Some Port Chester students are staying in their friend’s living room. Some are in motels or temporary housing outside the district. However, they’re still entitled to an education in Port Chester; it’s the law.
Matt Triano addressed a class full of eager sixth-graders in Room 102 at Port Chester Middle School, bringing their attention to a hand-crafted Jeopardy game on the front board.
What feels better than donating to the local middle school theater program? Probably getting to dance at a country music star’s concert in return.
The Westchester County Department of Health is planning to recommend to its Board at their November meeting that a $22,300 fine be imposed on the Doral Arrowwood Resort and Conference Center in Rye Brook for its failure to have a fence around its outdoor pool since 2004.
When tragedy struck the Jewish community, others in Port Chester and Rye Brook showed they were there to support their neighbors with open arms and warmth.
Being a firefighter is in Bill Nethercott’s blood.
There’s a new honor society students can bask in the prestige of during their career at Port Chester High School.
After a Port Chester police officer allegedly saw two people make a hand-to-hand transaction on the corner of Westchester Avenue and North Main Street on Monday, Oct. 29, he became suspicious of a potential drug deal and alerted other officers about the suspects.
A Port Chester police officer allegedly saw another suspicious hand-to-hand transaction near the corner of Parkway Drive and Putnam Avenue on Saturday, Nov. 11, and radioed for assistance at 10:30 a.m.
A 46-year-old woman allegedly attempted to shoplift from the Kohl’s Department Store at 431 Boston Post Rd. on Saturday, Nov. 3, even though Port Chester police arrested her for stealing from the same store a few weeks ago on Oct. 9.
After Port Chester police received a phone call about an alleged fight outside of La Poblanita at 73 Poningo St., officers drove over to investigate at 11:07 p.m.
On behalf of the Coffey family, our family, friends and the more than 1,000 trick or treaters who included 95 Putnam Ave. on their neighborhood visits, thank you for making Oct. 31, 2018 such a memorable night.
We are all shocked and saddened by the vicious attack on the synagogue in Pittsburgh. The NAACP has 109 years of experience with these outrages, and we stand with the Jewish community of Pittsburgh.
Where do I begin? Let’s start with some facts! After blatantly and deliberately failing to do her elected responsibility as Board of Education president by supporting fellow Trustee Anne Capeci at a dinner in her honor, Ms. Brakewood wants us to believe her statements in the Oct. 19 issue of the Westmore News.
With snovember already upon us, the letter s hushedly silent as though waiting for the slippery, slidey, and snowflakey November weather yet to come, it is also the time for what could be called the silence of the Rams and Lady Rams.
It was the local scholastic football championship equivalent of the Super Bowl times five with five titles on the line last weekend (11/2/3) at Mahopac where the smaller schools’ Section One Class A through D championships were decided along with the large schools’ ultra-competitive Class AA championships.
The Blind Brook Trojans have had a remarkable football season and remained undefeated until their game against the Lutheran Crusaders on Friday, Oct. 26. The team has been playing great, and even though it was a hard-fought game, it handed the Trojans their first loss of 2018. They will need to practice hard this week and work through the defeat to prepare for the upcoming championship game.
Neither wind nor rain nor even a nor'easter could stop the ever-improving Port Chester cross-country teams from running in the Westchester County Championships last Saturday (10/27) at Croton Point Park, but a last-minute babysitting emergency cost the Lady Rams their best All-League runner while the Rams’ top three runners raced their way to their season's best times despite the adverse weather conditions.
Without raising an oar, Rye Brook teen Matthew Rose has been one of the driving forces behind the RowAmericaRye (RAR) crew winning two major races—the watery equivalent of winning the Boston Marathon and the New York City Marathon—over the past two weekends.
The Blind Brook girls’ varsity volleyball team ended their season with a loss in their first sectional game last Friday, Oct. 26. They were seeded sixth, playing the 11th seed, Irvington. They lost 3-1, dropping all but the third of four sets.
It didn't end the way it was supposed to end for the Port Chester football Rams.
The curtain wasn't supposed to come down on their season with their best player limping towards the sidelines, collapsing face forward, his fists pounding the ground in frustration, like a character in an ancient Greek tragedy, the wounded warrior being carried out on his shield.
Teresa Florindi and Michael Nangle, both of White Plains, were married June 23, 2018 at Corpus Christi Church in Port Chester by Deacon Michael Gizzo.
Congratulations to Joy Marie Barrese of Port Chester for running and completing her first marathon, the TCS NYC Marathon on Nov. 4. Her family is so proud of how diligently she trained for this run and loved cheering her on. Run, Joy, run.
Dr. Arthur Leonard Stern, 91, died Oct. 31, 2018.
Frank Bologna, 59, a longtime resident of Port Chester, died suddenly Oct. 1, 2018.
Simon Vinopoll, 93, of Rye Brook, died Oct. 19, 2018.
Louis M. Bianchi, 90, a resident of Rye Brook, died Oct. 18, 2018 at home surrounded by his family.
PORT CHESTER ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS. Courtroom, 350 North Main St., Port Chester. 7 p.m. Application to build a multi-family residential unit with 224 parking spaces where lot area per dwelling unit (348 square feet requested) and rear yard setback variances are required at New Broad Street and William Street...
VETERANS DAY CEREMONY. African-American Cemetery, 215 North St., Rye. 10 a.m. The ceremony is to remember and honor those buried at the cemetery. This year there will be a project to start the process of cleaning headstones of those interred at the site. To volunteer, contact David Thomas at 914/886-5710 or email afafcemetery@gmail.com.
SOUL VOICES: IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR. Conservatory of Music Building, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase. 7 p.m. Free and open to the public. Soul Voices celebrates the diverse and talented student body of Purchase College. www.purchase.edu.
SEGUNDA IGLESIA PENTECOSTAL. 54 Poningo St., Port Chester. 7:30 p.m.: Bible Study. All are welcome. Translation from Spanish to English. Pastor Eliezer Quintana. 914/837-4239.
Il Coco Pazzo (The Crazy Rooster) is now open at 139 South Main St., serving up Italian and other European specialties in a good-sized storefront space with a bar across the street from the currently-stalled Auto Zone construction site.
Spring has finally sprung and with it has come the long-awaited opening of a new restaurant in the Port Chester Metro-North station. Station House opened quietly on Tuesday, Apr. 17, and the Village Beer Garden next door made its 2018 debut the following week—on Thursday, Apr. 26.
On Sept. 12, Port Chester Hall at the train station changed its name to Heartland Black + Gold. With the name change came a light renovation removing the train theme and a new menu.
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