Reward Offered For Jewelry Missing From Westchester Hilton

A California family is offering a $25,000, no questions asked, reward for the return of sentimental, valuable jewelry stolen from them at the Westchester Hilton in Rye Brook. A pair of five carat blue sapphire earrings surrounded by 15 marquise cut diamonds, as well as a three carat diamond ring, were stolen from a purse, said private investigator Geoff Doyle of Doyle Carden Group in Manhattan.

Violet Alum Ralph Branca Passes

Ralph Branca, beloved Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher and former NYU Violet, has passed away in Rye Brook, New York. He is best known for surrendering Bobby Thomson’s walk-off home run in the third and deciding game of the 1951 NL tiebreaker against the New York Giants.