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Port Chester group gives support to immigrant women
Sandra Garcia's weekly meetings for Latina immigrant women are not a place where you'll find can-do stories about pursuing the American dream.
Mamaroneck village manager to retire in early 2009
MAMARONECK - Village manager Leonard Verrastro said he will retire in January, adding to a growing list across the county of vacant manager and administrator spots.
Hispanic couples take marriage vows, again
PORT CHESTER - Ten married couples, most of whom have been together for years and have several kids in tow, walked down the aisle yesterday at Our Lady of the Rosary Church to make their unions official in the ...
Port Chester manager will get 9 months' salary under severance deal
The village will cover the outgoing village manager's $150,000 salary through January, give him a lump sum of three months' salary upon his retirement and provide him with lifetime health benefits, according to ...
Expert testifies in Port Chester voting case
Port Chester attorneys called a political science expert into a federal courtroom in White Plains yesterday to help make their case for maintaining an at-large election system for the village board.
Port Chester man nabbed on DWI charge
WHITE PLAINS - Police said Saul Lara ran a red light, briefly ignored the cop who pulled him over, blasted his car stereo after he was stopped and couldn't walk a straight line.
A beautiful calm wrought from Chris Madden's hectic life
Chris Madden knows a good deal about the hectic pace of modern living. The diminutive powerhouse behind Chris Madden Inc., a multimillion-dollar design, publishing, television and licensing company, she is ...
2nd Annual Port Chester Health Fair
In celebration of National Community Health Center Week, the 2nd Annual Port Chester Community Health Fair will take place on Saturday August 9 from 10am-2pm . The health fair is sponsored by Open Door Family ...
Expired terms, vacancies plague Port Chester boards
PORT CHESTER - Fifty of the 144 village board and commission positions are either vacant or filled with members working in expired terms, the deputy mayor announced this week.
Port Chester struggles to fill vacancies in top jobs
The outgoing village manager says he is concerned with the handful of village employee vacancies, which he said are unusual and threaten community progress.
Man charged in sex act with boy, 3
PORT CHESTER - A 27-year-old village man is accused of having oral sex with a 3-year-old boy.
123 immigrants become U.S. citizens in White Plains
WHITE PLAINS - As Westchester County Clerk Timothy Idoni led the Oath of Allegiance, Lorraine Salvagno stood with her right hand raised and repeated his words.
Cops: Old Greenwich woman, 21, nabbed with stolen pocketbook in Port Chester
PORT CHESTER - She comes from well-to-do Old Greenwich, Conn., but police said the 21-year-old carried a stolen pocketbook while she strolled through Port Chester's Fourth of July celebration.
Deportee convicted of attempted rape faces new charges
PORT CHESTER - A man convicted of attempted rape in 1999 and deported is accused of causing a disturbance outside a village church, police said yesterday.
Summer reading camp sharpens skills
RYE - On a recent hot summer day, a group of second-graders eagerly prepared themselves to draw and write their own mystery storybooks.
Water utility considers joining county filtration project
HARRISON - In an attempt to avoid building a $70 million water filtration plant on its own, Westchester Joint Water Works, a nonprofit corporation made up of the village and town of Mamaroneck and Harrison, ...
Lupo served Port Chester district well
Lupo served Port Chester district well On June 30, Larry Lupo completed 12 years of service to the Port Chester Schools, having acted in various capacities as a trustee, vice president and president of the ...
Port Chester Arts Council Announces Summer Season
The Port Chester Council for the Arts, in cooperation with the Village of Port Chester Recreation Department, presents its 2008 Summer Theatre Season, featuring the retro rock show All Shook Up, the musical ...
Yonkers teens accused of stealing cell phone from sleeping man
YONKERS - Three city teenagers were arrested after an off-duty undercover city narcotics officer saw them stealing a cell phone from a man sleeping on a stoop, police said yesterday.
School board passes elementary redistricting plan for Port Chester
PORT CHESTER - The school board has unanimously voted to rezone 39 of the village's 240 streets, a plan aimed at balancing enrollment and alleviating overcrowding in the elementary schools.