Scholar of swing
Music teacher by day, jazz singer by night, Port Chester resident Jaana Narsipur prepares for shows next week and album release in October By John Donegan This story originally appeared in the 7/16/21 edition of the Westmore News. For the original article, follow the link. Jaana Narsipur has been a musician her whole life. She sings, plays the piano and can strum basic chords on the … Continue reading Scholar of swing
Always looking ahead
Thomas Ross is the typical atypical student. Member of this; president of that. Continue reading Always looking ahead
A planeteer’s proposal
At its June 15 meeting, the Blind Brook Board of Education deferred from its routine proceedings for a special presentation. Chloe Ng and Claire Berry, both Blind Brook High School seniors at the time, bravely broached the stage, their heads barely floating above the wooden podium. Continue reading A planeteer’s proposal
Another Ramily graduates
The tense emotions hanging over Port Chester High School’s 137th graduation were the culmination of 15 grueling months of COVID and 360 seniors finally able to move past them. Continue reading Another Ramily graduates
Cemetery site reopened on first official Juneteenth
Inaugural celebration at the African American Cemetery inspires reflection By John Donegan This story originally appeared in the 6/23/21 edition of the Westmore News. For the original article, follow the link. This past Saturday, June 19, Americans observed the country’s newest federal holiday: Juneteenth. President Joe Biden signed legislation the Thursday prior establishing Juneteenth as a federal holiday, the first since Martin Luther King Jr. … Continue reading Cemetery site reopened on first official Juneteenth
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The cemetery
A NYC-based job training program uses cemeteries to forge future masons By John Donegan This story originally appeared in the 7/17/21 edition of the Westmore News. For the original article, follow the link. Some call it the swamp. Spanning a small patch of knoll far removed from the rest of Rye’s Greenwood Union Cemetery are handfuls of scattered graves. The area is seldom visited, segregated … Continue reading The cemetery
Nearly out of bond money, B.B. tries to remain positive
Wedding rings were twisted, and legs shook in their slacks at the Blind Brook School District’s in-person Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, June 8. Continue reading Nearly out of bond money, B.B. tries to remain positive
It’s not PC to be a bully
Despite a teeming storm outside, the upper crust of Port Chester society met on the fifth floor of T&J Italian Restaurant Thursday night, June 3, to attend the Anti-Bullying Scholarship Fundraiser Dinner. Over mozzarella sticks and oven-baked meals served buffet-style, the benefit highlighted the caustic nature of bullying and the anecdotes of those personally affected by it. Continue reading It’s not PC to be a bully
Clerks without a cause
The dissolution of the Port Chester Justice Court left some staff jobless without notice By John Donegan This story originally appeared in the 6/3/21 edition of the Westmore News. For the original article, follow the link. Chikkia Bennett has been an assistant court clerk for 10 years, half of which she spent with the Village of Port Chester Justice Court. When the court dissolved on May … Continue reading Clerks without a cause
Rain doesn’t stop town from honoring heroes
Scout troops and volunteers stake flags in honor of veterans buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery By John Donegan This story originally appeared in the 6/3/21 edition of the Westmore News. For the original article, follow the link. Local Scouts made good on their oaths and law on Saturday, May 29, to brave teeming spring showers and decorate the gravesites of American veterans. Nearly 70 Scouts, from … Continue reading Rain doesn’t stop town from honoring heroes
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