Month: June 2017

The Harrison Fire Department is anticipating renovating its fire house located at 206 Harrison Ave. The department will release an official request for proposals seeking an estimated $250,000 in construction to the building’s apparatus floor. File photo
News

DA drops investigation into ex-firefighter

The Westchester County district attorney’s office has closed its investigation into the former treasurer of the downtown Harrison Fire Department, William Powell, who was ousted from the department last year. A March 24 letter from Assistant District Attorney Stephen Ronco to Powell’s attorney, Andrew Rubin, says that the office closed […]

The Harrison Public Library’s Richard E. Halperin Memorial Library Building will soon undergo construction on its roof, after the library was awarded an estimated $123,000 in state grant money. File photo
Lead Stories News

Library awarded $123K for roof replacement

The Harrison Public Library will take advantage of a state grant to make improvements to the roof of the Richard E. Halperin Memorial Library Building. In order to maintain the building, which is located at 2 Bruce Ave. adjacent to Ma Riis Park, the library will undergo an estimated $123,000 […]

Let the mystery be
Opinion Sports

Let the mystery be

  [dropcap]I[/dropcap] don’t want to launch into another “get off my lawn”-type old fogey complaint about baseball stats here, but I feel like my hand is being forced. Now, I’ve made my peace with a lot of the new-fangled metrics like Ultimate Zone Rating and Win-Shares. Those stats, while not […]

Mike Arlotta starts his swing against Eastchester on May 20. Arlotta hit a team-high five home runs this year.
Sports

Future bright for Huskies

After two back-to-back trips to the Class A semifinals, Harrison’s baseball team has been on a roll in recent years. And although the Huskies’ season ended on May 24 with a 6-2 loss to eventual Section I runner-up Nyack, head coach Marco DiRuocco is confident that his squad will come […]

Scams and a national epidemic
Opinion

Scams and a national epidemic

Congratulations to the cast and crew of Harrison High School’s recent production of “The Addams Family.” The school was recently awarded four Metropolitan High School Theater Awards which honors outstanding work performed at participating high schools in Putnam, Westchester and Bergen counties. Fifty-three schools competed in 31 categories, and Harrison […]