NEW ROCHELLE, NY (February 12, 2026) — Emails contained in the U.S. Department of Justice’s recently released Epstein document archive show that New Rochelle City Council member and longtime local attorney Barry R. Fertel performed private legal work for Jeffrey Epstein in the years following Epstein’s 2008 criminal
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (January 7, 2026) — Seriously — on-call balloons. That is not satire. The City of New Rochelle posted Bid No. 5832, “Spec 5832 – On-Call Balloon Decorating Services,” with bids opened at 3 p.m. on Jan. 7, 2026. The contract has now been awarded. Three vendors submitted bids.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (February 10, 2026) — As a reporter who has covered New Rochelle for years, I’ve seen my share of small issues that reveal bigger problems in how local services operate. A recent reader tip brought one of those issues into sharp focus: a seemingly minor $0.21
DUBLIN, IRELAND (February 8, 2026) — I have been distracted over the past week as the big day approached but finally, on Friday, I became a grandparent. Meet little Frankie. Mother and baby are doing well. I am looking forward to meeting him in two weeks when I travel to the
DUBLIN, IRELAND (February 1, 2026) — Happy St. Brigid’s Day! Imbolc, also known as St Brigid’s Day, is observed today as a traditional Gaelic festival marking the beginning of spring and the feast day of Ireland’s patroness saint, Brigid. The festival falls on February 1 and lies roughly
DUBLIN, IRELAND (January 25, 2026) — I feel like I am missing out with the big storm and all but I do not miss shoveling snow. Be careful everyone. I gave up waiting so filed a Motion for Judgement in my Article 78 about the Bob Young reply to the Flowers
Flowers Park RFP - Bob Young Proposal - FOIL Litigation DUBLIN, IRELAND (January 23, 2026) — In a highly unusual move, New Rochelle City Manager Wilfredo Melendez and Corporation Counsel Dawn Warren have completely ignored my Article 78 (Index Number 77188/2025) filed in Westchester County State Supreme Court seeking Bob
DUBLIN, IRELAND (January 18, 2026) — It’s been a long winter with Notre Dame and the Giants out of the playoffs. At least my Leinster Rugby team is a top seed in their pool in the Investec Champions Cup but as 4th overall they are only guaranteed one home game.
DUBLIN, IRELAND (January 11, 2026) — It is now going on two weeks since New Rochelle was required to respond to my Article 78 about the Bob Young reply to the Flowers Park RFP. I was advised to wait a few more days so I but it’s quite bizarre. Of
DUBLIN, IRELAND (January 4, 2026) — Vacation is over. Time to get back at it. Not that I was not busy over the past two weeks. I did a lot of organizing, research and prep work for stories that will roll out in the coming months. I did a good deal
DUBLIN, IRELAND (December 28, 2025) — it’s my final newsletter of 2025. Seems like the year flew past. I mentioned last week I had two important stories in the works. I posted one: the full unedited Garris videos. As it’s the year end let me remind readers, in the
DUBLIN, IRELAND (December 21, 2025) — Happy Christmas from Grafton Street in the heart of the city centre. Pretty well mobbed today on the last big shopping day. I had hoped to have two important stories up in time for the newsletter but they are not quite ready so I may