Month: March 2016

News

State department stalls Army Corps’ project

The village of Mamaroneck’s $70-plus million federal flood mitigation project is now on hold after an objection by the New York Department of State. As of this month, the state Department has slammed the brakes on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-led project until more information is provided. Of concern […]

News

Local Summit explores after-school care options

On Feb. 9, the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Local Summit met to discuss “After-school Care in Our Community.” The guest speakers were Ann Marie Terrone, former director of KEEPS; Noreen Corcoran, current director of KEEPS; Susan Riley, director of the Mamaroneck Public Library; Laura Eckly, director of the Larchmont Public Library; and Nicole […]

Opinion Sports

Mad about March

[dropcap]I[/dropcap] think I have to come up with a new strategy for picking my March Madness brackets, because my old one just isn’t working. For years now, I’ve employed the novel approach of actually watching the college basketball regular season, getting to know the strengths and weakness of a few […]

Opinion

The hundred years’ war in Brownsville, Brooklyn

[dropcap]Y[/dropcap]ou could argue that our modern era began 100 years ago in Brownsville, Brooklyn. In a squat building that no longer exists, a pretty and soft-spoken mom named Margaret opened an office where women could get something they’d never been allowed to obtain before: birth control. The place wasn’t called […]

News

Women’s Day panel talks digital media leadership

In celebration of International Women’s Day, a panel of five female entrepreneurs and business leaders discussed a range of issues, but focused mainly on women’s influence in the tech and media sectors. The panel, titled “Women in Emerging Digital Media Leadership,” was assembled on March 8 at The Rye Arts […]