The League of Women Voters is holding three school candidate forums Tuesday night, May 1, for the Port Chester, Rye and Blind Brook districts. The Port Chester forum, with incumbents Jim Dreves and Blanca Lopez and challenger Tom Corbia, begins at 7 p.m. in Port Chester High School Room 229…. Read More →
The Port Chester senior center is home to a starry stage this weekend for the play “Almost, Maine,” to be performed Friday and Saturday. The “mystical, magical romantic comedy” will help celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Port Chester Council for the Arts. Here’s a description: On a cold, clear,... Read More →
The Sarah Neuman Center for Healthcare and Rehabilitation recently celebrated the 20th Anniversary of their Volunteer Program and honored their volunteers & friends in the community. Here’s news from the center: “Our volunteers plant the seeds of kindness,” said Amy Lionheart, Director of Volunteers at Sarah Neuman Center for Healthcare… Read More →
Archbishop Stepinac teammates congratulate Christopher Rooney after scoring the go-ahead run against Iona Prep as catcher Cody Polchinski walks by at right during the baseball game at Iona Prep High School in New Rochelle on April 24, 2012. Stepinac beat Iona Prep 4-3 after coming from behind in an… Read More →
News from League of Women Voters of Larchmont/Mamaroneck, New Rochelle, and Rye/Rye Brook/Port Chester: The timely issue of campaign finance in the midst of this presidential election year is the focus of the League of Women Voters annual luncheon at noon on Fri, April 27th at the Orienta Beach Club… Read More →
If you are running for school board in Westchester, Putnam or Rockland, we invite you to submit a photograph and information for LoHud.com’s upcoming online school election guide. Please send your full name, home address, a daytime phone number and email address to elections@lohud.com to obtain information on how to… Read More →
Responding to a request from the Westchester County Bar Association, a Board of Legislators committee began Monday to look at whether Westchester County should create an animal abuser registry. People convicted of animal abuse crimes would be required to register and pay a fee to support the registry. Registered offenders… Read More →
The Sound Shore Shakespeare Festival in New Rochelle will wrap up tomorrow night (Tuesday) with “Tea and Sonnets,” where you can bring original poetry or prose to read aloud. You get extra appreciation if you bring a sonnet, but prose and other types of poetry are welcome, too. Whatever you… Read More →
NEW ROCHELLE An $800 black and white Shih Tzu dog was stolen from a city resident’s apartment during a burglary, police said. The 34-year-old woman left her Franklin Avenue apartment at 3:40 p.m. Friday to pick up her children and when she returned at 8:14 p.m. the dog was missing… Read More →
NEW ROCHELLE A 53-year-old New Rochelle woman was mugged by a man who yanked her shoulder bag off her shoulder, police said today. The woman was walking south on May Street at 9:40 p.m. Saturday when the mugger approached her from behind, New Rochelle Detective Capt. Joseph Schaller said. The… Read More →
