Police search for white van in Rye
Two different incidents, with two different descriptions of a white van approaching children, have police and the community in Rye on alert. Read Danielle DeSouza’s story here.
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New Rochelle, Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Rye, Port Chester, Pelham and HarrisonHow’s your neighborhood doing in the Census 2010 mail-a-thon?
Call me a census nerd, but this is kind of cool. There’s a Census 2010 widget that can be downloaded to track the participation rates, on a daily basis, in any neighborhood in the country. I checked out the middle of Port Chester. Folks, you have work to do: Countywide,... Read More →
Police: violent crime still on decline in New Rochelle
Violent crime continued to drop in the City of New Rochelle last year, according to the city’s police department, which released its annual report for 2009. The department reported that violent crimes went down 15 percent, robberies went down 28 percent, and larceny dropped 19 percent compared to 2008. One… Read More →
Which Westchester communities are greenest?
In an editorial, we assess the value of a recent “How Green is My Town?” survey conducted by Grassroots Environmental Education, a regional nonprofit dedicated to educating the public about connections between the environment and human health, and the Pace University Academy for Applied Environmental Studies. The survey, which studied… Read More →
New Rochelle offers lessons in police work
Want a closer look at the operations of the New Rochelle Police Department? Here’s your chance. The department is now taking applications for its annual Citizens Police Academy. During the academy, citizens learn about law enforcement and the criminal justice system from instructors ranging from the police commissioner, to division… Read More →
Larchmont’s “Turtle lake”
Editor’s note: Guest blogger Lynda LaMonte Garmong, our recent “unofficial mayor contest” winner, sends along this picture from the field. Her caption tells it all: “Turtle Park in Larchmont becomes Turtle Lake.”
Help available for filling in Census 2010 forms
Know anyone who needs help filling out the Census 2010 form? Port Chester has a list of questionnaire assistance centers here on its web site. Myself, I have no excuses. The form has been sitting in my bag, all filled out and ready to go, for about a week now…. Read More →
Mamaroneck school district: FOIL answer for yes/no question
I’ve got a story coming out in tomorrow’s Journal News about three Mamaroneck school staffers that might get fired next year. One of them is Jennifer Rosenzweig, a high school English teacher that over 465 people on Facebook are supporting. The other two are former guidance counselors Elizabeth Denhoff and… Read More →
New Ro fire commissioner: “We’re rocking right now”
Phones are ringing at the New Rochelle fire stations today and the sump pumps are out. Fire Commissioner Ray “Doc” Kiernan said some 40 residents had called seeking help with watery basements. “We’re getting a lot of calls for flooded basements. We’re rocking right now,” he said. Firefighters were also… Read More →
Rye prepares to bail out flooded sanitary system
While the Blind Brook is still below its dam’s 19-foot-limit, the rain is overwhelming sanitary system pump stations, assistant city manager Scott Pickup said. “The volume of the water in the sanitary system, if it surcharges those pumps, we’ll have a problem,” he said. The city is getting ready to… Read More →
