LARCHMONT — James Dashner’s novel “The Maze Runner” will be discussed at the Larchmont Public Library young-adult book club’s first meeting of the summer at 7 p.m. Monday, July 11, at 121 Larchmont Ave. This season, the club for teens ages 13 to 16 will also discuss Rachel Ward’s “Numbers”... Read More →
MAMARONECK — A Mamaroneck family is suing the school district in federal court, accusing it of failing to meet its dyslexic son’s needs and giving misleading reports about his progress. “They were negligent,” the boy’s mother, Susan Hynes, said. “They should have known they weren’t capable of handling somebody as… Read More →
NEW ROCHELLE A 20-year-old Mamaroneck man was attacked by 10 men who punched him several times then took his wallet and $300 cell phone, New Rochelle police said. The victim told police he was near 219 North Ave. when the group attacked him at 12:28 a.m. today. The man suffered… Read More →
It’s Thursday. We’re inching closer to the long holiday weekend. Here’s a glance at opinion content published today: Greg Ball and gay marriage: Editorial We comment on the political mechanics and arm-twisting that led to the state Senate’s 33-29 vote to legalize same-sex marriage in New York. In particular, we… Read More →
A divided Port Chester school board voted tonight to hire Edward Kliszus, superintendent in Hackensack, N.J., to take the district’s top post over the next three years. The salary and terms were not immediately disclosed. (Update: The contract calls for a $217,150 annual salary with no benefits.) Board members had… Read More →
In the wake of the 66-count indictment of Department of Public Works employee Richard Fevang, several city officials issued written statements about the case on Wednesday. Excerpts of some of these statements will appear in a story in Thursday’s edition of The Journal News. Below are those statements in full…. Read More →
Dr. Richard Garvey, chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Sound Shore Medical Center, in New Rochelle, earned high honors from the American Red Cross for his work in Haiti. Garvey, who has offices in Bronxville and New York City as well as Sound Shore, went to Haiti following the… Read More →
The New Rochelle Humane Society is looking for animal-related vendors (not vendors related to animals, but vendors who sell merchandise or services that have to do with animals) to participate in their annual dog wash on Sunday, July 17, at 70 Portman Road, in New Rochelle. It’s not just a… Read More →
A house near the Rye waterfront caught fire this afternoon. No one was injured in the blaze at 697 Forest Ave., but emergency personnel from various Sound Shore communities responded and Con Ed workers cut power to the area by Bird Lane so firefighters could put the house fire out,... Read More →
Rockland County’s Ronald Steiner, who does public relations for the New York Grand Lodge of Masons, keeps us posted on significant events. He let us know that New City’s the Right Worshipful Federico Larrinaga is the newest grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Masons of the State of New… Read More →
