NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – On Tuesday, February 9, the City of New Rochelle will host an artists’ reception at City Hall to showcase the entries and celebrate the winner of the 2016 Dollar Tree Mural Competition. The competition was launched in late 2015 by Municipal Arts Commission of New Rochelle and the Dollar Store, located at 435 North Ave., in an effort to showcase local artists in the ...

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- New Rochelle is seeking residents' input on the City's proposed Arts and Cultural district on Thursday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. at the NR Future Community Office at 247 North Ave.During this week's meeting, Civic Moxie will be presenting visions of the Arts District along with implementation strategies; and solicit feedback from both local artists and residents on these ...

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- This Friday, come 'Home for the Holidays' with the New Rochelle STRIVE Leadership Academy's winter celebration.STRIVE's 50 student members will perform poetry, dance and dramatic interpretation as well as debut STRIDE's new video and theme song. The song and video were entirely student produced, with the lyrics, location selection and filming done in locations ...

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Although Santa might not be heading down the chimney just yet, his helpers at the New Rochelle Youth Council are doing their best to prep local families during the holiday season through their annual Give A Gift program.“New Rochelle is a very caring community which is demonstrated in our growing number of event sponsors and gift sponsors that are part of this ...

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- There's a new sheriff in town, and he has four legs.New Rochelle Police Commissioner Patrick Carroll and members of the New Rochelle Police Foundation were presented with a $5,000 donation from Ramiro Lopez of Ramiro’s Tree Service this week. The donation will be used for the next dog in the NRPD’s K9 Unit. The new dog will be named Diesel in honor of the French ...

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- The Youth Council of the New Rochelle Youth Bureau, The City School District of New Rochelle, Police Association of New Rochelle and the Strive Leadership Academy are sponsoring their Annual Give A Gift, which provides gifts to children of New Rochelle families in need during the Holiday Season. This year joining the city's efforts are New Rochelle Toyota ...

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- With all of the happenings in the Downtown and adjacent transit area, the city of New Rochelle is planning the creation of a new Arts and Cultural District. CivicMoxie, the City’s consultant, has been working since September on the proposed district. Their team has held focus groups with artists, arts groups, and cultural organizations, toured the downtown and ...

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - The New Rochelle Police Department’s Citizen Police Academy hosted an open house for media on Oct. 28, at the NRPD headquarters.Attendees were introduced to law enforcement and the criminal justice system and received insight into NRPD through hands-on experience and participation in different scenarios that officers could potentially encounter. Classes were led by ...

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- In the first partnership of its kind in Westchester County, the City of New Rochelle and the City School District of New Rochelle plan to unveil a community wide plan in response to President Obama’s 'My Brother’s Keeper' initiative on Monday, Oct. 26, at 4:00 p.m. at New Rochelle High School. The unveiling will be held in the Whitney M. Young Auditorium. All are ...

NEW ROCHELLE -- The New Rochelle Fire Department hosted their annual Promotion and Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, Oct. 21in the Council Chambers in City Hall. Mayor Noam Bramson and FD Chaplin Father Martin Biglin joined Chief Louis DiMelgio as they honored 50 Firefighters with the Life Saving and Unit Citation Awards. In addition, Mayor Noam Bramson sworn in Firefighter Steven ...