New Rochelle School Board Held Secret Sessions to Stop Robert Cox and the Nefarious Talk of the Sound — in 2008
14 years later, as my little site approaches 15,000,000 page views, it’s time to ask, “how do you like me now?”
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Sunday Briefing: Two Sets of Sexual Assault Allegations, Two New Rochelle Officials
DUBLIN, IRELAND (August 2, 2026) — This briefing draws from reporting at Talk of the Sound, analysis and commentary published in Words in Edgewise, and selected regional coverage for the month ending August 2, 2026 A Note from the Publisher Over the past few weeks I took sone time off (sort
New Rochelle Withholds Draft Audit Document After City’s Outside Auditor Cites It in Public Meeting
DUBLIN, IRELAND (July 15, 2026) — New Rochelle has improperly denied my Freedom of Information Law request seeking a draft financial statement that the City's own outside auditor consulted, paged through, and relied upon to answer a direct question from a member of City Council at a meeting of
New Rochelle School District Refuses to Answer Questions About Inducting a Convicted Felon into the NRHS Hall of Fame
DUBLIN, IRELAND (July 15, 2026) — I do not understand why I am not getting a response. On June 27 I emailed the district with straightforward questions about the New Rochelle High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame. Four people had just been inducted after a five-year hiatus. One of
My Revolutionary Ancestors: Coxe-McNatt, Nathanael Greene, the Swamp Fox, and a Final 4th of July Barbecue
DUBLIN, IRELAND (July 4, 2026) — My female family members were proud members of the DAR — Daughters of the American Revolution. They put considerable effort into documenting the family genealogy. When my grandfather Robert Nelson Cox died, his wife — my grandmother Dorothy Cox — bequeathed a trove of genealogy records to me