Ever since he ran for his first term as the top elected official in the village more than two years ago, Mayor Richard “Fritz” Falanka has had the 2020 census on his radar. He knows how important it is to the Village of Port Chester to get an accurate count of its residents in 2020.
When Jaime Rufo was hired as the Port Chester Middle School astronomy teacher, Principal Patrick Swift walked her through the school’s corridors for an introductory tour.
“Some people think that when you hit your 50s, you’ve passed your prime,” Bill Lawrence acknowledged. “I think this band shows that’s definitely not the case.”
The different charges by water suppliers for public and private fire hydrants in Rye Brook, Port Chester, Rye City, and indeed throughout the State of New York, will soon be a thing of the past.
The tides are changing with the Port Chester Board of Education, as a completely new reign of leadership was selected by its members.
A Port Chester man was sentenced to prison on Tuesday, July 9, after pleading guilty to raping a child in the village in 2017.
While hanging out outside his apartment at 10 Broad St. on Saturday, July 6, a thirsty man allegedly started eyeing a beer delivery truck at 10:50 a.m.
A 67-year-old man allegedly punched a Super Suds employee over laundry frustrations on Monday, July 1.
While controlling a large crowd gathered to watch the World Cup at Copacabana Steakhouse on Sunday, July 7, a Port Chester police officer allegedly watched security escort a 22-year-old man outside at 11:50 p.m.
There’s one political issue in the 2019-20 Presidential campaign to which one candidate holds the exclusive rights – and which has hit my “YES!” button in the bullseye.
One last opportunity to wish our local high school graduates a successful, productive, and joy-filled life! And to put the “Angst of College Admission” spotlight on rising juniors and seniors and their families.
The banner attached to the backstop at Lyon Park says: "Bring the Heat." And the merged Port Chester/Rye Brook Pirates did just that.
The Brooklyn Nets pro-basketball team won the All-Star free-agent sweepstakes when they signed hoops free agent superstars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving last Sunday (6/30) in a move headline writers called Brookwin.
The trouble with playing a so-called "win-and-you-are-in" game in tournament play revolves around the flip side of that saying lose and you are out.
It didn't start well for the first ever merged Port Chester/Rye Brook 12U Pirates in the equally historic first Cal Ripken District Tournament game ever to be staged at Lyon Park.
With graduation in the rearview mirror, it is time for a remembrance of Port Chester High School athletic plays past with the spotlight on the hundreds of key players from the Class of 2019, a Who's Who of the knowns as well as the unknowns who helped define why there is no "I" in team.
Row America Rye had some amazing race results on Sunday, June 9 at the US Rowing Youth National Championships in Sarasota, Fla. The team qualified a record of 10 boats with several medaling.
The first ever merged 12U (ages 12 and under) Port Chester/Rye Brook Pirates played four games within 24 hours over the past weekend—more than Major Leaguers play—and split four games down the middle with Shrub Oak and Armonk. That grueling lower Hudson Valley playing schedule included a gutsy extra-innings win over Armonk in the last game.
It is an unwritten rule of baseball, a rule as old as the hills around Cooperstown, N.Y., where a young Abner Doubleday, a Civil War hero-to-be, is credited with inventing the game of baseball in 1839, designing the diamond (including designating fielder positions), writing down the rules and the field regulations, even coining the word baseball itself.
Elsie H. Robertson, known as Talu Robertson, 80, a resident of Keene, N.H., died at home July 4, 2019 after co-existing in harmony, humor, and occasional conflict with melanoma, breast cancer and ovarian cancer for 15 years.
Beatrice Mae Laverick, 71, a resident of Lineville, Ala. and formerly of Port Chester, died June 6, 2019.
Margarita Novoa Pastor, 77, a longtime resident of Port Chester, died June 26, 2019.
John O'Connor, 73, of Port Chester, died June 30, 2019. Arrangements by Joseph Tutera Funeral Home in Port Chester.
TEMPLE SHOLOM. 300 E. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. 8 30 a.m.: Minyan service followed by a light breakfast. Rabbi Mitchell M. Hurvitz, Rabbi Chaya Bender, Cantor Sandy Bernstein. 203/869-7191.
It was a long time coming, but now that it’s finally here, Eugene’s Diner & Bar at 112 North Main St. is a fun spot all the way around—décor, vibe and food. It fulfills chef/owner David DiBari’s motto: “Eat serious, have fun.”
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.
Good news! Chef David DiBari will be opening Eugene’s Diner & Bar at 112 North Main St. sometime during the week of Apr. 1 and possibly as early as Tuesday, Apr. 2.
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