As a high schooler in Pleasantville, Luke Sotherden would sit in class and silently critique his teachers—analyzing their education methods to contemplate what was effective for him and what wasn’t.
During the season of love, Jerry Della Mura has no time to stop and smell the roses.
Everyone involved in the Doral Arrowwood legal quagmire in Judge Gretchen Walsh’s courtroom in White Plains will have to wait another week for any resolutions, if then.
A homeless man allegedly violently robbed a Port Chester victim at 10:20 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 9.
Two men allegedly walked out of the Boston Post Road Kohl’s Department Store with stolen fragrances and earrings valued at $234 on Saturday, Feb. 8.
A woman allegedly entered the 431 Boston Post Rd. Kohl’s Department Store with an empty reusable bag from Stop & Shop on Friday, Feb. 7.
After Port Chester High School administrators learned a student was receiving threatening messages on social media, they contacted the police on Monday, Feb. 3.
Dear Marilynn,
Love always, Your Secret Admirer
The occasion of the announcement of the lottery winners for the 10 Kingfield affordable homes, held Tuesday, Feb. 11 at the Rye Brook Village Hall (see separate story), should also be the occasion for not just Rye Brook residents, but all of us, to think long and hard about what is now considered “the new housing crisis.”
It was such a great disappointment and shock to me to read in the Westmore News that our Chief of Police, Richard Conway, is retiring from his position at the end of March. He stated that it was due to his having Parkinson’s disease.
As soon as I stepped off the American Eagle puddle jumper plane, I could tell that St. Louis, with its flat land as far as the eye could see, abundant “open carry” signs, Midwestern manners, and tornado shelters, sure didn’t feel like home.
The swimming Rams raced to a new school record in the Sectional Championships Monday (2/10) at the Felix Festa Middle School pool in Clarkstown. in Rockland County.
The Lady Rams basketball team stumbled down the season's home stretch, losing three games in a row by an average of more than 20 points per game, but head coach Danny Davis remained upbeat nonetheless.
The Rams go into the Section One wrestling post season with nine of their aces heading into the large school New York State qualifying rounds Saturday and Sunday (2/15/16) at Sleepy Hollow and Clarkstown South at 8:45 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. respectively.
The Blind Brook Trojans wrapped up their season with a busy week, winning two out of three games and bringing home the league title.
In what has proved to be a challenging season for Rye Town/Harrison hockey, momentum seems to have picked up just at the right time.
It was the kind of basketball game they had been dreaming about all season long.
It was the upset that made all the practices, hard work and their refusal to quit against overwhelming odds worthwhile.
The Port Chester varsity bowlers bowled them over in head coach Jeanine Maiolini's first year as the head coach looking to turn around a losing program. "Practice hard, play hard, keep working to improve and good things will happen," she told her bowling Rams and Lady Rams at the outset of the winter season. And they did.
They didn't come away with any wins in the Section One Class AA Swimming Conference Championships last Saturday (2/1) at Beacon, but the ever-improving Rams showed they could compete against the best with senior Marcos Cueto finishing in the top 10 in two events and coming back to swim a strong leadoff leg on the school record-shattering 200-meter freestyle relay.
Happy birthday to Jacqueline Lucas of Rye Brook, formerly of Port Chester, who celebrates Feb. 8. Love, your kids, grandkids and great-granddaughter.
Christopher Michael Ross, affectionately known as Turtle, 50, died Feb. 9, 2020 in Harlem.
Frank J. Lavallo, M.D., 88, of Zionsville, Ind., died peacefully Jan. 30, 2020, in the presence of his wife, Terri, and his children.
Gerald "Gerry" Shields Gedney, 92, formerly of Port Chester where his six children were born and where he and his wife raised their family, died peacefully Jan. 26, 2020 at his home in Westbrook, Conn. surrounded by his loving family.
JERICHO BROWN. Humanities Building, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase. 4:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. Award-winning poet will be the lecturer. For additional information call 914/251-6550.
TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Blind Brook High School, 840 King St., Rye Brook. 10 a.m.: Worship Service. Rev. Craig R. Higgins, pastor. Infant/toddler care and Christian education provided. Followed by coffee hour. Newcomers welcome. 914/967-6247.
Hudson Valley Restaurant Week is back and features 118 Westchester restaurants including Eugene’s Diner & Bar, Sonora and Appetit Bistro in Port Chester.
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.”
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