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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

06/22/11 New Today in The Daily Port Chester

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New York Salad Chain Opens In Rye Brook
by Ryan Villarreal | 06/21/11
RYE BROOK, N.Y. -- Cindy Weisberg had a hankering for greens Tuesday so she made sure to stop for lunch at the Chop't Creative Salad Company that opened that day."I'm a big salad eater," said Weisberg, a Rye Brook resident and healthcare industry recruiter. "This is my main meal of the day."Weisberg
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Stream Walk Survey Needs Greenwich Volunteers
by Anna Helhoski | 06/22/11
GREENWICH, Conn. — Standing on the bridge over the Mill River on the edge of Byram and Port Chester, Jack Stoecker points out rock walls lining the banks.   "It's a very engineered environment, very unnatural," said Stoecker, coordinator of the Byram Watershed Coalition. "It serves a purpose —
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Port Chester Welcomes New Kindergarten Class
by Ryan Villarreal | 06/22/11
PORT CHESTER, N.Y. – With a son in fifth grade and another in first, Mariella Hernandez is a veteran parent at Thomas A. Edison School. She's ready for her youngest son Julian to start kindergarten in the fall."It's important to get them used to the school," said Hernandez, who brought Julian to an
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White Plains: Vote to Raise Rent Gets Heated
by Sarina Trangle | 06/21/11
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – It appears that everyone who attended the tenant and owner debate at the Westchester County Rent Guidelines Board left dissatisfied after the board passed a vote to increase rent throughout the county on rent-regulated apartments. The meeting, which ran for nearly three hours
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No Vote On Children's Museum Lease At Rye Playland
by Ryan Villarreal | 06/21/11
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- The Westchester County Board of Legislators has delayed a vote to lease out the North Bathhouse at Rye Playland to the Westchester Children's Museum until its next meeting July 11. "It's all part of the process," said Tracy Kay, executive director of the museum. The decision
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Port Chester High Senior Gives Thanks
by Ryan Villarreal | 06/21/11
PORT CHESTER, N.Y. – With prom and graduation coming back to back, high school senior Antonio Garcia has a lot on his mind this week. However, the 17-year-old made sure to find the time to thank the people at school who helped him get to where he is."I found people here that care about you and want
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06/22/11 The Port Chester Topix News Message Board: Port Chester Welcomes New Kindergarten Class

Topix Port Chester

Port Chester - News June 22, 2011

Port Chester Welcomes New Kindergarten Class
Port Chester Welcomes New Kindergarten Class (The Daily Port Chester)
With a son in fifth grade and another in first, Mariella Hernandez is a veteran parent at Thomas A. Edison School .
Stream Walk Survey Needs Greenwich Volunteers (The Daily Port Chester)
Standing on the bridge over the Mill River on the edge of Byram and Port Chester, Jack Stoecker points out rock walls lining the banks.
New York Salad Chain Opens In Rye Brook (The Daily Port Chester)
Cindy Weisberg had a hankering for greens Tuesday so she made sure to stop for lunch at the Chop't Creative Salad Company that opened that day.

               
More Port Chester News
Police: Man, 82, Stashed Wine Bottle After DWI Crash (Patch)
Port Chester police thought an 82-year-old Scarsdale man was suffering from dementia or just shaken up after he struck a parked car on Monday afternoon.
Fake-cop robbery in Rye Brook involved a marijuana deal, real cops say (LoHud)
Fake-cop robbery in Rye Brook involved a marijuana deal, real cops say Comments RYE BROOK - A Port Chester teenager who reported that two men impersonating cops robbed him of $50 was actually a drug dealer, police said, and the thieves who drove up with flashing lights made off with $2,700 worth of marijuana.
A Whole Lot of Summer Reading: Retired Teachers Deliver 300 Books to JFK Students (Patch)
A group of retired teachers have become familiar faces to the second-graders of John F. Kennedy Magnet School in Port Chester.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

06/21/11 The Port Chester Topix News Message Board: New Volunteers Get A Trial By Fire

Topix Port Chester

Port Chester - News June 21, 2011

New Volunteers Get A Trial By Fire
New Volunteers Get A Trial By Fire (Patch)
The Port Chester Fire Department welcomed seven new firefighters to its ranks earlier this month.
For Midland School, It's Nairobi, Baghdad or Bust (My Rye)
Midland School unveiled two road signs on June 16 - one located outside on the grass inside the bus circle, and the other inside the building near the lobby.
Neighbors Confused After Street Signs Are Removed (Patch)
Residents who live in a four-block stretch near Port Chester High School have been lobbying for months to have alternate-side street signs removed so they don't have to move their cars every morning.

06/21/11 No Cause Yet in Deadly Westchester Plane Crash and more from Port Chester Patch



Today s 84° 63° Tomorrow s 80° 65°

June 21, 2011

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No Cause Yet in Deadly Westchester Plane Crash

Harold F. Cobin and Jonann Brady | Jun 20, 2011 | 0 Comments

imageFour people aboard the plane were killed in the fiery crash. The pilot owned an art gallery in Piermont.

Neighbors Confused After Street Signs Are Removed

Nik Bonopartis | Jun 20, 2011 | 2 Comments

imagePort Chester Republicans say the alternate-side parking signs were removed without the approval of the board. Trustees are expected to discuss the issue tonight.

School Calendar Highlights: Prom, Graduation Slated for this Week

Christine Loughran | Jun 20, 2011 | 0 Comments

imageFor the last week of school, students, teachers and parents say their goodbyes to another school year with end-of-the-year celebrations.

District Teachers Say Goodbye: Larry Siena

Christine Loughran | Jun 20, 2011 | 1 Comment

imagePort Chester High School English teacher of 38 years to retire this month.

Things to Do

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Volleyball Camp, Next Level Volleyball

imageNext Level Volleyball Camp is in its third year of offering summer camp instruction at SUNY Purchase College. This week-long …

10:30am

Toddler Story Time at The Voracious Reader

imageThe Voracious Reader hosts Toddler Story Time on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. and Wednesday at 2 p.m. "Stories, coloring and fun around a …

06/21/11 New Today in The Daily Port Chester

What's Up in  The Daily Port Chester
The Daily Port Chester
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Port Chester High Senior Gives Thanks
by Ryan Villarreal | 06/21/11
PORT CHESTER, N.Y. – With prom and graduation coming back to back, high school senior Antonio Garcia has a lot on his mind this week. However, the 17-year-old made sure to find the time to thank the people at school who helped him get to where he is."I found people here that care about you and want
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No Vote On Children's Museum Lease At Rye Playland
by Ryan Villarreal | 06/21/11
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- The Westchester County Board of Legislators has delayed a vote to lease out the North Bathhouse at Rye Playland to the Westchester Children's Museum until its next meeting July 11. "It's all part of the process," said Tracy Kay, executive director of the museum. The decision
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Weekend Tip Yields No Results in Spierer Case
by Natalia Baage-Lord | 06/20/11
Bloomington Police continued their search over the weekend for missing Edgemont resident Lauren Spierer, after someone reported a suspicious odor with the possibility of a body. When the tip was received at 3 p.m. on Sunday, police assumed that it might have something to do with the Spierer
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New Crib Safety Standards Protect Infants
by Mitch Lipka | 06/20/11
The rules for how cribs must be made are changing dramatically in the wake of the recall of millions of drop-side cribs that followed the deaths of about three dozen infants and toddlers since 2000. On June 28, every store in America that sells cribs will have to purge its old inventory and only
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'Love Me Some Bakery' Hot in New Rochelle
by Danny LoPriore | 06/20/11
Tia Alleyne has been watching her mom, grandma and aunts bake for years. With all that love working in the kitchen, it's no surprise that the New Rochelle baker has turned homegrown tradition into a homegrown business called Love Me Some Bakery. A career financial services professional for 15 years,
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Port Chester Kid Loves Baseball And Books
by Ryan Villarreal | 06/20/11
Fourth grader Xavier Massey sat on the bleachers by the baseball fields in Port Chester's Lyon Park eating a pack of sunflower seeds Saturday afternoon after playing two games in the morning. "I like watching the other teams play," said Xavier, 10, whose team "Lockdown" won their first game against
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06/21/11 The Raw Port Chester News Feed

News Reports About Port Chester, NY
Support Port Chester Cheerleaders at Sunday Car Wash
Patch.com
Friends and neighbors can get a great deal by stopping by the Port Chester Middle School parking lot on Sunday, where junior varsity cheerleaders will return their rides to a pre-storm gleam, all for a good cause. Money raised during the car wash will ...
District Teachers Say Goodbye: Mary Romanello
Patch.com
The departing science teacher has been a familiar face to Port Chester students for 22 years. By Christine Loughran



Mary Romanello spent her first three years with the Port Chester School District teaching at the Edison ...
New Volunteers Get A Trial By Fire
Patch.com
Five days after they officially joined the ranks of the Port Chester Fire Department, a handful of new volunteers found themselves fighting a fierce blaze. By Nik Bonopartis

Seven Port Chester Volunteer Firefighters recently ...
Neighbors Confused After Street Signs Are Removed
Patch.com
Port Chester Republicans say the alternate-side parking signs were removed without the approval of the board. Trustees are expected to discuss the issue tonight. By Nik Bonopartis

Residents who live in a four-block ...

Monday, June 20, 2011

06/20/11 This Just In .....

A Port Chester News Report
Family of three and friend die in Westchester plane crash
The Journal News | LoHud.com
Local emergency personnel — including county police, members of the Armonk and Port Chester fire departments, Port Chester rescue and Greenwich, Conn., search and rescue crews — also responded. All-terrain vehicles and search dogs were being used in ...

06/20/11 No Cause Yet in Deadly Westchester Plane Crash and more from Port Chester Patch


Today s 79° 59° Tomorrow s 83° 65°

June 20, 2011

Your News

No Cause Yet in Deadly Westchester Plane Crash

Harold F. Cobin and Jonann Brady | Jun 20, 2011 | 0 Comments

imageFour people aboard the plane were killed in the fiery crash. The pilot owned an art gallery in Piermont.

Family Killed in Westchester Plane Crash Frequented Montauk

Matthew Margolis | Jun 19, 2011 | 2 Comments

imageMontauk Airport Manager Helen Gil says her "heart sank" when she heard the news.

Assembly Derails Bid to Repeal MTA Tax

Dan Wiessner | Jun 19, 2011 | 2 Comments

imageA bill that would repeal that controversial MTA payroll tax in suburban counties has passed the Senate, but appears to be headed into limbo in the Assembly. A number of local lawmakers co-sponsored the measure.

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Things to Do

12:00am

Volleyball Camp, Next Level Volleyball

imageNext Level Volleyball Camp is in its third year of offering summer camp instruction at SUNY Purchase College. This week-long …

11:00am

'Mommy Mondays' at the Voracious Reader

imageThe Voracious Reader hosts 'Mommy Mondays' weekly at 11 a.m. New moms and their babies (18 months and under) are invited to gather …

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06/20/11 New Today in The Daily Port Chester

What's Up in The Daily Port Chester
The Daily Port Chester
News Sports Schools Neighbors
Port Chester Kid Loves Baseball And Books
by Ryan Villarreal | 06/20/11

Fourth grader Xavier Massey sat on the bleachers by the baseball fields in Port Chester's Lyon Park eating a pack of sunflower seeds Saturday afternoon after playing two games in the morning. "I like watching the other teams play," said Xavier, 10, whose team "Lockdown" won their first game against

READ MORE
'Love Me Some Bakery' Hot in New Rochelle
by Danny LoPriore | 06/20/11

Tia Alleyne has been watching her mom, grandma and aunts bake for years. With all that love working in the kitchen, it's no surprise that the New Rochelle baker has turned homegrown tradition into a homegrown business called Love Me Some Bakery. A career financial services professional for 15 years,

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Suburban Dad: Fathers Want Freedom, Get Ties
by Marek Fuchs | 06/19/11

Father's Day calls to mind a lot of things, but I can't get past the spilled coffee. With three kids, sentiment rarely carries the day—any day—but especially not Father's Day. In my very own home, I had to put the kibosh on one abomination of a Father's Day tradition: the seemingly straightforward

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Victims Identified in Westchester Plane Crash
by Phil Corso | 06/19/11

The four people killed Saturday in a small airplane crash near the Westchester County Airport were identified by the Department of Environmental Protection as Manhattan residents en route to Long Island. The victims were identified as Keith Weiner, 63, Lisa Weiner, 51, Isabel Weiner, 14, and

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'Well-Educated' Woman Snaps on Metro-North Train
by Vanessa Inzitari | 06/18/11

A video of a self-proclaimed "well-educated" woman getting mouthy with a Metro-North conductor has gone viral, appearing on Yahoo News, Gawker and even the Daily Mail in the United Kingdom. After allegedly using profanity while talking loudly on a cell phone, a woman who reportedly boarded the New


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Port Chester Father Reflects on Spierer Case
by Ryan Villarreal and Phil Corso | 06/19/11

Joe Durney sat at Starbucks in Rye Brook having coffee with his daughter Caitlin, who recently returned from Monroe Community College in Rochester while the parents of Lauren Spierer are still searching for their daughter in Indiana."It's a nightmare for any parent," said Durney. Spierer, a 2009

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