James C. Stowe, City Councilmember from District 3 in New Rochelle, has died unexpectedly.

Stowe suffered a heat attack. He was taken to Sound Shore Medical Center in New Rochelle. Efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.

Stowe was elected in November 2003 as representative for Council District 3. Prior to coming on Council, Stowe was a Managing Director at a major chemical corporation. He retired in 1993. Stowe previously served as Chairman of the New Rochelle Municipal Housing Authority.

James Stowe was a United States Air Force Veteran. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from New York Institute of Technology, a Master’s of Science degree in Operations Research from New York University and Certification in Business Process Re-engineering from Boston University.

Stowe is survived by this wife Roxanne and his children.

The City issued the following statement:

The City of New Rochelle mourns the sudden passing of District #3 Council Member James C. Stowe on August 4. Mayor Noam Bramson offered the following statement on behalf of the City Council and City Administration.
"Jim Stowe’s passing is a devastating loss to our community.

Tonight at 6:00pm the trucks began to gather on lower North Avenue to begin the scheduled nighttime repaving project.

View from intersection of North & Pelham Road

It is an impressive fleet of vehicles, including the huge pavement scraper called a 'asphalt cold milling machine' (Roadtec RX-900) that scrapes the deteriorated pavement off the road and a conveyor belt moves the ground up debris up and shoots it into a big dump truck. One worker said that the machine costs $700K new.

The machine has big teeth that grind the pavement. According to the workers, it works great on asphalt, but less well on cement. A few teeth have to be replaced every 100 yards or so. The man has a few boxes of extra teeth and removes the damaged ones and hammers on new teeth.

The road remains open, but this is a lot of action and the team is geared up for the night. It will be great to have a nice new road. This stretch is a two day project, then they will move to the next section.

Trucks arrive after 6:00pm

Here is the massive Roadtec RX-900 at 9:30pm

Here the Roadtec RX-900 needs teeth replacement

The Journal News' Noreen O'Donnell reports Ex-Pocantico superintendent accused of plagiarism gets doctorate revoked. 

Call it karma, but when Fred Smith had the opportunity to do the right thing for the children of New Rochelle, he turned his back on them. Unfortunately, the study he conducted several years ago regarding the achievement disparity between Isaac E. Young Middle School and Albert Leonard Middle School, may not be worth the paper it is written on.

Four houses of the New Rochelle Fire Department responded to a report of a house fire at 47 Elk Avenue. The first truck arrived on the scene at 9:46 PM. Smoke could be seen billowing out of the rear of the house on the second floor as the NRFD deployed. Firefighter entered through the front door and used a ladder to ascend to a second story front window. The residents escaped without harm and assembled on the front lawn.

A preliminary report indicates an accidental fire caused by a burning candle. After the fire was brought under control, firefighters removed an arm chair from the house.

Based on several visits to the location over the past few days, Talk of the Sound can confirm that required work to fix or cover broken windows, clean up the foyer at the 5 Anderson entrance, cleaning the retail space at ground level or "grade" as they say in the real estate business, and clearing overgrowth in the side alley has been completed.