The Blind Brook School District has hit a milestone, getting closer to the long overdue completion of the $44.7 million bond construction.
Rye Brook Police Sergeant Richard Carroll wasn’t home on the eve and morning of Thanksgiving, working an overnight shift at the department.
He left his post early, Police Chief Greg Austin said, when he got the call.
A little blue box with a priceless value went missing from Lyon Park, leaving Port Chester community members saddened and frankly, befuddled.
To make up for the 10 police officers still out on sick or injured leave and six officers who have retired since the beginning of 2020, the Village of Port Chester has been in hiring mode the last two months.
Successes of the Port Chester High School Marching Band are a testament to the entire community’s character, band director Mike Miceli said.
The annual Port Chester Police Association-sponsored Food Drive to help families in need will be stationed outside of Costco this weekend.
The Kiwanis Club of Port Chester/Rye Brook invites you to participate in their Salvation Army Thanksgiving Dinner Basket Drive.
The Port Chester police were called to the Waterfront Place Stop & Shop at around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 10, a few minutes after a homeless woman allegedly stole from the store.
After allegedly crashing his vehicle the night before Thanksgiving on Wednesday, Nov. 24, a man allegedly tried to flee the scene but didn’t make it far.
The Port Chester police were called to handle an alleged shoplifting incident at the Stop & Shop at 25 Waterfront Pl. on Sunday, Nov. 28.
A woman visited the Ace Berger Hardware store at 43 N. Main St. on Monday, Nov. 29, with the alleged intent to steal dining utensils.
When I saw this headline and story in the New York Times Nov. 23, I thought for a minute I was reading The Onion or some other satirical publication.
A recent Westmore News article stated that a policewoman was suing the Port Chester Police Department for having been overlooked for promotions and, in many ways, had been treated unfairly because she is a female.
For the last several weeks, primarily in the Rye Brook edition of this newspaper, I have been reporting on the horrific treatment of former Doral Arrowwood employee Patricia Daly by employees of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance.
After a horrible COVID year led to the Trojans only being able to play four games last season, the team will look to bounce back and have a successful 2021-22 season.
In international professional soccer news this week, Paris St. Germain's Lionel Messi won the Ballon d'Or, the sport’s most prestigious individual prize, over second place finisher Robert Lewandowski of Bayern Munich Monday (11/29) and Alexia Putellas won the female version of the same award with her Barcelona teammate Jennifer Hermoso finishing second. The soccer Oscar-style honor was presented during a Hollywood Academy Awards-like ceremony at Theatre du Chatelet in Paris.
In the words of the immortal late Yankee Hall of Fame catcher/philosopher Yogi Berra: "You can observe a lot by watching." And while practice may not make perfect, a local Port Chester High School sports aficionado can observe a lot by watching the pre-season practices leading up to this week's showtime when the regular season shifts into high gear for the six major Ram and Lady Ram teams.
Unless you are a turkey, Thanksgiving is a single day set aside for being grateful—and not just because being thankful is a good way to learn how to practice gratitude daily, a practice that can lead to longer-lasting benefits. Those benefits include a joyful remembrance of sporting things past—those local athletic highs including the highlights of the just concluded Port Chester High School Fall sports season.
The 2021 Port Chester High School football season has ended, but how many remember the team of 1959? For those who remember, it was a near perfect season. The teams of the 50’s were some of the best and were coached by one of the best, Ralph Friedgen. Coach Friedgen, along with Bill Green, Nick Tallo and Leo Dragani, were instrumental in bringing PCHS football to another level.
Going into his fourth year as head coach of the Port Chester High School basketball Rams, noted educator Manny Martinez, a basketball lifer who made his hoops coaching reputation building the Blind Brook Lady Trojans into a regional power during his nearly two decades of coaching there, hopes this is the year his patient rebuilding efforts start to pay off and his present Rams team catches up with the school's best squads of the recent past.
The wrestling Rams are back—and so is the Carlucci.
It's official! Port Chester's most famous sister act will be reunited, albeit not at the high school but at a major college athletic powerhouse.
In what promises to be an inspirational winter scholastic sports season first, Port Chester will stage the first Louis (Louie) Larizza Jr. Invitational Basketball Tournament for Boys and Girls Dec. 8, 10 and 11 in the new high school gym. The high school jersey of the former late Ram great will be retired between the girls’ and boys’ championship games Dec. 11, a Saturday.
Letters for Santa, with your name and address on your letter so Santa can send you one back, can be dropped in the mailbox located at Port Chester Village Hall (main entrance), 222 Grace Church St., thru Fri., Dec. 10, Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Deadline for return letter is Sat., Dec. 11.
Marie Williams,76, a lifelong resident of Port Chester, died Nov. 25, 2021.
She was born Aug. 27, 1945 in Port Chester to Dominick and Concetta Vita Ciccone who predeceased her.
Gloria A. Rossi, 72, a resident of Port Chester and formerly of Rye, died Nov. 28, 2021.
She was born Sept. 18, 1949 in the Bronx to Vincent "Jim" and Virginia Adelizzi Latronica who predeceased her.
Bercilia Mercado, 87, a longtime resident of Port Chester, died Nov. 26, 2021, in East Haven, Ct.
She was born Dec. 9, 1933 in Esmeraldas, Ecuador to Mauricio and Teofila Garcia de Mercado.
James Patrick Fahey Jr., 84, of Greenwich, Ct., former owner of a deli in Port Chester, died Nov. 10, 2021 at his home surrounded by family.
Human Development Services of Westchester presents Cooking for H.O.P.E. II with Chef Cara Tannenbaum Wed., Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. This is a virtual fundraising event to support H.O.P.E House in Port Chester’s Clubhouse Program providing employment, education and social engagement opportunities for those they serve. 914/835-8906 ext. 11022 or bwilkin@hdsw.org.
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