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NEW ROCHELLE, NY (October 22, 2026) — Leaders of the Friends of the New Rochelle Public Library say they are willing to participate in mediation to resolve their dispute with library trustees over the shutdown of their used-book bookstore, and have proposed the executive director of the Westchester Library System as a potential mediator. In … Continue reading Friends of New Rochelle Library Agree to Mediation, Propose WLS Director

STATE COLLEGE, PA (October 22, 2026) — Former NFL player and Super Bowl champion Jordan Lucas, a New Rochelle native now working as an assistant football coach at Penn State, has had his DUI case transferred to the Centre County Court of Common Pleas after waiving his preliminary hearing. Lucas, 33, faces five charges stemming … Continue reading New Rochelle Super Bowl Champion Jordan Lucas’s DUI Case Moves to Pennsylvania County Court

The man accused in a deadly hit-and-run crash in an Upstate department store parking lot has been arrested.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (October 22, 2026) — The New Rochelle Fire Department promoted five members and honored firefighters for lifesaving actions, exemplary service and dedication during its annual Awards and Promotion Ceremony on Thursday at City Hall. The ceremony, held at 10 a.m. in the City Council Chambers, began with a remembrance of firefighters who … Continue reading New Rochelle Fire Department Promotes Five, Honors Firefighters for Lifesaving Acts

Police in Spartanburg are searching for a man wanted on two charges.

The legal battle over the New Rochelle School District’s Shrub Oak legal bills continues. After winning his Article 78 proceeding in Westchester County Supreme Court, Talk of the Sound Publisher Robert Cox is asking an appeals court to lift the automatic stay that has allowed the district to delay complying with the judge’s order. In … Continue reading I Asked an Appeals Court to End New Rochelle’s Shrub Oak Secrecy Delay

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (October 24, 2026) — New Rochelle first responders are on the scene of a a serious incident in which a person reportedly fell from the 24th floor of the Leaf Building at 500 Main Street in downtown New Rochelle. The person landed on a terraced area several floors up from street level. … Continue reading New Rochelle Emergency Services Respond to Serious Fall at Downtown Highrise

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (October 24, 2026) — Four lawsuits filed in Bronx and Westchester counties have brought new details to light about a chemical incident at developer Mark Stagg’s New Rochelle construction project that left a worker severely burned and prompted the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to move to revoke the property’s … Continue reading Four Lawsuits Expose New Details of Chemical Incident at Developer Mark Stagg’s Garden Street New Rochelle Project

The New Rochelle Board of Education invited public participation in Vision 2030, but the district declined to answer 14 groups of questions submitted by Talk of the Sound publisher Robert Cox about the initiative’s original commitments and revised plans. In a new Words in Edgewise column, Cox examines what happened to the promised Idea Catalog, … Continue reading New Rochelle School Board Invites Public Input on Vision 2030, Then Refuses to Answer Questions