Month: January 2016

Jack Shapiro challenges a Sabers’ defenseman on Dec. 28. Shapiro found the net in the second quarter to
give the Titans a 4-0 lead. Photo/Mike Smith
Sports

Titans ice Sabers 8-2

On Dec. 28, Rye Town/Harrison turned a fast start against Somers/North Salem into a solid finish to the calendar year. With an 8-2 win over the Sabers at the Rye Playland Ice Rink on Monday, the Titans head into January as the owners of a 9-1 record and seem to […]

Pet store owner Richard Doyle has been arrested for animal cruelty, selling a diseased animal, and most recently, witness tampering. Doyle owns several stores including Best Breeds Puppies and Kittens in the village of Mamaroneck. Photo courtesy Danbury Police Department
News

Mamaroneck to draft local pet store law

The village of Mamaroneck has begun drafting a local law to regulate pet stores, loosely based on the regulatory laws of Suffolk County. This recent push for legislation surfaced in August when residents began protesting a village pet store, Best Breeds Puppies and Kittens on Mamaroneck Avenue. Residents claimed that […]

Misery loves company
Opinion Sports

Misery loves company

[dropcap]I[/dropcap] swear that I’m not a spiteful person, but when it comes to sports, it seems like a healthy dose of “schadenfreude” is sometimes unavoidable. Last Sunday, while watching my New York Giants put the finishing touches on a dreadful 6-10 season—and most likely Tom Coughlin’s coaching career—the only thing […]

Resolutions for the slackers who already blew it
Opinion

Resolutions for the slackers who already blew it

Readers: Right about now, you may be feeling bad about the resolutions you’ve already broken, crushed into a million pieces and washed down with a pint of banana chocolate swirl Talenti ice cream. But there’s no need to hate your sweets-addicted, never-get-ahead, willpower-of-a-gnat (who doesn’t exercise) self. No need, indeed. […]

The Renaissance Westchester in Harrison, one of the hotels that would have been affected by a recently-nixed bed tax. Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed a bill that would have imposed the 3 percent hotel occupancy tax on patrons in some Westchester municipalities. Photo courtesy Marriott.com
News

Cuomo vetoes hotel tax, upsets local officials

After finally passing through the New York State Legislature, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, on Dec. 28, vetoed legislation that would have imposed a 3 percent hotel occupancy tax on patrons of the two hotels in Harrison. In addition to the town/village of Harrison, Cuomo, a Democrat, vetoed requests for a hotel […]