James E. Dobson and his good friend Donzella Parker Bert made a four-hour bus trip from Stevensville, Maryland, to New York to visit Thelma Sligh, Bert’s aunt, to celebrate her 89th birthday over Memorial Day weekend. There was even greater merriment than anticipated when Dobson hit a $143,723 jackpot at […]
Month: June 2017
Students honored with Blum Award
Larchmont Rotary Club’s Blum Award for Hommocks Middle School students is in its 30th year according to Rotary coordinator Marian White. The important and challenging topic “empathy” was chosen. Students could either write a poem, essay or short story to illustrate their understanding of this most human of attributes. The […]
UJA-Federation honors local businessmen
UJA-Federation of New York’s Westchester Business and Professional Division honored Barry J. Effron of White Plains and Budd Wiesenberg of Mamaroneck at its 2017 annual luncheon on May 11 at the Brae Burn Country Club in Purchase. This year’s luncheon celebrated UJA’s 100th anniversary. “Our centennial doesn’t just provide an […]
Important info re: your property assessment
To the Editor, In January 2016, the town board of the town of Rye established the Task Force on Assessment Practices and Procedures (the Task Force) to undertake a review of the assessment functions of the town of Rye and to make findings and recommendations to the town board regarding […]
Softball not a hard sell
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he best baseball game I watched all year wasn’t a major league contest. It wasn’t a Section I playoff tilt, either. In fact, it wasn’t even technically “baseball.” On Monday night, softball teams from Oklahoma and Florida played the first game in a best-of-three College World Series finals. Seventeen […]