Stunning Reversal: New Rochelle Council Votes 7-0 to Continue to Fly Israeli Flag
Lone Republican secures unanimous vote for a flag transition ceremony to lower Israeli flag and raise Pan-African flag next week.
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Sunday Briefing: DDoS, Trooper Struck, Earthquake
This briefing draws from reporting at Talk of the Sound, analysis and commentary published in Words in Edgewise, and selected regional coverage for the week ending March 15, 2026 A Note from the Publisher Some weeks can appear quiet on the surface even when a great deal of work is
Behind the Scenes: A DDoS Attack, and the Work That Keeps Talk of the Sound Running
DUBLIN, IRELAND (March 13, 2026) — This may be a column only a geek could love but after an interesting week keeping Talk of the Sound online following a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack, I figured readers might be interested to hear about what goes on behind the curtain to keep TOTS
Sunday Briefing: Sustainable Westchester’s Future, Face-Slashing Arrest, Fatal Crash
This briefing draws from reporting at Talk of the Sound, analysis and commentary published in Words in Edgewise, and selected regional coverage for the week ending March 8, 2026 A Note from the Publisher The most sobering news item this week was the death in January of a New Rochelle
Inside the Records Hunt: Three Years of FOIL Requests in the Jarrell Garris Police Shooting
From local police records to the Attorney General’s investigation, a 32-month search for public documents reveals how agencies responded to requests for information about the Jarrell Garris shooting. In the aftermath of the July 3, 2023 police shooting of Jarrell Garris in New Rochelle, I began a series of