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Traffic slows on Rossmore after striping

Traffic slows on Rossmore after striping

| March 30, 2023 | 0 Comments

Increased speeds led to new lane striping In February, without warning, residents of Rossmore Avenue found their street painted with new traffic mitigation lines, including dashed stripes indicating spaces for driveway access. “The new traffic lines on Rossmore were added as a design feature to reduce speeding, which is a major concern of mine and […]

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Indulge in gooey cheesiness for Grilled Cheese Month

Indulge in gooey cheesiness for Grilled Cheese Month

| March 30, 2023 | 0 Comments

The Australians call them jaffles. In Brazil, they’re bauru. In Italy, panini. The British name is toasties. Käsetost is its moniker in Germany. And we Americans call them grilled cheese sandwiches. A Florida woman sold a grilled cheese with a burn mark resembling the Virgin Mary to a Las Vegas casino for $28,000 in 2004. […]

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Dinner without an axe to grind; ambitious menu and tasty food

Dinner without an axe to grind; ambitious menu and tasty food

| March 2, 2023 | 0 Comments

  I would hazard a guess that not many dining establishments come with a senior axe supervisor.    I also believe that anyone contemplating a fun night out throwing axes (and who isn’t?) wouldn’t expect victuals that include $27 rainbow trout with poblano Romesco or a $13 tempura cauliflower flavor bomb with curry and fish […]

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Nyakio and David Grieco: a couple that was meant to be

Nyakio and David Grieco: a couple that was meant to be

| January 26, 2023 | 0 Comments

Nyakio and David Grieco are both children of the ’70s from Upstate New York. She was born Nyakio Kamoche to Kenyan immigrants in Buffalo and lived throughout the tri-state area before moving to Oklahoma by the time she was nine. David was born two years earlier to parents of Italian and Irish heritage in Watertown, […]

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Larchmont’s own Jane Gilman celebrates a milestone

Larchmont’s own Jane Gilman celebrates a milestone

| December 29, 2022 | 0 Comments

On Jan. 13, 2023, Jane Gilman turns 90 years old. That’s a milestone worth celebrating for anyone, but especially so for a woman that many people credit with helping to turn Larchmont Boulevard and the surrounding neighborhood into the close-knit community we all know and love today. Most of us recognize how important Jane has […]

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Navigating the transition:  homeless to housed

Navigating the transition: homeless to housed

| December 1, 2022 | 0 Comments

Last in a series “What do you really want?” I asked Franco Iervolino, formerly known as Giorgio when he and his possession-packed shopping cart were seen daily on Larchmont Boulevard, waiting for a gift of coffee or a sandwich. We were sitting in his shared bedroom at the senior care facility where he now lives, […]

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