketball Player Mount Vernon Dedicates Park To Slain Teenage Girls Basketball Player
Mount Vernon Dedicates Park To Slain Teenage Girls Basketball Player MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. - Officials in Mount Vernon dedicated a park to the memory of Shamoya McKenzie, the 13-year-old girls basketball star who was shot and killed in the city on New Year’s Eve. On Thursday, Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas and Schools Superintendent Richard Hamilton were joined by friends and family of McKenzie’s as they dedicated a Graham Elementary School park to the slain teenager, who was allegedly gunned down by 22-year-old David Hardy. “Our top goal is to improve what happens behind the walls in our schools with the education of our students, but to become excellent at…