As a Port Chester police officer was driving up Chestnut Street at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 11, he saw Carlos Paz Olivera, whom the officer knew from a leaving the scene of an accident case, allegedly standing in an unknown private driveway with a 29-year-old woman. 

A woman called Rye Brook police at 8:42 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 12, when she was concerned about a Jeep allegedly driving on King Street erratically. 

A concerned neighbor called Port Chester police at 3:12 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 12, after a man refused to leave his girlfriend’s apartment. 

We’ve been complacent.

We thought everybody knew how important a free press was to our world and that all this talk about our being the enemy of the people would be dismissed for the silliness that it is.

Back on July 6, in this column, I called the efforts by the Democratic Party establishment, from Governor Andrew Cuomo right down to Rye Town Supervisor Gary Zuckerman, and including Rye Brook Together party member Mayor Paul Rosenberg, to pass state and local laws to mask property tax payments as “charitable deductions” (to avoid the Federal $10,000 limit on deductible local property taxes and state income taxes) a “scheme” – and I likened it to the efforts of Internet scammers to swindle money from hapless citizens.

A few weeks ago, Tom Ceruzzi wrote a rather sarcastic letter to the Westmore News ridiculing Ed Kliszus, Superintendent of Schools in Port Chester. My first thoughts were that the article was funny. However, after reading it a few times, I have come to the conclusion that it is sad so many people truly believe Dr. Kliszus had it coming.

This letter is a call for local residents to step forward on the important upcoming referendum on Oct. 10.

Stephanie and Donald Fehr of Rye Brook, previously of Kansas City, Mo., are happy to announce the marriage of their daughter, Rachel Lynn Fehr, to Christopher Lee Mankiewicz, son of JoAnna and Leo Mankiewicz of Surprise, Ariz., on April 28, 2018 in Kansas City.

Happy birthday to Scott Moore, administrator of the Port Chester-Rye-Rye Brook EMS, who celebrates Aug. 19.

Marjorie J. Strassburg, 93, a longtime Port Chester resident, died peacefully Aug. 10, 2018.

She was born Oct. 3, 1924 to John and Mildred Yustis Gaynor who predeceased her. 

Lucinda Fellows Ross, 70, of Rye Brook died Aug. 11, 2018.

She was born to David and Helen Fellows in Syracuse, N.Y.

Walter D. Cain, 78, a resident of Rye Brook, died Aug. 10, 2018.

He was born Feb. 29, 1940 in Greenwich to Ewing and Dorothy Blake Cain who predeceased him. 

George J. Marrone, Jr., 64, a resident of Port Chester for the past 28 years, died peacefully Aug. 6, 2018 at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx. 

THE NURSE IS IN. Rye YMCA, 21 Locust Ave., Rye. 9-11 a.m. and at Greenwich Library, 101 W. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. 11:30 a..m-1:30 p.m. today & Aug. 27. Free. A nurse is onsite to take blood pressure readings and answer health questions. 203/863-4444.

TEMPLE SHOLOM. 300 E. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Fri. at 6:30 p.m.: Shabbat service. Sat. at 9 a.m.: Shabbat study. 10 a.m.: Shabbat service followed by a Kiddush luncheon. Rabbi Mitchell M. Hurvitz, Rabbi Chaya Bender, Cantor Sandy Bernstein. 203/869-7191 or www.templesholom.com.