04/29/12 The Raw Rye Brook News Feed

The latest News about Rye Brook, NY......

• IUPUI to close University Place hotel _{2012-04-27, 05:26 pm}
  ... 150 people, many of whom are likely to lose their jobs. The hotel and center are operated under contract with Rye Brook, NY-based Flik Hotels and Conference Centers. Flik officials could not be immediately reached for comment. IUPUI plans to employ ...
• Blind Brook dam project moving ahead _{2012-04-27, 03:00 am}
  ... which residents have been pushing for years, could begin in the coming months. The plan involves Harrison, Rye and Rye Brook, though Harrison is not required to conduct or pay for any of the work. It calls for the installation of a new sluice gate ...
• Narcy Novack trial: Ben Novack Jr. still alive when eyes cut out at... _{2012-04-27, 12:07 pm}
  ... have attacked both Novacks, beating the elderly woman with a monkey wrench on April 4, 2009, and Ben Novack at the Rye Brook hotel. His accomplice in that killing, Gonzalez, was a food vendor at the Miami carwash where Garcia worked. Both men have ...
• Narcy Novack trial: Garcia says Veliz bought knife for gouging out Ben Novack's eyes_{2012-04-27, 02:30 am}
  ... Hotel owned by his father, was bludgeoned to death while overseeing an Amway convention at the Hilton in Rye Brook. His mother was killed three months earlier in her Fort Lauderdale home. Garcia has admitted beating her with a monkey wrench - a ...
• Suspect in Novack's beating death testifies in New York courtroom _{2012-04-26, 09:54 pm}
  ... Jr. unwittingly walked right past his killers. Novack happened to walk through the lobby of the Rye Town Hilton in Rye Brook just as the two men hired to attack him were casing the hotel, according to Wednesday court testimony. One of the hit men, ...
• Witness: Wife Signaled Attackers _{2012-04-26, 04:51 pm}
  ... the man and slash his eyes." Two days before the killing, Garcia said, he and Gonzalez cased the Hilton hotel in Rye Brook, N.Y., where Ben Novack's travel company was running a convention for Amway and Ben and Narcy Novack were staying in a suite. ...
• Witness: Wife Pointed Out Husband To Attackers _{2012-04-26, 06:47 pm}
  ... the man and slash his eyes." Two days before the killing, Garcia said, he and Gonzalez cased the Hilton hotel in Rye Brook, N.Y., where Ben Novack's travel company was running a convention for Amway and Ben and Narcy Novack were staying in a suite. ...
• Iona Grammar School Students Places First in Geography Bee _{2012-04-26, 05:56 pm}
  ... event, which took place on April 16 at Iona Grammar School, featured students from Blind Brook Middle School in Rye Brook and both the Rye County Day School and Rye Middle School in Rye, along with Iona Grammar School. Schonander emerged victorious ...
• Hit man testifies that he used wrench on Novack mom _{2012-04-26, 04:29 pm}
  ... Veliz, 58, are charged with orchestrating the 2009 killings of Novack's millionaire husband, Ben Novack Jr., in a Rye Brook hotel and with killing his mother in Florida in a plot prosecutors said...
• Shop for Self and Home in Westchester _{2012-04-26, 11:15 am}
  ... you can find something for you, your home and even the hostess at your next dinner party. And Company : Shop this Rye Brook boutique to outfit your home and your wardrobe in style. Owners Sammy and Jenni Elmished pride themselves on their carefully ...
• Narcy Novack trial: Knife used to cut Ben Novack Jr.'s eyes out... _{2012-04-26, 12:18 pm}
  ... three months earlier. Ben Novack was brutally bludgeoned to death while overseeing an Amway convention at the Rye Brook hotel. His mother was killed in her Fort Lauderdale home, a killing that was initially ruled as an accidental fall by local ...
• Narcy Novack trial: Hit man says he killed mogul's mom with monkey wrench, details Veliz role _{2012-04-26, 03:00 am}
  ... both killings in a span of three months in 2009. Ben Novack was beaten to death at the Hilton Rye Town in Rye Brook on July 12 that year. Garcia, who appeared Wednesday wearing dark sunglasses because of a teenage eye injury, admitted to taking part ...
• Hitman testifies that he used wrench on Novack mom _{2012-04-25, 05:42 pm}
  ... Veliz, 58, are charged with orchestrating the 2009 killings of Novack's millionaire husband, Ben Novack Jr., in a Rye Brook hotel and with killing his mother in Florida in a plot prosecutors said...
• Suspect says he used wrench on Novack mom _{2012-04-25, 05:42 pm}
  ... Veliz, 58, are charged with orchestrating the 2009 killings of Novack's millionaire husband, Ben Novack Jr., in a Rye Brook hotel and with killing his mother in Florida in a plot prosecutors said...
• Good Counsel High School Teaches Compassion For 90 Years _{2012-04-25, 03:48 pm}
  ... "l learned an infinite more about how to be a good and decent person in the world." DeStafanis, who lives in Rye Brook, said she and her fellow students spent more time at the school then at home-since the school community felt like a family and was ...
• Ben Novack's Mistress Rebecca A.. Star Bliss Testifies Against Narcy Novack _{2012-04-25, 02:06 pm}
  ... the Miami Beach scion of Fontainebleau Hotel builder Ben Novack Sr. Junior was brutally tortured and murdered in a Rye Brook hotel room in July 2009, and Bliss's testimony added a new, tawdry layer to an already incredible criminal case. Novack's ...
• Narcy Novack stood to gain more from husband's death than divorce, lawyer testifies _{2012-04-25, 09:18 am}
  ... to death at her Fort Lauderdale, Fla., home in April 2009. Ben Novack was killed at the Hilton Rye Town in Rye Brook three months later. Schuster handled estate matters for the Novack family for more than two decades, starting with the death of Ben ...
• Republican Challenger to Bob Cohen Announces Entry into Race for 37th Senate District_{2012-04-25, 07:17 am}
  ... I live with my Husband Tom, my daughter Holly and son Tommya My Mom JoAnne, (who's here today) currently lives in Rye Brook and my brother Julian DiDonato lives in Eastchester where he runs the youth soccer program that touches over 15,000 families ...
• Rye Brook Trustees Adopt Budget That Falls Under Tax Levy Cap _{2012-04-25, 02:27 am}
  Rye Brook's Village Board of Trustees adopted a 2012-13 budget on Tuesday that proposes a cap compliant property tax levy increase of 0.73 percent.
• Narcy Novack allegedly threatened husband's mistress:... _{2012-04-24, 09:16 pm}
  ... discovered the affair and launched an obsessive crusade to stop him -- one that ended with his torture-murder in a Rye Brook, N.Y. hotel room in July 2009. Bliss, 40, testified in court Tuesday that Narcy Novack told her in a raging and rambling ...

03/10/12 The Raw Rye Brook News Feed (20 Recent Rye Brook, NY News Stories)

• Allergies Get a Jump on Spring in Rye Brook _{2012-03-10, 12:45 am}
  Spring is so close you can almost smell it -- unless of course you suffer from seasonal allergies -- in which case, you'll just have to take someone's word for it.
• Woman says statements coerced in NY killing _{2012-03-09, 09:16 pm}
  ... the son of the founder of the Fontainebleau hotel in Miami Beach. He was beaten to death at the Hilton hotel in Rye Brook, N.Y., where his travel company had organized an Amway convention. His 86-year-old mother had been killed in her Fort ...
• Rye Brook trustee candidates unopposed in village election _{2012-03-09, 03:00 am}
  David Heiser and incumbent Paul Rosenberg are running for unpaid three-year terms on the village board. They were nominated by Rye Brook Together.
• Judge To Decide What Evidence Can Be Allowed In Novack Murder _{2012-03-09, 01:44 pm}
  ... Veliz, of New York, is a co-defendant. Ben Novack was beaten to death in July 2009 at the Hilton hotel in Rye Brook, N.Y., where his travel company had organized an Amway convention. He was the son of the founder of the Fontainebleau hotel in Miami ...
• Things to Do in Port Chester This Weekend _{2012-03-09, 01:03 pm}
  ... discuss his book An Other's Mind, which advocates for the equality of handicapped individuals. - The Village of Rye Brook will hold only its second installment of the Rye Brook Indoor Farmers Market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday inside the AJP ...
• Hotel Group Bashes Proposed Local Tax _{2012-03-09, 05:50 am}
  ... including Harrison -have applied for the tax since 2010; when the state government allowed the Village of Rye Brook to impose the tax. Before then only cities in the state had been allowed to collect on the tax. If approved at the state level, the ...
• Feds want wife's old complaints aired at NY trial _{2012-03-08, 04:50 pm}
  ... Veliz, of New York, is a co-defendant. Ben Novack was beaten to death in July 2009 at the Hilton hotel in Rye Brook, N.Y., where his travel company had organized an Amway convention. He was the son of the founder of the Fontainebleau hotel in Miami ...
• IndexIQ Proposes the Physical Diamond Trust ETF _{2010-11-10, 03:00 am}
  ... which it owns, and will verify the diamond identities through GIA certificates. IndexIQ was founded in 2006 in Rye Brook, New York and offers hedge fund replication ETFs using its own "Rules-Based Alpha Investment" strategy, which seeks to combine ...
• Dr. Jacqueline Proner, wife of Westchester legislator, dies at 49_{2012-03-07, 03:37 am}
  ... the county board last year, had been married for more than 20 years and had three children. They lived together in Rye Brook. 'She was a terrific mother and was tremendously devoted to her family and temple,' Gelfarb said Tuesday. 'It leaves a ...
• Man Slams Police Car, Gets DWI Charge in Rye Brook _{2012-03-06, 06:24 pm}
  Manuel L. Lojas-Bacuilima, 53, of Stamford, was charged with a DWI after hitting a cop car in Rye Brook on Sunday.
• Blind Brook Schools Mull Need for Athletics Boss _{2012-03-06, 01:25 am}
  With news of Blind Brook School District Athletic Director James Spano's retirement hitting the Rye Brook community, members of the public expressed desire to eliminate the full-time position from the 2012-13 budget as a money-saving measure.
• Rye Brook officer's cruiser smashed by alleged drunk driver _{2012-03-05, 07:47 pm}
  Ali Silfen made the go-ahead basket and two clutch free throws to lift Blind Brook to a 69-66... Maia Hood and Ayanna Behagan each scored 20 points to lead top-seeded Hamilton to a 57-40 win over... RYE BROOK - A village police officer suffered a minor leg injury Sunday night when his cruiser was smashed from behind by a motorist who was allegedly ... (more)
• Pro Squash Westchester Open Under Way in Rye Brook _{2012-03-03, 12:45 am}
  ... U.S. Junior Mason Ripka (r) beat Yasser Kamel by a score of 3-0 during the first match of the tournament. RYE BROOK, N.Y. -- The Pro Squash Tour's Buffalo Wild Wings Westchester Open began play at the Club@800 in Rye Brook on Friday as American ...
• Women's Health _{2012-03-04, 03:00 am}
  ... Functional medicine Ask Susan Blum, MD, MPH, Founder and Director of the Blum Center for Health in Rye Brook. Dr. Blum, describes herself as a medical detective. She takes a complete and thorough history, including non-routine questions such as ...
• Pro Squash Westchester Open Underway in Rye Brook _{2012-03-03, 12:45 am}
  ... U.S. Junior Mason Ripka (r) beat Yasser Kamel by a score of 3-0 during the first match of the tournament. RYE BROOK, N.Y. -- The Pro Squash Tour's Buffalo Wild Wings Westchester Open began play at the Club@800 in Rye Brook on Friday as American ...
• Greenwich Native Advances in Pro Squash Tournament _{2012-03-03, 12:19 am}
  ... U.S. Junior Mason Ripka (r) beat Yasser Kamel by a score of 3-0 during the first match of the tournament. RYE BROOK, N.Y. -- The Pro Squash Tour's Buffalo Wild Wings Westchester Open began play at the Club@800 in Rye Brook on Friday as American ...
• Daily Sports Digest: World Famous Athlete Comes to Rye Brook _{2012-03-02, 07:42 pm}
  ... for the Buffalo Wild Wings Westchester Open hosted by the Club @ 800 Squash & Fitness, 800 Westchester Ave. in Rye Brook, NY, March 2-4, 2012. Headlining this tournament is Egyptian squash player Wael El Hindi, the most charismatic and colorful ...
• Greenwich Squash Pro Loves Teaching in America _{2012-03-02, 01:00 pm}
  ... in the sport and if you already play you want to compete against the best." Khan teaches at the Club at 800 in Rye Brook. It's something he says he wants to do, "as long as I can." "I like teaching someone who has never played before and showing ...
• UHY Advisors Moves Into Estate Planning _{2012-03-02, 11:56 am}
  ... to our clients is exceptional," says Michael Mahoney, managing director for UHY Advisors in both New York City and Rye Brook, NY. Falanga and Goodman have been a team for nearly two decades, most recently at Schonbraun McCann Group, which was ...
• Daily Sports Digest: World Famous Athlete to Compete in Rye Brook_{2012-03-02, 09:42 am}
  A The Top Spot: Pro Squash Returns to the Area Pro Squash Tour will return to Westchester County for the Buffalo Wild Wings Westchester Open hosted by the Club @ 800 Squash & Fitness, 800 Westchester Avenue in Rye Brook, NY, March 2 -4, 2012.

02/18/12 Recent Rye Brook News Articles

• Cool Finds: The Kneaded Bread in Port Chester _{2012-02-17, 01:17 pm}
  ... When we saw the 'for rent sign,' we thought 'why not?'" He also knew a little about the area, growing up in Rye Brook. "I was 12 when Rye Brook seceded from Port Chester." Now, his children go to the same High School (Blind Brook) that he did. The ...
• Cool Finds: The Kneaded Bread_{2012-02-17, 11:22 am}
  ... When we saw the 'for rent sign,' we thought 'why not?'" He also knew a little about the area, growing up in Rye Brook. "I was 12 when Rye Brook seceded from Port Chester." Now, his children go to the same High School (Blind Brook) that he did. The ...
• Cisco, General Dynamics C4 Systems, Keyscan, Videx, Wave Systems... _{2012-02-16, 06:31 am}
  RYE BROOK, NY -- -- 02/16/12 -- CISCOMr. Roy Skillicorn, Senior Director, Physical Security Business Unit, Cisco, said, "Cisco Services and our partners have a deep knowledge of both the network infrastructure, including security solutions that require use of the network, and the video application layer.
• Mamaroneck eyes Rye's choice on whether to dissolve _{2012-02-15, 08:17 pm}
  ... the town or by merging municipal services in some other way. Rye town envelops the villages of Port Chester and Rye Brook along with Rye Neck, a separate fragment of land that is in the village of Mamaroneck. 'It's an interesting, but very ...
• Sound shore schools briefs: AP government students visit D.C. _{2012-02-15, 08:14 pm}
  ... the Pediatric Cancer Foundation for the second year in a row. The event was held at the New Rochelle Applebees. RYE BROOK - David A. Prusak of Rye Brook earned a bachelor of science degree in earth and environmental science in December from ...
• Port Chester Girl Scouts Celebrate Countries And Cultures _{2012-02-15, 05:01 pm}
  ... trading pins and sharing food, fun and facts about countries around the globe. Scouts from Port Chester and Rye Brook attended the event in Lyon Park, with some dressing in native garb of the countries they were representing.A Photo credit: Johnna ...
• Bill Gross ETF seen as watershed moment for active ETFs _{2012-02-15, 04:37 pm}
  ... a big black eye for the actively managed ETF industry," said Kevin DiSano, national sales manager at Index IQ in Rye Brook, New York, which manages active ETFs. "PIMCO will call a lot more attention to the space, and if it goes badly that will cause ...
• Rye Brook in Good Financial Shape Says Feinstein _{2012-02-15, 04:33 pm}
  Despite the economic turmoil of recent years, Mayor Joan Feinstein says Rye Brook "is in good, sound financial shape." In her fourth State of the Village address Tuesday night, Feinstein described a financially fit Rye Brook on steady footing after effective belt-tightening in recent years.
• Rye Brook Mayor Delivers Village Address _{2012-02-15, 02:02 am}
  Rye Brook Mayor Joan Feinstein delivered her 2012 State of the Village address at the village board meeting on Tuesday evening inside Rye Brook Village Hall.
• Mayor Feinstein Delivers State of Village Address Tonight in Rye Brook_{2012-02-14, 04:35 pm}
  Mayor Joan Feinstein will deliver the Rye Brook State of the Village address Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at the Rye Brook Village Hall .
• Children Celebrate Valentine's Day at Rye YMCA _{2012-02-13, 07:53 pm}
  ... a more relaxed kind of thing. We serve cookies and juice and people can come and go." This is the first year that Rye Brook resident Jackie Piacente took her daughters Siena, 7, and Ella, 5, but the Piacentes are YMCA program veterans. "We've done ...
• Developer Hopes to Build an End to Heart Disease _{2012-02-13, 01:00 pm}
  ... on a range of topics to groups of more than 100 women. The most recent one, held at the Hilton Rye Town in Rye Brook, N.Y., featured author Gabrielle Bernstein and a panel on ways to bring happiness into a lifestyle that was compatible with a ...
• Spokesman: Whole Foods Will Replace Vacant A&P In Kohl's Plaza_{2011-10-19, 03:00 am}
  A new Whole Foods Market is opening at a location in Port Chester convenient for both Rye City and Rye Brook residents.
• Construction on Westchester Avenue in Rye Brook _{2012-02-09, 03:27 pm}
  Con Edison crew works to repair a gas leak underneath the intersection of Westchester Avenue and Ridge Street in Rye Brook.
• Police Find Another ATM Skimming Device, This Time in Rye _{2012-02-08, 06:26 pm}
  ... past including an incidentA last October ; inA Harrison last August , inA Bronxville last September A and nearbyA Rye Brook in 2010 . In fact,A last November five men were accused of plotting a county wide ATM skimming operation.A Last week,A the ...
• Mercuri, Former Port Chester Seamstress, Dies _{2012-02-08, 04:01 pm}
  ... at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday at Corpus Christi Church in Port Chester followed by entombment at St. Mary's Cemetery in Rye Brook. PORT CHESTER, N.Y. - Longtime Port Chester resident, Mildred Marie Motley died Feb. 1. She was 99. The daughter of ...
• Recent ATM Incident in Rye Latest in County Wide Problem _{2012-02-08, 03:26 pm}
  ... past including an incident last October 2011 ; in Harrison last August , in Bronxville last September and nearby Rye Brook in 2010 . In fact, last November five men were accused of plotting a county wide ATM skimming operation .A Last week, the New ...
• Talcott Road Water Main in Rye Brook Repaired _{2012-02-08, 03:26 pm}
  Repairs to a broken water main in Rye Brook were completed yesterday evening and had no connection to another break in front of Crawford Park last week , according to David Burke, assistant to the Rye Brook village administrator.A Around midday Tuesday, United Water of Westchester worked at Talcott Road and Mohegan Lane to fix the problem and ... (more)
• Westchester Burger Shop Opening Soon in Mt. Kisco _{2012-02-08, 03:01 am}
  ... emporium in a good spot in the village. The popular Westchester Burger Co., with locations in White Plains and Rye Brook, will be opening its doors in March, general manager Vincent Corso said. While the opening date is not yet set in stone, Corso ...
• Malfunction caused diesel fuel spill_{2012-02-07, 11:11 pm}
  Officials believe a mechanical failure at a Verizon facility in Rye Brook, N.Y., caused a tank to overflow last week, spilling nearly 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel in a pond that lies partly in Greenwich.