Port Chester News

Two Metro North stations vital for Fairfield County commuters traveling to New York are being improved.

Train stations in Rye and Port Chester are next up for renovations in a $9.5 million project that will include the restoration of an 1890 station house.

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Four teens went to school Saturday morning and were charged with trespass after answering the call of nature, Rye Brook police said today.

PORT CHESTER - The Rev. Hilario Albert delights in the dozen or so Latin American cultures that fill his church with music and dancing.

We're the US of A Slice of Pizza, if the magazine GQ is right. The June issue, leaving newstands soon, features the 25 best pizzas in the country, a topic guaranteed to start a national argument.

Plain Jane vanilla soft-serve is great, and so is a pint of Ben & Jerry's eaten standing in front of the freezer.

PORT CHESTER - A shoplifter at Kohl's department store was caught trying to hide more than $400 in stolen merchandise in her baby's stroller, police said today.

Two graduating high school seniors from White Plains and Port Chester will receive $1,000 scholarships to study the performing arts from Westco Productions' Sonny Katz Scholarship fund.

WHITE PLAINS - When a bus rapid transit system finally arrives in Rockland and Westchester, its buses could share lanes with car pools, have their own dedicated lanes, and, in some cases, travel high above traffic.

A Port Chester man already charged with burglary faces an additional charge after he used handcuffs to deface the van taking him to jail, police said.

The election of a Hispanic candidate to the Port Chester school board should have no bearing on the village's voting rights violation, Justice Department attorneys said in court papers this week.

How the Sotomayor nomination revived the debate over eminent domain abuse Reason Online by Damon W. Root That headline refers to the case of Didden vs.

MAMARONECK - After searching since March for a new executive director, the Hispanic Resource Center is confident that Bronx native Zoe Colon will excel in the position.

With the fits and spurts of rush-hour traffic, several recent developments have inched along in the Interstate 287/Tappan Zee Bridge project, but expect plenty of pinch points ahead.

Laura Tagasheva longs for the days when she could paint her fingernails, blow dry her hair and carry her 6-year-old daughter.

Adam Liptak had a story in yesterday's Times on the Didden v. Port Chester case, in which the Second Circuit, by summary order , affirmed the district court's dismissal of a complaint brought by an aggrieved developer/landowner whose land was condemned as part of a redevelopment project in the Village of Port Chester.

A sampling of opinion from LoHud.com: 'The next steps,' an editorial. 'Port Chester honors merchant who fought good fight and won,' Phil Reisman's column.

PORT CHESTER - The village has handed over taxi licensing to Westchester County, following a year of debate and protest from cabdrivers and companies.

Editor's note: Susette Kelo's first name was misspelled in an earlier version of this column.