07/27/09 The New Rochelle Briefing By Robo Blogger (Updated)

Comprehensive News Feed for New Rochelle, NY.

• The children of Grandma Moses
  posted on July 27, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... Jasper F. Cropsey, who lived down the street. Next up are programs covering the lives and works of one-time New Rochelle resident Norman Rockwell and Nyack native Edward Hopper. Calamari and Ritch use dolls, books and music to tell the youngest ...
• High-profile developer undergoes surgery
  posted on July 27, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  Louis R. Cappelli, the high-profile developer responsible for remaking the skylines of White Plains and New Rochelle, is recovering after suffering a brain aneurysm, a company spokesman said yesterday.
• Worthy causes motivate area athletes in NYC Triathlon
  posted on July 27, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... him to the starting line. It probably won't be hard to get him to do another. 'I think I caught the bug,' the New Rochelle resident said after finishing yesterday in 3 hours, 41 minutes and 58 seconds while raising roughly $17,000 for the ...
• International film night
  posted on July 27, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... dor, a young geologist, will unknowingly change the destiny of the girl. See the film for free at 7 p.m. at the New Rochelle Library. In Spanish with English subtitles. One Library Plaza. 914-632-7878.
• Eastchester's long-awaited $4.5M hub coming to life
  posted on July 27, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... called White Plains Post Road in this section - is a crossroads for lower Westchester, leading to Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, or north to Scarsdale and White Plains. And it's an Eastchester town center of sorts. In fact, the work is called the Town ...
• Edney takes over as Huguenots' QB
  posted on July 27, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... His confidence has grown with every play. The awkwardness slowly has vanished. Edney never imagined he'd be New Rochelle's starting quarterback his senior season. Nobody did. But when all-section quarterback Jonny McGhee decided he wasn't playing ...
• FILM
  posted on July 27, 2009 04:52:31 pm
  ... dor, a young geologist, will unknowingly change the destiny of the girl. See the film for free at 7 p.m. at the New Rochelle Library. In Spanish with English subtitles. One Library Plaza. 914-632-7878.
• High-profile Westchester developer recovering after brain aneurysm
  posted on July 27, 2009 02:04:23 am
  Louis R. Cappelli, the high-profile developer responsible for remaking the skylines of White Plains and New Rochelle, is recovering after suffering a brain aneurysm, a company spokesman said today.
• Cappelli's ritzy restaurant a casualty of economy
  posted on July 26, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... excess.' Other Cappelli projects across Westchester and the region have stalled in the recession, including in New Rochelle, where he recently received an eighth extension from the city to get started on a $500 million residential and commercial ...
• Sales-tax losses hurt region
  posted on July 26, 2009 04:33:13 pm
  ... it divvies the remaining percentage with municipalities, excluding its four largest cities - Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, White Plains and Yonkers. Those cities experienced declines of 3 percent to 19 percent. (2 of 3) Sales and property taxes make ...
• Wheelchair-bound triathlete embraces life
  posted on July 26, 2009 04:32:47 pm
  ... to party. Ten years later, sitting in his wheelchair at a bagel shop down the street from his apartment in New Rochelle, he talks matter-of-factly about his emotions back then. "I was institutionalized," he says. "I couldn't deal with it. Part of it ...
• Hundreds plunge into L.I. Sound for cancer
  posted on July 26, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... did it for Maureen,' the 18-year-old said. 'It was scary. I didn't think I was going to make it.' A group of New Rochelle teachers jumped in to remember beloved classroom aide Jeannine Tesoro, while others took the plunge for 7-year-old Max Scotti, ...
• Get employers out of medical insurance business
  posted on July 26, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... t I think that the removal of tax support for employer paid insurance will provide enough. The writer lives in New Rochelle.
• Sound swimmers help raise money for cancer research
  posted on July 26, 2009 04:02:16 am
  ... "I did it for Maureen," the 18-year-old said. "It was scary. I didn't think I was going to make it." A group of New Rochelle teachers jumped in to remember beloved classroom aide, Jeannine Tesoro, while others took the plunge for 7-year-old Max ...
• Letters: Wedding Announcements
  posted on July 25, 2009 11:51:08 pm
  ... short of revolting. A truly inspiring story, but must readers pay such a price to have read it? SEAN NICOLSON New Rochelle, N.Y., July 12, 2009 a- While those couples whose wedding announcements are published in The Times these days do not exactly ...
• Priest takes over familiar role at Stony Point's Marian Shrine
  posted on July 25, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... Marian Shrine for his next job, vice provincial overseeing Canada and the Eastern United States from a post in New Rochelle. Puntino said his goal at the Marian Shrine is to make its ministries more widely known, especially among young people. ...
• Longtime Mount Vernon police department volunteer dies at 97
  posted on July 25, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... sure the policemen were fed,' said Burke's sister, Dolores Shutts, 84. Burke was born in Harlem and reared in New Rochelle and spent most of her life in Mount Vernon. She worked for Metro-North Railroad and Sanborn Map Co. Following her retirement ...
• Man caught with 423 pounds of pot sentenced
  posted on July 25, 2009 05:51:09 am
  ... 1/2 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf sentenced 49-year-old Donald Fox on Wednesday. Fox listed New Rochelle, N.Y., as his home when he was arrested in eastern Nebraska's Hamilton County in December 2002, but he failed to appear for ...
• Army adds Rutgers to Yankee Stadium bill
  posted on July 24, 2009 11:30:32 pm
  ... - Ray Rice." The former Scarlet Knights star running back, who now plays for the Baltimore Ravens, hails from New Rochelle, N.Y., about 15 miles from the stadium. "It sends a good message in a state where we've had a lot of success recruiting," ...
• Missing Suspect Setenced In Huge Pot Bust
  posted on July 25, 2009 01:04:07 am
  ... in prison. Fox was riding in a minivan carrying 423 pounds of marijuana across Nebraska in 2002. Fox listed New Rochelle, N.Y., as his home when he was arrested, but he failed to appear for a hearing in this case in 2004. Fox was arrested in Atlanta ...