[dropcap]R[/dropcap]ecently, the town board conducted a public hearing on the potential development of a senior living facility at the Lake Street Granite Quarry site in West Harrison. The developer, Brightview Senior Living, presented information. All comments, both oral and written, will be reviewed and the board will commence an in […]
Month: February 2016
Iconic T.D.’s Smoke Shop set for final goodbye
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n March, a piece of history will vanish from Rye’s Purchase Street as T.D.’s Smoke Shop waits forlornly for its eviction. On Jan. 27, the longtime owners of the smoke shop, Peggy and Tony D’Onofrio, were greeted in the morning, not by their usual slew of customers, but with news […]
Capitol Theatre to honor fallen West Harrison hero
A benefit concert will take place on Thursday, Feb. 25 at Port Chester’s Capitol Theatre in honor of fallen NYPD detective and Air National Guard Reserve, Tech Sgt. Joseph Lemm. Lemm, of West Harrison, left behind a wife, Christine, and two children, Brooke and Ryan. He was in the New […]
Rye mayor takes stance against illegal guns
While Rye may be among the smallest cities in New York state, with a population of just roughly 15,000, its stance—or at least its mayor’s stance—in the national and increasingly-fervent debate over the regulation of guns crystalized during a recent City Council meeting. During the meeting, Mayor Joe Sack, a […]
Ex-parks commissioner appointed to Town Council
In order to fill the vacancy left when town Republican Councilman Joe Cannella stepped down from the Harrison Town Council, the board appointed Joseph Stout as its newest member at the Jan. 28 council meeting. Stout, a Democrat, who was born and raised in Harrison, was eager to take the […]