Facts of Life

Happy birthday to Jerry Federici of Port Chester who celebrates Aug. 26. He is a retired athletic director for the Port Chester Schools.

Congratulations to my grandson Niko Thomas Herrera of Port Chester who graduated Wed., Aug. 14 from the police academy in Middletown, N.Y. Officer Niko Herrera has begun his assignment with the SUNY New Paltz Police Department. He is the son of retired Detective George Herrera, formerly of the Port Chester Police Department, who now resides in Harrison, and Michele F. Herrera who resides in Aiken, S.C. His sister, Savana Herrera, is a senior at the University of South Carolina Law School. We are all proud of both of you and your family. Love you, Grandma Nancy Logan.

The New York Lottery has announced multiple top-prize winning tickets were sold for the Aug 16 TAKE 5 MIDDAY drawing. One of them was sold in Port Chester at Aaziz Fuel Corp., 223 Boston Post Rd., which sold a ticket worth $9,956. TAKE 5 numbers are drawn from a field of one through 39. The drawing is televised twice daily 2:30-10:30 p.m. A Lottery draw game prize of any amount may be claimed up to one year from the date of the drawing.

Rye Brook Recreation has announced that registration for the 2024-25 After-School Program is now open. Monthly fees: $275 for 2 days per week; $370 for 3 days per week; $435 for 4 days per week and $525 for 5 days per week. For information, call Rocky Furano at 914/438-2087 or [email protected]

Residents of Port Chester and Rye Brook are eligible for free beach access at Rye Town (Oakland) Beach, 95 Dearborn Ave., Rye, every Tues. thru Aug. 27. Proof of residency is required, and standard parking fees apply. www.townofrye.com

Rye Brook Village offices and the Rye Brook Senior Center will close at 2 p.m. on Fridays in August.

The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, including the Café and Museum Store, is closed for annual maintenance. The Museum will reopen to the public Tues., Aug. 27. www.brucemuseum.org

Governor Kathy Hochul has announced the start of a $32.4 million project that will resurface and restore a 5.5-mile stretch of Interstate 287 in Westchester County. The project will repair road joints, add new pavement and upgrade road striping along the section of highway between Westchester Avenue in the Town of Harrison and U.S. Route 1 in the City of Rye. To minimize traffic impacts along this critical highway, all work will take place at night.

Work on the project is beginning this summer with the repair of highway road joints. Road resurfacing will get started as soon as weather permits in 2025 with the milling of the existing pavement along the highway and all exit and entrance ramps within the project scope. Drainage systems will also be repaired to better handle stormwater runoff and grooved inlaid striping with reflective epoxy paint will be added to increase the visibility of pavement markings during storms, further enhancing safety. Traffic signals and curb ramps at adjacent exits and entrances will also be upgraded. Construction is anticipated to be complete in the fall of 2025.

The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles has launched its redesigned and more user-friendly website. The redesign has a more intuitive interface with streamlined content to help New Yorkers seamlessly navigate dozens of online transactions and obtain important information from the DMV. This change is part of the agency’s ongoing modernization initiative to significantly enhance customer service, to make services more efficient for customers, and to replace DMV’s aging technology.

The next Port Chester High School Marching Band bottle and can recycling collections will be Sun., Sept. 1, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. in the Middle School parking lot on Bowman Avenue, Rye Brook. Collections generally take place on the first and third Sunday of each month. Call 914/200-1464 for updated information.

Registration for the Fall Session A at Clay Art Center in Port Chester is open. It includes weekly classes for adults in wheel throwing, handbuilding and sculpture. Session B registration for members begins Sept. 25. For information on classes and to register, go to www.clayartcenter.org

Playland Park in Rye has announced a first-time participation with The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester to offer live music and entertainment at Playland’s Main Stage every other weekend thru-Sept. 1 at 7 p.m. as follows: Aug. 31: Taylor’s Version—A Swiftie Dance Party. In addition, weekly Friday and Saturday night fireworks take place at 9 p.m. thru Aug. 31, launched from the end of the pier at Playland and viewable from the amusement park, the Playland Boardwalk and from Rye Town Park. On Sat. Aug. 31 at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Playland will offer a special ferry experience departing from the Playland Pier. Join tour guide Barbara Davis, Co-Director of the Westchester County Historical Society on an hour-long voyage through the past, complete with local lore. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at www.playland.com

Playland and The Capitol Theatre are also presenting The Rock and Roll Playhouse, a family concert series, every other Sunday at 2 p.m. until Sept. 1. It translates some of music’s most recognizable anthems into age-appropriate sing-alongs suitable for listeners of all ages with classic titles from a variety of genres such as classic rock, new wave, pop, and pop-punk. Sept. 1: The Music of The Beatles and more for kids. For more information, go to https://playland.com