Children five and older can create holiday gifts out of tea light holders, candy jars and ceramic hotplates at a family-oriented “Make a Gift to Give” day on Dec. 15, at the New Rochelle Public Library. Here’s a press release about the event from the library: “MAKE A GIFT FAIR”... Read More →
The Port Chester Carver Center will hold an open house and a Harvest festival this Saturday, Oct. 27, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Housed in a former YMCA building at 400 Westchester Ave., the center recently re-surfaced the gym floor and created a dance studio and boxing ring. Last… Read More →
The Port Chester Council for the Arts has an assortment of theater productions coming up this summer, beginning with “Godspell” this Friday and Saturday in Lyon Park. Then, on the following weekend, is a youth/teen production of another musical, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” at Rye Country Day School…. Read More →
The Rye Little League is on deck for its annual parade tomorrow at noon. If you’re in downtown Rye, make way. Here are the details, from Rye police: The annual Rye Little League Parade is scheduled for Saturday, April 21, 2011. It will begin at Station Plaza at noon and… Read More →
Nine-year-old Henry Lojano flew a kite for the first time today in Columbus Park in Port Chester at the start of a holiday weekend and a spring recess. He yelled “I did it!” before that tree cut the flight short. Nearby at the Port Chester Yacht Club, Joe Knowlton of… Read More →
Soon, there shall be sharrows. Rye is planning to add these painted markers and lanes to Forest Avenue this summer. They are a safety measure that simply reminds drivers of their obligation to share the road. Here is an image of the symbols, included in a report by Rye’s Shared… Read More →
The future of Port Chester’s waterfront is the topic of a meeting tonight as the village updates a state-mandated planning document. Environmental protection, development and public access are among the issues on the table during a discussion of the village’s “Local Waterfront Revitalization Program.” A draft of the plan gives… Read More →
Port Chester’s village board meets tonight with an agenda that includes a discussion on group homes, a proposal for a new baseball field at Lyon Park and next year’s village election. The public session starts at 7. Group homes: The village has received a plan to build a home for… Read More →
Assemblyman George Latimer brought the school budget discussion straight to the students today at Port Chester middle school and high school, acknowledging that this is not foremost on their young minds. “It’s not talking about Jeremy Lin,” he told them. “It’s a little harder, it’s less cool, but it’s important.”... Read More →
Mamaroneck town officials are exploring the scenarios that could result from a possible dissolution of the nearby Rye Town—including the adoption of about 7,600 new residents. The neighborhood known as Rye Neck—about 1.4 square miles—would become an orphan of sorts if Rye town decides to go out of existence. A… Read More →
