Port Chester’s November amnesty on overdue parking tickets failed to bring in the shot of cash that proponents hoped for. Revenue increased that month, but the amnesty didn’t bring anything like the $200,000 net gain that officials banked on for the 2011-12 budget. That budget line was one of the… Read More →
Rye city officials will gather New Year’s Day to swear in three council members and mark 70 years since Rye became a city. The swearing-in ceremony begins at 4 p.m. in City Hall, followed by a reception across the green at the Square House Museum (left), an 18th century inn… Read More →
Expect the GOP field for president to shrink by the time New York Republicans make their selection April 24; local Republicans can only hope their candidate survives the winnowing certain to follow the early voting, which commences Tuesday in Iowa. If the Republican Primary were held today who would get… Read More →
New Rochelle’s Joe Clarke, center, is guarded by Kingston’s DJ Mapes, left, and Deion Monroe during their Slam Dunk tournament game at the Westchester County Center. Kingston won 57-55. See more photos of New Rochelle vs. Kingston in the Slam Dunk basketball tournament
The Picture House in Pelham will launch its Family Flicks series on Jan. 6, 2012. Every Friday through Sunday, plus whenever school is closed, the theater will show family-friendly films ranging from classics to cult favorites. The series opens with “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” which will run Jan. 6 through… Read More →
Iona College has named Paul J. Sutera its new Senior Vice President for Advancement and External Affairs. The New Rochelle college had conducted an international search for an experienced hand at raising money. Sutera, who lives in Wallingford, Conn., was a vice president for development at Quinnipiac University and oversaw… Read More →
The holiday gift-giving spirit seems to operate year-round at The Sharing Shelf, an innovative clothing-donation program that has just relocated from New Rochelle to Port Chester. A program of Family Services of Westchester, the program relies on a network of social workers to identify children in need of clothing and… Read More →
The national StoryCorps project, which you may know from the moving audio segments that air on NPR, visited Port Chester last week to record interviews for its National Teachers Initiative. Kristin Pascuzzi and Judy Diaz, below, were among those who took part. Only a few stories actually make it on… Read More →
If you’re following the news on the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester – its planned comeback as a concert venue – you might want to see some photos of the famously ornate interior. Here a few photos from The Journal News archive. Behold the dome … and disco ball. WFUV’s… Read More →
The Rye City Council adopted a 2012 budget Wednesday night that raises the property tax rate about 3 percent and adds a quarter per hour to the fee at parking machines beginning this the spring. The budget stays within the new statewide cap on the levy, or total dollar-amount raised… Read More →
