Last May, the Rye Town Council approved an investment of nearly $8,000 to establish Edna’s Snack Bar—a concession stand in the pavilion at Crawford Park that serves various snacks and drinks like candy, sodas and chips for around $2-3.

The signs are down at the former Arrowwood property on Anderson Hill Road that billionaire real estate developer Charles Cohen now owns.

When Thomas Giorgi returned from a two-year tour in Vietnam in 1966, he half expected an enthusiastic welcome home—a thank you for his service. But like most Vietnam-era veterans, that’s not what he got.

When Jenn Cacciola helped open Ice Cream Social in March 2022, she immediately started connecting with other creative organizations in Port Chester, including the Clay Art Center. That’s how she met Emily Peck, the center’s executive director.

To Liz Rotfeld, there’s nothing superfluous about embracing literature by cozying up with a hard copy of a book. 

Rosibel Brambila-Espinoza made the trek to the United States from Mexico more than five years ago with her two young daughters—one of the last in her family to do so.

In a surprise 17-0 vote more than an hour into the Monday night, May 15 meeting of the County Board of Legislators, Vedat Gashi was chosen to be the new chair.

Without much discussion or banter back and forth, the Port Chester Board of Trustees unanimously adopted a $49.57 million budget for the fiscal year 2023-24 at their meeting on Monday, May 1. This spending plan exceeds the state-imposed tax levy cap by nearly $1.5 million.

Around a dozen volunteers, Rye Town officials and maintenance workers gathered at a large overgrown area off the side of the Crawford Park walking path just before the parking lot in front of the mansion at 9 a.m. on Sunday, May 7.

Crawford Park is a community space owned and operated by the Town of Rye—a municipality encompassing Port Chester, Rye Brook and Rye Neck—but not everyone sees it that way. 

As of June 22, air travelers flying to and from Westchester County Airport (HPN) will have a new way of flying that eliminates passing through TSA security and avoiding the main terminal at HPN altogether. 

Though Tony Grier had never been to The Producer Coffee Studio on Willett Avenue, with a contagious smile he clearly felt at home as he chatted over a caffeinated brew.

Nancy Barr, County Legislator representing Rye Brook, Port Chester, and Harrison, is now the acting chair of the 17-member Westchester County Board of Legislators and will be at least through June, unless the Legislature votes her or someone else in as permanent chair, with a salary on top of the legislator’s yearly $75,000 stipend of $45,000 a year.

There was a fortunate upside when flames ignited two abandoned buildings on South Main Street on Apr. 17 in that no one was injured by the fire that took the Port Chester Fire Department 25 hours to officially call extinguished.

Christopher Rosabella was promoted to the position of Port Chester police chief in March 2020—just as the COVID-19 pandemic swept the nation and a mere two months before the death of George Floyd caused a new wave of protests and activism calling for police reform.