Family Guy cartoon creator Seth McFarlane recently did an interview with Playboy (hey, I read it for the articles!) and said this interesting nugget:

“We were trying to figure out what we could write for Senator Chuck Schumer,” he said. “He’s a fan of the show and said at one point that he would do a [...]

There’s  been a handful of proposals circulating around Albany in light of Diane Schuler’s wrong-way crash on the Taconic State Parkway last month, and now Mike Spano (D-Yonkers) is calling on New York to adopt the “toughest drunk driving penalties in the nation.”

Under the state’s current laws, DWI that causes death is usually tried in [...]

New Rochelle City Manager Charles Strome III was on 1460 WVOX today and made a random promise to a caller during a conversation about baseball:

“Should the Mets make it to the playoffs, during the City Council meeting in October I will rip off my shirt and demand that the Council get things done,” he jokingly [...]

Money magazine released its famous “Best Places to Live” list this week. New York was nowhere to be seen among the top 10 cities.

Actually, not a single New York municipality made the top 100 either.

How do you guys feel about that?

As you may recall, New Rochelle’s corporation counsel Bernis Shapiro abruptly retired last month and city officials gave little to no explanation as to why.

City Manager Charles Strome III today said he’ll name Shapiro’s deputy Kathleen Gill as her temporary replacement. Gill has been with the city since 1995.

“She’s been here a long time and [...]

A New Rochelle collector’s store said he’s been getting around a dozen calls a day asking about the Michelle Obama comic book that sold out in stores across the country last week.

Squiggy’s Dugout, located at 237 Main Street, said they’ll have at least 200 issues of the comic available beginning on Wednesday for about $4 [...]

Local officials all across Westchester County have weighed in on their frustration with Gov. David Paterson’s proposed budget, including Larchmont’s mayor Liz Feld.

Here’s what Feld had to say about the budget, speaking on behalf of the group New Yorkers for Growth:

“Please tell us this is an April Fool’s Joke. The proposed state budget is breathtakingly [...]

Mount Vernon’s mayor Clinton Young gave his State of the City address on Wednesday, repeatedly mentioning his administration’s focus on youth initiatives.

I analyzed the text of his speech (using the site Wordle.net) to figure out which words he used the most. The size of the words below indicate the frequency he mentioned them. Make your [...]

This isn’t exactly substantive, but check out this artist in California who re-created Barack Obama’s inauguration today out of Legos.

The exhibition includes intricate Lego models of Barack and Michele Obama, both George Bush presidents and their wives, and even Aretha Franklin and Oprah. But my fave part of the gallery is the Lego Secret Service [...]

New Rochelle has posted an online auction featuring 21 vehicles for sale including a 1982 Mercedes Benz 280 that currently is going for $155.

Yes, $155.

The city is following other municipalities like Westchester and Rockland County that have used online auctions to get rid of unwanted items for cheap.

Bidding on the vehicles closes on Dec. 15 [...]