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Farmer’s Markets Become Fall Foodie Destinations IN NY

By Morris Gut  Bronx Voice  September 15, 2025 NEW YORK - Want to visit a farmstand or pick your own? Take a flavorful fall foliage drive with the whole family. Here are some great destinations, and be sure to check ahead for hours and availability:  Wilken’s Farm , 1313 Whitehall Road, Yorktown Heights.  Marking their 106th year, visit the farmers market or pick your own apples, peaches, pumpkins, even Christmas Trees . Open Wednesday-Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through mid-Dec. 914-245-5111  We recently had a fruitful time at Wilken’s Fruit & Fur Farm. We went to pick our own. The peach and nectarine trees were loaded with fruit. Apples were available, too. Our final haul needed a bit more home ripening, but turned out sweet and delicious! www.wilkensfarm.com  Thompson’s Cider Mill , 335 Blinn Road, Croton-On-...

‘Bagman’ Steals Cell Phone



By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

December 7, 2022 


BRONX - Cops are searching for a ‘bagman’ who swiped a straphanger’s cell phone off of him on the subway. 


The NYPD released surveillance video of a man dressed in baggy clothes holding a bag, who is wanted in connection to a subway cell phone robbery during rush hour. 



At around 5:20 pm on November 10, a 48-year-old man was riding a northbound Number 6 train. As the train approached the 149th Street station, the man in the baggy clothes snatched his cell phone out of his hands.  




The suspect then casually walked off the train and out of the station. 


The victim did not sustain any injuries. 




Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


All calls are strictly confidential. 

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