Month: February 2016

On the Lake Street quarry site
Opinion

On the Lake Street quarry site

[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 […]

Tony D’Onofrio and his mother, Peggy, after over half a century of running T.D.’s Smoke Shop on Purchase Street, are getting ready to say their final goodbye after receiving an eviction notice from their current landlord. Photos/Andrew Dapolite
News

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 […]

A banner on the side of the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester advertises the “NYPD Superman” benefit
concert, which is being held in honor of Sgt. Joseph Lemm, a West Harrison resident who was killed in action
in Afghanistan. Photo/Andrew Dapolite
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 […]

In a show of support for stricter gun laws, Rye Mayor Joe Sack, a Republican, signed onto a nationwide coalition of mayors intent on tightening certain gun laws and ending gun violence. Photo courtesy Everytown for Gun Safety
News

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 […]

Joseph Stout, a Harrison native who has worked in parks and recreation across the county for over three decades, was appointed to the Harrison Town Council on Jan. 28. Stout takes over for ex-Councilman Joe Cannella who stepped down from the council after being elected town justice in November. Photo/Angela Jordan
News

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 […]