A construction fence stands in front of the Gedney Farm House in Mamaroneck Monday as preparations get under way to demolish the house, which has stood since the 1790s. Rye Neck school officials awarded awarded a demolition contract Feb. 15 for the house and its ancillary buildings. The school district… Read More →
Black History Month celebrations around the region are listed in this Journal News article. Below is a list of community events in Port Chester. During Thursday’s Black History celebration at Port Chester Middle School, where this video clearly had an impact on the students. John Legend sings U2’s “Pride (In… Read More →
Flags were half-mast today in Port Chester after the death this morning of former Mayor Peter Iasillo. He was the dominant figure in local politics for more than a decade and stayed involved well beyond his 1980-93 mayoral term. Friends and family were remembering him as a jovial figure –... Read More →
Congresswoman Nita Lowey is taking another opportunity today to rally for Social Security with local seniors, this time observing the anniversary of the first checks being issued under the program Jan. 31, 1940. Rep. Lowey marked the program’s 75th birthday in August at the same venue, the Anthony Posillipo Community… Read More →
The Committee to Save the Bird Homestead will hold a presentation about the man who owned the homestead – Roland T. Bird – in a presentation at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Meeting House in Rye. (That’s Bird at left on a dinosaur fossil excavation in Wyoming in the 1930s…. Read More →
Journal News columnist Phil Reisman follows up today on the mail carrier who helped an older couple escape their burning home in Rye Brook last week. Jason Dang spoke humbly about his efforts at the Port Chester post office, where one of the WPA-era murals (pictured) acknowledge the mail carrier… Read More →
Here is the prepared text of Rye Mayor Douglas French’s 2012 “State of the City” address given during Wednesday night’s council meeting. You can watch the video here (Item 3). * Good evening, it is an honor to once again stand before you as Mayor of the City of Rye… Read More →
John Gitlitz is being honored Wednesday with a Martin Luther King Jr. award for his efforts in Mamaroneck, helping to address the clash over immigrant laborers and their right to seek work from street corners. He is a familiar face locally on the board of the Hispanic Resource Center, which… Read More →
The average citizen could be forgiven for not reading up on the “Study of Governance and Service Options” under way in the Town of Rye. The topic seems as dry as can be, except it’s also kind of interesting—particularly considering that some people don’t realize they live in the Town… Read More →
The Committee to Save the Bird Homestead will explore the work of Bird himself—Roland T. Bird—with a presentation Saturday, Jan. 28, by two experts from the American Museum of Natural History. Bird had that role with the museum in the 1930s. The photo at right (courtesy of the Estate of… Read More →
