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Funeral for Baseball Great Branca in Rye

… autograph. A great memory.) Branca lived on the grounds of the Westchester Country Club before entering a home in Rye Brook. In 2007 Branca spoke at the Rye Free Reading Room , in one of the most spellbinding talks on sports this writer has ever …

$25K Reward Offered For Jewelry Missing From Hilton Westchester

A California family is offering a $25,000, no questions asked reward for the return of sentimental, valuable jewelry stolen from them at the Hilton Westchester in Rye Brook. Blue sapphire diamond earrings and a diamond ring were stolen from a purse while a family was attending a wedding on Saturday, Nov. 12, said private investigator Geoff Doyle of Doyle Carden Group in Manhattan.

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.

Port Chester High School Students Perform In NY Music Festival

Eight students from Port Chester High School, which serves parts of Port Chester and Rye Brook, performed in the annual New York State School Music Association’s Area All-State Music Festival Nov. 10 at Purchase College in Harrison. Vocalists Gisella McCallion, soprano; Taylor Masi, alto; and Robert Perrone, tenor; performed with the Area All-State Mixed Choir.

Associated Press

The Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who gave up Bobby Thomson’s famed “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” still echoing more than six decades later among the most hallowed home runs in baseball history, died Wednesday. He was 90. His son-in-law, former big league manager Bobby Valentine, said Branca died at a nursing home in Rye Brook, New York.

Branca, pitcher who gave up ‘Shot Heard ‘Round World,’ dies

The Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who gave up Bobby Thomson’s famed “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” still echoing more than six decades later among the most hallowed home runs in baseball history, died Wednesday. He was 90. His son-in-law, former big league manager Bobby Valentine, said Branca died at a nursing home in Rye Brook, New York.

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The Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who gave up Bobby Thomson’s famed “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” still echoing more than six decades later among the most hallowed home runs in baseball history, died Wednesday. He was 90. His son-in-law, former big league manager Bobby Valentine, said Branca died at a nursing home in Rye Brook, New York.