PORT CHESTER BRIEFING :Guatemalans find a home, opportunity in area's communities

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Port Chester News - December 15, 2010

Guatemalans find a home, opportunity in area's communities (LoHud)

Central Americans also are the fastest-growing immigrant group in Westchester and Rockland counties, new census estimates show.

Rye Brook Blotter: Prescription Fraud, $8,000 Rolex Stolen (Rye Patch)

In recent weeks, Rye Brook police have dealt with fraud involving prescription medication, a theft of an expensive watch at a local hotel, and another theft involving an Apple computer worth thousands of dollars.

10 Places to Volunteer This Holiday Season (Rye Patch)

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Port Chester Educators Cry Foul Over Tougher State Test Standards Patch By Christine Loughran | Email the author | 5:30am It's simple math, but educators everywhere–including Port Chester–are trying to wrap their heads around it ...

It Takes a Village to Get Kids Off the Couch Patch Elementary school kids at Port Chester's Park Avenue School get some time away from their desks. By Christine Loughran | Email the author | 5:45am You can ...

Ellesmere Port families light up memory tree at Hospice of the Good Shepherd Ellesmere Port Pioneer This year's Light up a Life campaign raised a record £80000 toward specialised care for patients with an incurable illness from Ellesmere Port, Chester, ...

10 Places to Volunteer This Holiday Season Patch The Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library offers free delivery services for homebound residents of Port Chester and Rye Brook. Volunteers are needed to ...

Girls basketball: Lombardi gets 24 in Fox Lane win; more games The Journal News | LoHud.com Keio 43, Port Chester 24: At Port Chester, Rei Adachi led the Unicorns with 13 points. Sae Toyomura added four points and 10 rebounds. ...

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Mount Vernon headed to Hawaii | Varsity Insider By Josh Thomson Obviously, Blind Brook not favorites yet, but wins of Class As Port Chester, Rye and Harrison are impressive. 9 hrs ago; Word is Blind Brook beat Port Chester. Time to start taking last year's Class C champs seriously as contenders ... Varsity Insider - http://varsityinsider.lohudblogs.com/

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Holiday sales gains are gift to governments

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Holiday sales gains are gift to governments (The Journal News)

The way 65-year-old Port Chester resident Waymon Perry puts it, times are so tough he's trying to make a dollar out of 15 cents.

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Holiday sales gains are gift to governments The Journal News | LoHud.com By Diana Costello • dcostell@lohud.com • December 16, 2010 The way 65-year-old Port Chester resident Waymon Perry puts it, times are so tough he's trying to ...

Guatemalans find a home, opportunity in area's communities The Journal News | LoHud.com And Guatemalans are now the largest nationality in high-immigrant places like Port Chester and Mount Kisco in Westchester County as well as Brewster in ...

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Schedule/scores: Dec. 15 | Varsity Insider By Josh Thomson 19 hrs ago; Word is Blind Brook beat Port Chester. Time to start taking last year's Class C champs seriously as contenders (favorites???) in B. 19 hrs ago; Nice win tonight for Iona Prep, which beat Xavier 56-35. ... Varsity Insider - http://varsityinsider.lohudblogs.com/

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PORT CHESTER BRIEFING: Lower Hudson Valley's unemployment rate edges up to 7%

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Lower Hudson Valley's unemployment rate edges up to 7% (The Journal News)

Diane Braiotta is afraid filing an online job application isn't going to cut it in today's competitive job market.

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Lower Hudson Valley's unemployment rate edges up to 7% The Journal News | LoHud.com So the 52-year-old unemployed Port Chester resident has resorted to "footing it," meaning she's walked around business parks and scribbled down contact ...

Police: Port Chester Man Smashed Door After Bartender Cut Him Off Patch Police say the 27-year-old Port Chester man was knocking back drinks Saturday night at La Dolce Vita when the ...

Rain and Snow Accelerate Sea Wall Collapse at Marina Patch The bulkhead at Port Chester's waterfront marina continues to disintegrate, even as the village works to repair the damage. By Stu Bayer | Email the author ...

Local Colleges, Athletes To Duke It Out at the Garden Patch The former Port Chester High School coach, who took command at Purchase midway through the 2008 season—with seven players on the roster who did not play ...

How to Take Amazing Photographs of Holiday Lights Patch There are still a few days left to represent Port Chester and enter your home in Patch's Holiday Decorations Contest. To help you snap photos that show your ...

Bridgeport Man Slashed Outside Main Street Bar Patch This morning's fight and slashing marked the second incident at the bar this week; on Saturday, a Port Chester man smashed the bar's glass front door after ...

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Parttime web designer needed (Port Chester, NY) – Web Design Jobs By admin Parttime web designer needed (Port Chester, NY). December 16, 2010. in Design Jobs, Web Design. We're looking for a part-time web designer/I.T. who can help us build/design our restaurant's website. Applicants must have the capacity to ... Web Design Jobs - http://www.webdesign-jobs.com/

Police: Port Chester Man Smashed Door After Bartender Cut Him Off ... By Italy Headlines Police: Port Chester Man Smashed Door After Bartender Cut Him OffPatchBy Nik Bonopartis | Email the author | 1:53pm Police say the 27-year-old Port Chester man was knocking back drinks Saturday night at La Dolce Vita when the ...and ... Web TV Italy News - http://www.webtvitaly.com/news/

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Food find: Fresh lasagna sheets at Tarry Market The Journal News | LoHud.com The November opening of Tarry Market in Port Chester means easy access to freshly made pasta, dry-aged meats from designer farms and specialty cheeses from ...

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A Wild Weekend of Mayhem in New Rochelle Keeps First Responders ... By Robert Cox Earlier, on Friday around 8 pm, eight teens -- 6 from Mount Vernon, 1 from Yonkers and 1 from Port Chester -- were arrested after attacking and robbing people at 542 Pelham Road. The Journal News has the details: 8 teens charged with ... New Rochelle's Talk of the Sound blogs - http://www.newrochelletalk.com/blog

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PORT CHESTER BRIEFING: Ballerina lands plum role with prestigious company

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Ballerina lands plum role with prestigious company (The Wilton Bulletin)

Like every ballerina, Katherine Higgins always coveted the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy, the classic Nutcracker dance welcoming Clara to the Kingdom of Sweets and the promise of Christmas.

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Varsity Cheerleaders Look Ahead to Nationals Patch By Adam Fischer | Email the author | 5:26am For the third year in a row, the Port Chester Varsity Cheerleading team is headed to the National High School ...

I-95: Greenwich truck fire cleanup still backing up N/B traffic into Westchester The Journal News | LoHud.com PORT CHESTER — Cleanup of a tractor-trailer fire on Interstate 95 in Greenwich, Conn., continued to back up northbound traffic into Westchester at 4:30 pm ...

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NESSA in Port Chester – Comfort food and a relaxing ambience ... By admin NESSA in Port Chester - Comfort food and a relaxing ambience. Described by our members as "Scrumptious food, sleek you could bring your own wine on Monday nights. I was just there and spoke to Adam Tessitore, co-owner with his brother ... winedineguide magazine - http://winedineguide.com/w/

Arrosto is Hot New Restaurant in Port Chester and is a Lot of Fun ... Arrosto just across the line in Port Chester is the new hot restaurant. Jill Conway Marchak, a fellow agent here at Prudential CT's Greenwich office who knows the local social scene, gave rave reviews after dining at Arrosto in this ... GreenwichStreets.com - http://greenwichstreets.com/

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Sleepy Hollow Pummels Port Chester Patch By Zach Smart | Email the author | 12:11pm Sleepy Hollow ran roughshod over Port Chester, sharing the wealth en route to a 49-13 shellacking of the ...

Gallery: Tree Lighting at Port Chester's Waterfront Patch Despite the cold, hundreds gathered at Port Chester's waterfront Wednesday night for the village's annual tree-lighting ceremony. ...

How Well Do You Know Port Chester? Patch This week's contest closes Sunday at 5 pm, but don't worry–we'll have another photo of historic Port Chester next week. Check back daily for local news, ...

Sticks and Stones, IMs and Phones: Kids Get a Lesson in Cyberbullying Patch Port Chester Middle School participates in Bullying Awareness Week, focusing on cyberbullying and its consequences. By Christine Loughran | Email the author ...

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County Center crystal ball | Varsity Insider By Josh Thomson Port Chester and TZ have both been there before and return top-quality talent. … Peekskill will be better than expected thanks to good size and speed. Expect the Red Devils to rededicate themselves to running and playing tough D. ... Varsity Insider - http://varsityinsider.lohudblogs.com/

BOB HORTON: Money finally flowing to Byram River project By Byram Roundup Port Chester just received $750000 from New York state to repair its aging and suspect sewer system, which for years has leaked raw sewage into Byram River, Port Chester Harbor and Long Island Sound. Greenwich residents have complained ... Byram Roundup - http://byramroundup.blogspot.com/

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PORT CHESTER BRIEFING: Mamaroneck EMS Competes for $50,000 Grant

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Mamaroneck EMS Competes for $50,000 Grant (Larchmont Patch)

The Mamaroneck Emergency Medical Service has put out an urgent call for all residents to go online toA http://refresheverything.com/mems and vote for them to receive a $50,000 grant to purchase a new ambulance which will replace one of their vehicles nearing the end of its tenure.

Port Chester to consider privatizing trash pickups (Journal News)

PORT CHESTER - The village plans to seek bids on trash collection in the New Year to see whether an outside firm could handle the job more cheaply.

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Greenburgh court administrator retracts resignation; gets 25% raise to stay The Journal News | LoHud.com ... court's day-to-day operations, had told officials that she was leaving for better-paying job as a court clerk in Port Chester, where she used to work. ...

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Fresh Lasagna Sheets at Tarry Market in Port Chester | Small Bites By Liz Johnson The opening of Tarry Market in Port Chester in November means easy access to freshly made pasta, dry-aged meats from designer farms and specialty cheeses from. Small Bites - http://food.lohudblogs.com/ =========================================

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PORT CHESTER BRIEFING: Port Chester to consider privatizing trash pickups

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Port Chester to consider privatizing trash pickups (Journal News)

PORT CHESTER - The village plans to seek bids on trash collection in the New Year to see whether an outside firm could handle the job more cheaply.

Gas prices gushing skyward (The Journal News)

Gas prices keep defying gravity. Traditionally, by this time of year, the cost to fill up a tank would have receded for the colder months.

Windmill maker eyes Stroudsburg area (Pocono Record)

An upstart industrial supplier of wind-powered electric equipment is looking at locations across the country, including Stroudsburg, where the company's chief financial officer lives, to open a plant for 182 employees by early next year.

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08/23/10 PORT CHESTER BRIEFING: Port Chester board considers adding part-time lawyer

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Port Chester board considers adding part-time lawyer (The Patent Trader)

The newly elected Board of Trustees will consider hiring its own part-time lawyer, filling a vacant corporation counsel post in addition to keeping a village attorney.

Women-Helping-Women (Journal News)

Barbara Brown of Irvington has a job. Finally. Laid off from the A.I. Friedman art supply store in Port Chester 18 months ago, Friedman found out earlier this monththat she's been hired by Hartsdale Fabrics.

Six Great Places to Take a Date in Port Chester (Rye Patch)

Got a first date? You might find the usual pre-date jitters settling in. What if the conversation lags? What if she only eats chicken fingers? Does this look okay on me? What if he's a low talker? And then there's the question of where to go.

Workout of the Week: The RITE method in Port Chester (Journal News)

Yes, I want thin thighs and buff arms, but I wish getting them didn't require so much suffering.

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08/22/10 PORT CHESTER BRIEFING: State to fund most of study to dissolve Rye Town

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State to fund most of study to dissolve Rye Town (Mid-Hudson News)

ALBANY The state has granted $50,000 toward a project cost of $65,000 to conduct a dissolution feasibility study for Rye Town and alternatives for its subordinate villages.

Explore this Weekenda s Garage and Estate Sales (Harrison Patch)

Discover some treasures and snap up some bargains with this handy list. View full size new Save money and go green by repurposing the items your neighbors no longer want by shopping at a garage sale on Saturday.

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08/21/10 PORTCHESTER BRIEFING: Possibly $1 Million Or More Stolen In Port Chester Parking Meter Scam

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Possibly $1 Million Or More Stolen In Port Chester Parking Meter Scam (WCBS)

Did someone get their paws on the parking meter money? On Friday a Westchester County town was investigating whether the "missing money" totals in the thousands - or maybe even in the millions! As CBS 2a s Tony Aiello reports, the parking meter scandal is the talk of Port Chester.

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08/20/10 PORT CHESTER BRIEFING: Westchester Avenue in Port Chester is haircut headquarters

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Westchester Avenue in Port Chester is haircut headquarters (Journal News)

PORT CHESTER - This village is well known for an abundance of ethnic restaurants, but it's also become the land of many haircuts.

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Port Chester May Never Know How Much Was Stolen from Parking Meters Patch Port Chester collects about $500000 a year from 750 parking meters in its two square miles. This year, 250 meters will be retired as the village installs ...

Residents to Board: Verbal Abuse of Employees is 'Disgusting' Patch Tone it down, several speakers told Port Chester trustees Monday night. But trustees say they're just doing their jobs.  ...

Katonah Museum Of Art Announces New Membership Manager Westchester.com Katonah, NY - The Katonah Museum of Art has announced that Christina Makrakis of Port Chester has been named Membership Manager. Makrakis has worked in the ...

Police: Drunk Greenwich Man Drove into Stone Wall Patch When the officer arrived, Reyes and his three passengers -- a Port Chester man, and a woman and a man from Armonk, all 18 years old -- were standing outside ...

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Port Chester police blotter: DWI crash, daytime burglary and ... By Leslie Korngold One Response to "Port Chester police blotter: DWI crash, daytime burglary and stolen electricity". KrashKowalski says: August 18, 2010 at 7:52 pm. "A man who allegedly tapped into a building light fixture to power his apartment will be ... Sound Shore - http://soundshore.lohudblogs.com/

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A Piece of Goldie's Mind: Port Chester's Most Vocal Local Patriot Patch The always out-spoken, ever-bold Port Chester Goldie Solomon is a fixture at village meetings and events. By Robert Rennie | Email the author | 5:51am ...

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Port Chester board hears appeal to show civility at meetings ... By Leah Rae The new Port Chester board, specifically the returning Trustee Sam Terenzi, received a scolding for their not-so-civil discourse last night. Terenzi has grilled the village manager, treasurer and recreation chief during recent meetings, ... Sound Shore - http://soundshore.lohudblogs.com/

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08/18/10 PORT CHESTER BRIEFING: Ex-cop accused of impersonation free on $1,000 bail

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Ex-cop accused of impersonation free on $1,000 bail (Journal News)

PORT CHESTER - A former Harrison police officer accused of impersonating a police officer and giving Port Chester police false police identification appeared in court Monday accompanied by his mother, ex-wife, son and current wife.

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08/16/10 PORT CHESTER BRIEFING: Former Harrison Cop Arrested in Port Chester for Drug Possesion, Impersonating Police

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Former Harrison Cop Arrested in Port Chester for Drug Possesion, Impersonating Police (Harrison Patch)

Authorities say Ralph Tancredi gave the impression that he was still a police officer before he was arrested for drug possession.

Mamaroneck Artists' Guild's Summer in Westchester (Larchmont Patch)

Perhaps you walked by the Mamaroneck Artists' Guild recently and thought you saw the lights on or movement inside? You were not mistaken.

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08/15/10 PORT CHESTER BRIEFING: Festive Mexican, Theatrics on the Side

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Festive Mexican, Theatrics on the Side (New York Times)

OLITA Cucina and Tequila Bar , which opened last summer in the Byram section of Greenwich, next door to Port Chester, is the kind of place that is most enjoyable when visited with a group.

Former Harrison cop Tancredi charged with forgery, impersonating police officer (Journal News)

Former Harrison Police Officer Ralph Tancredi is being held without bail in the Westchester County jail on charges of impersonating a police officer, forgery, criminal possession of a controlled substance and disorderly conduct.

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08/13/10 PORT CHESTER BRIEFING: Future of Transit Over the TZB is by Bus

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Future of Transit Over the TZB is by Bus (Tarrytown Patch)

Tarrytown could host one bus station and a larger transit terminal if proposed Bus Rapid Transit options are included in the overhaul of the bridge.

Port Chester sea wall sinking, as legal questions surface (Journal News)

PORT CHESTER - A privately built sea wall along the Byram River continues to lean toward collapse, and a storm may be gathering over who is responsible.

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08/12/10 PORT CHESTER BRIEFING: Ex-Port Chester trustees see setback in bid to keep lifetime benefits

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Ex-Port Chester trustees see setback in bid to keep lifetime benefits (LoHud)

A justice has refused a request by a group of ex-village trustees to preserve their free lifetime health benefits, saying their legal argument was lacking.

For Affordable Housing, Will Third Time Be the Charm? (Tarrytown Patch)

The county submitted the latest update to their implementation plan for building fair and affordable housing throughout Westchester late on Monday a ' fulfilling a deadline set by federal monitors.A This is the third revision the county has filed on its affordable housing settlement implementation plan, and the county appears to have made some ...

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08/11/10 PORT CHESTER BRIEFING: Hazardous Materials Team Responds to Chlorine Leak at Water Pumping Station

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Hazardous Materials Team Responds to Chlorine Leak at Water Pumping Station (Harrison Patch)

A chlorine leak in the Rye Lake water pumping station was reported at about 7:30 Tuesday morning.

Park criticism was on target (Journal News)

Re 'Government strips Rye Town Park of its historical charm,' a Community View: Chris Cohan's comments in the above article are valid.

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08/10/10 PORT CHESTER BRIEFING: Website offers glimpse of TZB proposals

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Website offers glimpse of TZB proposals (Recordonline - The Times Herald-Record)

The Tappan Zee study team has updated the project's website with the dramatic photographs and drawings that were displayed at open houses in June.

Dullsville: Connecticut governor Jodi Rell's recent attempt... (Eater)

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Bedford Community Theater to present 'Gypsy' this Fall (Bedford Patch)

The Bedford Community Theater has selected Gypsy as its ninth annual production.

N.Y. should clarify 'one person, one vote' covering inmates, noncitizens (Journal News)

A bill passed in Albany and perhaps buried in the revenue bill awaits Gov. David Paterson's signature.

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08/09/10 PORT CHESTER BRIEFING: Greenburgh to hire administrator for troubled Town Court

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Greenburgh to hire administrator for troubled Town Court (The Journal News)

An assistant clerk in Port Chester will become a full-time court administrator in the troubled Greenburgh Town Court, which has been criticized in audits for poor oversight and sloppy record-keeping. The Town Board plans to hire Regina Hill on Wednesday to oversee the court, which handles misdemeanor criminal cases and traffic violations.

Federal judge ordered system changedwhen majority continued to dominate (World Net Daily)

A bloc of Hispanics, estimated at a little over 20 percent of the voters, successfully installed a candidate of its choosing on a city council after a federal judge ordered the traditional one-person-one-vote system altered because the majority continued to prevail in election after election.

A Sauna at Rye Town Park? (Rye Patch)

It isn't easy being green. And it is expensive to stay that way. Especially where Rye Town Park is concerned.

The best ice cream in Westchester: Sound Shore edition (Journal News)

With so many excellent pints of ice cream available in grocery and specialty stores, it can be hard to justify the expense and effort required for a trip to an ice cream parlor, unless you have a Little League team in tow.

SPRYE to offer Sound Shore seniors help staying at home (Journal News)

When Staying Put in Rye and Environs, SPRYE, officially launches next year, seniors will get help with everything from taking trips to the grocery store to making their homes wheelchair accessible.

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