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Laughter filled the New Rochelle Public Library Saturday, as moms and dads helped their children create a present for a loved one.

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School Budget season is once again upon us, starting tonight with a Community Input Forum at the library at New Rochelle High School.

Police believe two armed robberies that took place in Harrison and Mamaroneck last week are connected with several other armed robberies that have taken place in Westchester communities over the last month.

A new City Council in New Rochelle has been in office only a month, but it has been busy.

College rankings, such as the one U.S. News & World Report has published each year since 1983, may provide some interesting reading, but they are hardly the sole basis on which anyone should choose which school to attend.

Dr. Lynne Perry-Bottinger, a cardiologist based in New Rochelle, says women must advocate for themselves to receive the tests they need to diagnose a heart condition - and not accept that their symptoms are caused by panic attacks or other emotional or hormonal distress.

Trinity Elementary School fifth grade teacher Marielena Barrett is joined by school counselor Melissa Hernandez during a Second Step program Friday.

The proposed Tappan Zee Bridge needs some type of mass-transit component, officials from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign recently told the Sleepy Hollow Board of Trustees.

Union Baptist Church may have burned down last week, but parishioners say they'll rebuild - with help from the New Rochelle community.

Get Hypnotized : tonight, February 10,A the Mamaroneck High School Student Council presents Hypnotist Extraordinaire, Tom DeLuca, 7:30 PM, McLain Auditorium.

A crisis has enveloped the Iona College campus in New Rochelle. Students are bewildered and fearful.

Last night I was blessed to see how democracy should work in New Rochelle and further, how a proper and real form of diversity works in the context of a neighborhood.

The cries of Mamaroneck Town residents have not fallen on deaf ears.A In response to a request for more answers from town officials after a recent spate of burglaries in the area, local police presented the community with a comparison of crime statistics in the area since 2010 as well as a list of safety tips, a copy of which can be accessed by ... (more)

Detectives from several Westchester Police Departments met in Pelham to discuss multiple armed robberies that have happened over the past few weeks.

On January 12, 2012 at around 12:30 p.m., three college students on winter break were robbed at gunpoint by five youths on Mayflower Avenue, a half-block away from Holy Family Church.

Mamaroneck Village And Harrison police report two more armed robberies involving local residents walking home from a train station at night.

Building of the Week: Garden Party Cool Finds: Race Horses RIP, New Rochelle Coming Up: A Day in the Life of Larchmont Mamaroneck Town Talks Crime Prevention On Thursday, the County said it's going to help us keep our heads above water.

Shaina Pagan, pre-K para-professional, right, plays in the sandbox with student Lanasia O'Neal, left, in the Florence S. Brown Pre-K Center at School 33.

Janine Adolphe receives help with her taxes from AARP volunteer tax aide Lorraine Harrison during one of the foundation's free tax help counseling sessions at the New Rochelle Public Library Thursday.