When President Bush gives his State of the Union Address tonight, one of those watching live in the House of Representatives’ chambers will be New Rochelle Fire Commissioner Raymond “Doc” Kiernan.

Kiernan was invited to attend the event by U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, D-Harrison, who is looking for a show of support for homeland preparedness and [...]

Politicians love to announce the goodies their communities receive — especially politicians who are in Iowa to stoke up support for a presidential bid — but Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY, was a little late this time.

Actually, more than a month late.

A press release just came from her office announcing that the Federal Emergency Management [...]

Pay for public officials seems to be the topic of the day, but in Eastchester, the story is a little different.

There Eastchester Supervisor Anthony S. Colavita turned down a proposed increase of more than $3,500 to his $98,093 annual salary included in the $31.5 million budget for next year, and the Town Council turned down [...]

Now that the Republicans having gained at least one seat on the New Rochelle City Council — and with another seat very much in play — GOP chief Doug Colety says he’s got a model to bring to the rest of the county.

The current New Rochelle council is 6-1 Democratic, but according to the unofficial [...]

All eyes are on the race for City Council District 4 in New Rochelle, where Democratic Councilman Roberto Lopez is in close to a dead heat with Republican challenger Richard St. Paul.

The latest unofficial tallies posted this morning by the Westchester County Board of Elections show St. Paul ahead by seven votes, with the tally [...]

New Rochelle City Council members Marianne Sussman and Barry Fertel announced today that they had called on Con Edison to fix the infrastructure in their areas, covering many of the north and east areas of the city.

Sussman, a Democrat representing District 6, including the most northern areas of New Rochelle, is running for re-election against [...]

No one can accuse Michael Brown of being lazy. Or even taking a break.

Running to unseat New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson, Brown has issued a string of proposals for the city.

Here are a couple of that have come in recently. In one, Brown pledges to pursue the city’s Holy Grail of major downtown retail with [...]

The New Rochelle candidates have several forums coming up next week as the Nov. 6 election nears.

On Monday, Oct. 22, the New Rochelle chapter of the Black Women’s Political Cuacus will hold a forum for all candidates starting at 7 p.m. in St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 108 Guion Place.

The Leage of Women Voters will [...]

Peggy Godfrey, the challenger for the Republican line in New Rochelle’s District 2 City Council race, now has an independent line to run on as well — if it can survive an objection filed by a resident.

Her new line, the Queen City Preservation Party, means that she’ll remain in the race even if she loses [...]

New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson heads a slate made up mostly of incumbents who have been nominated by the Democrats to run in the November City Council election.

The new face on the ticket, chosen last night by the party committee, is Reggie Johnson, a public relations professional running in District 2, which includes almost all [...]