08/26/09 The New Rochelle Briefing

Comprehensive News Feed for New Rochelle, NY.

• Pelham Art Center Announces Fall-Winter Classes
  posted on August 25, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... Painting with Jackie Meier (Westchester), Embellish an Image: Play with Collage with Nanyc Egol Nikkal (New Rochelle), Printmaking with Lisa Vassaotti (Pelham), Jewelry Design with Deborah Haley (New Rochelle), and Tile Making with Judith Weber (New ...
• Play hundreds of holes, raise thousands
  posted on August 25, 2009 05:30:00 pm
  ... The rules were pretty simple: hit and run. "It was interesting this morning," said Ray Soares, a resident of New Rochelle who played 100 holes. "There were people all over the place hitting on top of people. It was a wild scene." (2 of 2) Donald ...
• Bronx teen a suspect in robbery, beating spree
  posted on August 25, 2009 05:27:12 pm
  Detectives are investigating whether a Bronx teenager charged with attempted murder in the robbery and baseball-bat beating of a 52-year-old city man is associated with a crew that committed similar crimes last week in Yonkers, Mount Vernon and New Rochelle.
• Half-dozen men charged in Port Chester and New Rochelle gang assaults
  posted on August 25, 2009 05:26:31 pm
  Six men were arrested on gang-attack charges in two incidents Sunday in New Rochelle and Port Chester.
• Cops: Driver charged in fatal May crash was on narcotics
  posted on August 25, 2009 05:24:42 pm
  ... faces a manslaughter charge for a fatal May 23 collision on Pelham Road. Amy Taylor, 29, of 7 Davenport Ave., New Rochelle, was killed when Louis Nardella's Subaru crossed the double-yellow lines at 1 a.m. and crashed head-on into her Honda Accord. ...
• Dorien keeps Croton-Harmon well-armed
  posted on August 24, 2009 07:39:37 pm
  ... development continued through strong showings at a camp later in the month at John Jay and during scrimmages at New Rochelle. In a scrimmage with Harrison, Dorien threw two touchdowns and ran for another. With Dorien, Croton doesn't expect to ...
• 911 Site Finally Coming on Line
  posted on August 24, 2009 12:34:00 pm
  ... buying the nearly 10-acre parcel off the Hutchinson River Parkway wasn't easy. Joseph Simone Development, of New Rochelle, last year rejected a $28 million bid. The city threatened eminent-domain proceedings. A judge set the price at $45.8 million, ...
• TV: Four soldiers sworn in as citizens in Northwest Austin
  posted on August 23, 2009 08:20:02 pm
  ... a native of St. Lucia in the West Indies. He emigrated to the United States when he was 11, and grew up in New Rochelle, N.Y. He says with U.S. citizenship comes the chance for promotion in the Army, as well as a chance at better jobs when the ...
• Don Hewitt, The Ringmaster
  posted on August 21, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... excited him so much that he was, I think he was still a boy who was amazed at his success." The boy grew up in New Rochelle, N.Y., 45 minutes from Broadway. Fifteen cents would buy him a Saturday afternoon of cartoons, newsreels and melodramas. The ...
• New York Home Textiles Market Week Announces Best New Product Winners
  posted on August 19, 2009 10:23:58 pm
  ... Winner: Dash & Albert (Pittsfield, MA) for its Zipper Rug, wool hand woven zipper rug Finalist: V.P. Designs (New Rochelle, NY) for its Chantilly Tablecloth Gift Finalist: Scents and Feel (Miami, FL) for its Fouta Collection "The winning entries ...
• McGhee back on field at New Rochelle
  posted on August 22, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  NEW ROCHELLE -[0x0f]A tight spiral whizzed toward the goal line and into the hands of the wide receiver, who took a sharp turn into the end zone for a touchdown on the final play of New Rochelle's morning practice yesterday.
• Players celebrate first day of practice
  posted on August 22, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... a lot to learn, a lot to remember. That's why we're out here.' The heat yesterday was a major factor. At New Rochelle, most players congregated in the school's air-conditioned cafeteria to cool off during the 90-minute break between practices. The ...
• Correction: 08/22/09
  posted on August 22, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  A New Rochelle robbery in which a 31-year-old man was hit over the head with a bat-like object happened Tuesday.
• Single-payer has been proven to work
  posted on August 22, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... rld have such a single-payer health-care system. It works for them, and it will work for us. Murray W. Beaver New Rochelle
• Maccabi Games: Three Westchester teams make off with the gold
  posted on August 22, 2009 02:50:58 pm
  ... and overtime. Josh Perlmutter of Chappaqua scored all three goals. Blue finally won 3-1 in penalty kicks. New Rochelle's Jack Roth stopped three of the four OC penalty kicks he faced. It went to overtime in the morning semifinal, too, against ...
• Maccabi Games close as roaring success
  posted on August 21, 2009 03:19:01 pm
  ... this supposed to be the closing ceremonies of the Maccabi Games? Oh, it was. "I think this is great," said New Rochelle's Deirdre Altman, who chaired the closing event. "The closing party is a way for all the athletes and the coaches to say goodbye. ...
• Maccabi swimmers pool their talents
  posted on August 21, 2009 03:12:26 pm
  ... in the Maccabi Games because they were in his backyard and because, well, his parents wanted him to, but the New Rochelle swimmer is glad he's part of the experience. "This kind of makes you think," Itzkowitz said. "There aren't a lot of Jewish ...
• Possible closing of hospital raises ire
  posted on August 21, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... protesting the possibility that the hospital may cut or transfer programs to Sound Shore Medical Center in New Rochelle. The two hospitals are owned by Sound Shore Health System, which has not yet officially addressed the rumors. Young and union ...
• a Hawks to open season vs. UK
  posted on August 21, 2009 02:53:53 pm
  ... Miami, Fla. (Jan. 3). Coach Maria Fantanarosa's team opens the regular season in the Iona Tip-Off Tournament in New Rochelle, N.Y. The RedHawks will face Bucknell on Nov. 14 and will play either Arizona or Iona on Nov. 15.
• Working For Don Hewitt
  posted on August 21, 2009 04:00:01 am
  ... pieces with his fingertips. He rarely hired from the elite Ivy League schools. He attended the College of New Rochelle, and preferred producers who had to overcome hardships in their lives, those with a little hustle to their step. Don would teach ...