NewRoc Now

If there is a theme of New Rochelle it is reinvention. From the Huguenot origins to the revolutionary war to the civil war to prosperity to Glenn Island to Norman Rockwell to Eddie Foy to Dick Van Dyke to Lou Gherig to Rodney King riots and now to Capelli dreams, New Rochelle has seen it’s […]

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one of the more unusual stores in New Rochelle is the Little Ranch at 328 Huguenot st, 2 blocks south of the Avalon.  They have a lot of funky cowboy boots for cowboys and cowgirls, more than anywhere else I have seen in Westchester.  Such a little funky store doesn’t really belong here, it seems, […]

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I want to update that the New Rochelle fireworks, as seen from Five Island Park were really nice.  Last year I was at Hudson Park and the view from Five Island was much better and much less crowded.   Next year I will find out about the New Rochelle fund raising party that they have on […]

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Second year in a row of crap weather for July 4th, but still plenty happening in Nuro.   The fireworks in Nuro are ok, not great, but certainly worth walking to.  Don’t bother driving to Hudson park because you can’t even get near.  It’s just a short walk down Franklin Ave if you park at New […]

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