Two controversial public referendums altering Republican Mayor Norman Rosenblum’s powers of appointment passed overwhelmingly amid a wave of Democratic voter turnout across the village of Mamaroneck on Tuesday night. The referendums—one altering the mayor’s appointment to zoning and planning boards, and the other his sole power to appoint a village […]
Month: November 2016
Latimer bests Killian to hold onto Senate seat
In a battle of neighbors, New York state Sen. George Latimer held on to his 37th District seat after a contentious campaign against Republican Julie Killian. As polls closed at 9 p.m. on Nov. 8, some Latimer supporters started to trickle into Rosa’s La Scarbitta Ristorante on Halstead Avenue in […]
Democrats score sizable victory, retain board majority
Village of Mamaroneck incumbent Trustee Leon Potok and newly elected trustees Keith Waitt and Victor Tafur came out victorious in what turned out to be an indisputable election with political control of the village at stake. The scene at Bar’Lees Wine & Whisky Bar on Mamaroneck Avenue, which served as […]
Tigers fall in Class A finals
The 2016 Class A field hockey finals came down to a rubber match between two league rivals, as top-seeded Mamaroneck took on No. 2 seed Scarsdale in the third meeting between the two programs this fall. Unfortunately, for the Tigers, it was the Raiders who would take the season series—and […]
Panthers fall in title game
On Oct. 29, Rye Neck’s bid for a Class B title came to an end when the top-seeded Panthers fell to Hastings 1-0 in the section championship game at Lakeland High School. Although the Panthers acquitted themselves well in the finals, it was an early goal that helped the No. […]