Opinion by Jocelyn Ffriend It’s been almost two weeks, but as a Black woman and alumna of New Rochelle High School, Albert Leonard Middle School, and Davis Elementary School, I am still reverberating with...
The New Rochelle City Democratic Committee held its convention on Thursday evening, February 16, at New Rochelle United Methodist Church, to endorse candidates for Mayor and the six City Council seats in this year’s...
Concerned citizens living in the Historic District came to the Feb. 14th Citizens to Be Heard to urge the City Council to respect the letter and intent of the City Council’s 1986 legislation designating...
Questions Raised Regarding Process, Motives and Role of Executive Director, National Counsel, and HUD The removal of four Commissioners of the New Rochelle Municipal Housing Authority (NRMHA) by the former City Manager brought an...
New Rochelle Against Racism (New RoAR) announced the launch of its new online newsletter, New RoAR News, at the City Council’s monthly “Citizens To Be Heard” session yesterday. Speaking for New RoAR, a multiracial,...
Echo and Huguenot: Where the rule of law goes to die In the words of longtime New Rochelle resident and activist Lisa Burton, “strange things happen at the corner of Echo and Huguenot.” That’s...
The Board of Commissioners of the New Rochelle Municipal Housing Authority (NRMHA) held its monthly meeting on Monday, February 13, 2023, at 5:30 pm, both in person at 50 Sickles Avenue and virtually on...
Former City Manager Chuck Strome’s dismissal of four long-serving commissioners of the New Rochelle Municipal Housing Authority (NRMHA) is meeting with stiff resistance by the commissioners themselves, as well as opposition from community members....
Don’t miss it! “Tracing Our Roots: New Rochelle’s Black History,” is a powerful exhibit now on display through Wednesday, March 4 at the Lumen Winter Gallery, New Rochelle Public Library. Presented by the New Rochelle...
After 10 pm on the night of February 6, 2023, the residents of what remains of Pugsley Hollow, and those living in Homestead Park, were awakened to the sounds of jackhammers tearing up the...