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Breeze to start one-stop service to San Bernardino from HPN Oct. 5

Breeze Airways will be flying its brand-new Airbus A 220-300 jets from Westchester County Airport (HPN) to San Bernardino, Calif. via Provo, Utah starting Oct. 5.

New book about Greenwich Hospital Emergency Dept. pandemic heroics

What began as a cathartic exercise by Christopher Davison, MD, to process the events of the COVID-19 crisis has turned into a newly published hardcover book that recounts the trials and tribulations of working in the Emergency Department at the height of the pandemic in 2020.

GridRewards™ app helps ConEd customers manage energy use, reduce utility bills

With electricity costs skyrocketing, thousands of Con Edison customers in Westchester and New York City are realizing the many benefits of using the free GridRewards™ app to manage their daily energy use, including cash rewards and lower monthly utility bills. The creator of the app and operator of the program, …

Pattern for Progress to host listening sessions for housing needs assessment in Port Chester

Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress will host three community meetings in the Village of Port Chester to gather information about local housing needs.

Stations of the Cross reenacted

Stations of the Cross procession that started at Holy Rosary Church on Good Friday, Apr. 15

Spring into reading

Park Avenue Elementary School second-graders in Marianne Scofield’s class fixate on County Executive George Latimer, a special guest visiting on Thursday, Apr. 7, to celebrate literacy during the school’s Spring into Reading day. 

Port Chester boy helps Iona Prep celebrate its diverse student body

From left, junior student performers Marco Martire (Bronx) and Gaetano Corrao (Thornwood) danced the Tarantella; school counselor Kanard Lewis served as emcee; senior Panagiotis Papastefanou (Bronx) sang in Greek; seniors Nathanael Curro (Mount Vernon), Mateo Loyo (Port Chester), 

Correction: Incorrect tax levy cap numbers shared at P.C. school board meeting

In the Mar. 25 edition of this newspaper, the following quote by the Port Chester School District Assistant Superintendent for Business Phil Silano was published in the article “New positions, projects & program boosts promised in 2022-23 budget proposal.”

Girl Scouts inspired by women

The Port Chester-Rye Brook Girl Scouts held a HerStory event for Women’s History Month on Saturday, Mar. 19. 

Suez Water has a new name: Veolia

Everyone in Rye Brook and Port Chester who uses water now has a new name for their supplier: Veolia.

International handicrafts will be on display this weekend

Port Chester Fest took over the Port Chester Marina parking lot with all kinds of ethnic entertainment, vendors and foods representing the village’s diverse population on a spring weekend for many years.

Registration for kindergarten open

The Port Chester School District has opened online registration for kindergarten-aged students for the 2022-2023 school year. Parents/guardians of all children whose fifth birthdays occur on or before Dec. 1, 2022 are invited to enroll their child using their new online registration system located on the District website in English …

New York-Presbyterian to establish ambulatory care facility in White Plains

NewYork-Presbyterian announced this week that it will establish a state-of-the-art, multi-specialty ambulatory care facility in White Plains, bringing an even broader range of its ambulatory, primary and preventive care services to the communities of Westchester. 

SPRYE lowers age for membership eligibility

SPRYE, a not-for-profit organization serving older adults in Port Chester, Rye Brook, Rye and Harrison, is excited to announce that it has lowered its minimum membership age from 60 to 55, effective as of January 2022.

Community invited to annual Black History Month Poetry Slam

It’s been a few years since Port Chester High School students and staff have been able to embrace their proud Black History Month tradition—the annual Phillis Wheatley Poetry Slam.