New Rochelle News

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. The New Rochelle Council of Community Services will honor four city community leaders on June 6 at the group's annual luncheon.

A small fire in a bedroom at 96 Plain avenue injuried two residents of the home.One woman suffered burns and her son suffered smoke inhalation.A call to 911 around 6:OOAM brought the New Rochelle police and Fire departments to the scene the fire was cotained to a bedroom of the house.

Have a great and safe holiday weekend. Please remember what Memorial Day is all about - we remember the very brave military members who made the greatest sacrifice - they died so we can all live in a free and democratic society.

The New Rochelle UVMPA brings famous band Blood Sweat & Tears to Glen Island Park tomorrow, Saturday May 25th for a free concert to pay tribute to our troops and first responders.

My Daughter graduated from Ursuline today. Like many fathers i felt a sense of pride, some relief that the tuition bills would end and then the realization that the college bills would start soon.

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. Westmed Medical Group will host a health and wellness fair on Saturday, June 1, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at its full-service medical facility in New Rochelle.

Teatro Paraguas' Southwest Rural Theatre Project launches its 2013 tour with two world premieres at Santa Fe's Teatro Paraguas: Deadwood Duet and Love's Lonely Highway.

Newsday Westchester's Summer Getaways series will examine a new seasonally friendly Hudson Valley destination every week through Labor Day.

The North American branch of the "Irish" Christian Brothers will pay $16.5 million to more than 400 men who were sexually molested as children by members of the Roman Catholic order that operates schools and orphanages around the world.

"Uptight," a movie co-written by New Rochelle's own Ruby Dee, is being screened at the Ossie Davis theater at the library Thursday evening.

Train riders in Fairfield County can get a jump on the first long weekend of summer on extra early getaway trains from Metro-North. For the rest of the weekend, on Saturday, May 25, and Sunday, May 26, regular schedules will be in effect.

While there is no Memorial Day parade in town this year, New Rochelle pays tribute to the nation's fallen servicemen and women with a ceremony 1 p.m. Saturday at Glen Island Park put on by the United Veterans Memorial & Patriotic Association of New Rochelle.

A string of car burglaries took place the night of Friday, May 17, resulting in the theft of hundreds of dollars of cash and items.

Patrick Colon, 24, of New Rochelle, N.Y., was sentenced May 22, 2013, to five years of supervised release for possessing child pornography.

It was a story that had train commuters, their friends and relatives pretty scared for several months in early 2012.

New Rochelle voters approved the schools budget with a healthy margin, according to unofficial results on the school district's website .

A new study from the Brookings Institution shows that poverty in American suburbs increased by 64 percent over the last decade, more than twice the rate of poverty growth in cities.

Journal of Women's Health , published monthly, is a core multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the diseases and conditions that hold greater risk for or are more prevalent among women, as well... New Rochelle, NY, May 20, 2013-National guidelines recommend that at-risk women be screened for elevated cholesterol levels to reduce their chances of ... (more)

Nominations are being accepted for the 2013 Milly Kibrick Youth Recognition Awards, which will be given out in October at a dinner at New Rochelle's Davenport Club.

I never enjoyed the summer in New Rochelle as much as I did these last 2 summers at Hudson Park.