In her novel, “Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood,” Fatema Marnissi writes, “Nature is a woman’s best friend.” There has never been a time in my life where this statement has resonated with me more than it does now.
Kane has been “destroying our Black community for years,” Harper tells judge Drug-possession charges against Ivin Harper were dismissed in City Court on August 23 based on body-cam video suggesting that NRPD Lieutenant Sean...
The tip of an iceberg? The head of the New Rochelle Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit, Lieutenant Sean Kane, was suspended on July 29 after evidence emerged that he planted drugs under the car...
Many saw the proposal to rename the land that had been the heart of over 100 years of Black homeownership before it was bulldozed as part of the racially motivated urban removal as a way to bring to light the remarkable history of Hannah Puglsey and her descendants. To many residents, it is shocking that the proposal put forth by the Commissioner of Development to rename Sheraton/Radisson Plaza is just “Hannahs Way.”
Building community-based policing, or performative public relations? National Night Out is a community policing awareness-raising event in the United States, held the first Tuesday of every August. New Rochelle’s 2024 National Night Out will...
Learn about racism and how to organize communities to fight it! New Rochelle Against Racism (New RoAR), in collaboration with the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, will be sponsoring a free 2-1/2 day...
Sangamon County Sheriff’s Statement on the Killing of Sonya Massey On July 6, 2024, a few days after the one year anniversary of killing of Black New Rochelle native Jarrel Garris with a gunshot...
Board of Education seeks public comment at NRHS Linda Kelly Auditorium The New Rochelle Board of Education will hold a town hall meeting on Tuesday, July 30, at 6:00 pm, to hear public comment...
Official public hearing scheduled for Tuesday, September 10. A proposed Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) was discussed for the first time publicly by the City Council on Tuesday afternoon, July 9, and the public...
By Aisha Cook, 1st VP New Rochelle NAACP and 4th Grade Teacher CSDNR Well folks, Capital Prep New Rochelle Charter, has submitted its application to SUNY for approval. They plan to open in September...