Yorktown, Cortlandt and surroundings

From left, Jonathan Cohen, 16, a student from the Math Honor Society from Hendrick Hudson High School helps Jonathan Cooper, 7, a third grade student at the Frank G. Lindsey Elementary School in Montrose with his math March 2, 2010. The high school students are getting community service credit for their work.

A moving candlelight vigil was held for Katelyn Lonergan and Marc Napolitano, Yorktown residents who were killed on January 10th in a crash in upstate, New York, at the Yorktown Gazebo Feb. 28, 2010. Family and friends spoke about their lives and shared photos and sang in their memory.  ( Ricky Flores / The Journal News )

Peekskill’s Daquan Brickhouse (1) shoots while being checked by Tappan Zee defenders during the first period at the Section 1 Semi-Finals at the Westchester County Center in White Plains Feb. 24, 2010.  Tappan Zee won 65-60 final.  ( Ricky Flores / The Journal News )

A snow plow makes it way pass a car that is stuck in the ditch on Route 132 in Shrub Oak during a heavy late morning snow storm which hit northern Westchester and Putnam creating slippery road conditions Feb. 23, 2010.  Stay tune to Lohud.com for school closings and other storm coverage ( Ricky Flores  / The Journal News )

A light snowfall makes for a messy commute along  Route 6 in Cortlandt Feb. 16, 2010.  Secondary roads are still lightly covered with snow.  ( Ricky Flores / The Journal News )

Sasha Aleshin, 7, of Mount Kisco, zips by Arturas Raganskas and Gabriele Ivanac, both from White Plains at Croton Gorge Park in Croton-On-Hudson Feb. 15, 2010. Children throughout the county are off for their mid-winter break. ( Ricky Flores / The Journal News )

From left, Betsy Palmieri and Norma Pereira-Mora, activists with the Hudson Valley Patriots for Immigration Reform will be marching in front of Congressman John Hall office on Monday 15th with a caravan that is traveling throughout the state calling for the documentation of undocumented immigrants Feb. 11, 2010.  For more on this story see Robert Marchant upcoming story here at Lohud.com. ( Ricky Flores / The Journal News )

Will stop United States Postal Carrier Ronald McGhee from making his rounds through Peekskill during during a Nor’easter which is hitting the tri-state Feb. 10, 2010.   I think Herodotus had McGhee in mind when he wrote that famous motto.   For more photos from today snowstorm check out our photo gallery on Lohud.com.   ( Ricky Flores / The Journal News )

From left, Steven Chambers, 9, and Grant Mckee, 10, students in Kristina Delcogliano’s 4th grade class, work on their hand made mbira, a traditional African finger piano at the Claremont School in Ossining Feb. 2, 2010.

The class is specifically designed to teach African and other cultures throughout the world and how they have influence culture here in the United States, not just to celebrate them during a specific month but throughout the year.

The class was lead by Kevin Nathaniel Hylton who also taught children traditional songs and dance.  The program was made possible by a grant from Ossining Matters Education Foundation.  ( Ricky Flores / The Journal News )

Westchester County and New York State Police at the scene of a bank robber at KeyBank on Route 6 in Mohegan Lake Jan. 21, 2010.  Police searched the surrounding woods for the suspect who was believed to had fled on foot.   See The Journal News tomorrow for more information or here at LoHud.com.  ( Ricky Flores / The Journal News )