The New Rochelle City Council passed a $154.1 million 2013 budget on Tuesday, but it wasn’t easy. In wrestling with the plan, originally proposed by City Manager Charles Strome III at $153.6 million, the seven council members debated 15 ideas to add items or save money. In many cases, the… Read More →
There’s a new report of interest to taxpayers in Port Chester, Rye Brook and Mamaroneck—or anyone who can’t resist a title like “Review of Governance and Service Alternatives.” The report is the result of a study on whether it could save money to eliminate the Town of Rye, a thin… Read More →
Rye and other Sound Shore communities are bracing for the storm moving up the coast under the names Hurricane Sandy and “Frankenstorm.” Rye City Manager Scott Pickup is calling it “Sandra” out of respect. “Sandy” sounds too friendly for what’s shaping up to be a formidable storm, he said. In… Read More →
Tonight, at the Off the Grid Bar and Grill, at 73 Crotona Ave., in Harrison, retired detective Marc A. DiGiacomo will sign copies of his new book, “In a Small Town,” a crime novel. He’ll be at the restaurant from 7 to 10 p.m. DiGiacomo, who lives in South Salem,... Read More →
New Rochelle’s Finest and Bravest face off tonight in the Battle of the Badges basketball game at the Monroe Athletic Complex at 19 LeCount Pl. in New Rochelle. Tip-off is at 8 p.m. The game, pitting the city’s Police Department against the Fire Department is being held to raise money… Read More →
A group of Port Chester residents have been commenting via the Facebook group “Making Port Chester a better place” – and they’re planning to come together in person Thursday night in a town-hall-style meeting. Keith Morlino started the group in August after speaking up at a village board meeting about… Read More →
NEW ROCHELLE A 2002 Chrysler Sebring was stolen from a used car dealer’s lot, New Rochelle police said today. The keys to the car were removed from an office in the business, U. S. 1 Auto Sales, 214 Main St., police said. The stolen car is owned by the dealership… Read More →
NEW ROCHELLE New Rochelle detectives are investigating an apparently unrelated weekend chain snatching and attempted robbery. A 48-year-old New Rochelle woman and her teenage daughter walked by a skinny young man in a white tank top and blue jeans standing at a bus stop at 7:47 p.m. Friday near Main… Read More →
NEW ROCHELLE A break-in at a New Rochelle apartment netted a burglar or burglars $20,000 in cash, city detectives said. Various computer games were also stolen from the Webster Avenue apartment between 2:15 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. Monday, Detective Capt. Joseph Schaller said. The family returned home Monday night and… Read More →
NEW ROCHELLE A Jones Street house that is under construction after it was damaged by a fire has been broken into, police said. The 46-year-old woman who owns the house found the front door lock broken, Detective Capt. Joseph Schaller said. Inside, a copper pipe was broken. The house is… Read More →
