Several months ago a student from Ursuline threatened my daughter. She continued bullying my child to the point where i considered reporting it to the authorities. I was able to get the phone number of the bully's mother & called her with the hope that as a parent she would have a conversation with her daughter & help to resolve the issue. That mother's response was that she doesn't get involved in her daughter's affairs! my next plan of action was to write a letter to Ursuline's principal, but i was discouraged by others to do so for fear of repercussions on my daughter. Now i feel remorseful that i did not go through with my intentions to request that Ursuline strongly enforce a policy against bullying. I might have made a positive difference. I don't know all the details surrounding Eira's death, but i do know that as parents we need to stop making excuses for our children. as parents we need to support one another regardless of race, class or creed, so that our children will feel supported. It is so sad what our society has come to. Such a beautiful soul lost at such a tender age. May God Bless Eira's family with strength to get through this horrible tragedy.

New Rochelle police have made an arrest of a suspect in the parking pay station vandal case. Police were able to use an image from a surveillance camera installed in one of the pay stations to identify a man who works nearby and was said to be angry over receiving parking tickets. "He was distressed over the level of parking enforcement", said New Rochelle Police Detective Captain Joseph Schaller. "He had picked up several parking tickets in that lot." Duc Huang "Jimmy" Do, 38 of 2590 Grand Avenue in the Bronx was arrested last night as he walked near the Prospect Street parking lot. Police say he was acting suspiciously. His jacket matched an image taken by a surveillance camera last week just prior to a machine in the Library lot was disabled on January 2, 2012. Do was charged with criminal mischief, 2nd degree, a D felony on January 9, 2012 for the damage done to the parking pay stations in the Library lot and Prospect Street lot on January 2, 2012 as well as the previous attacks in 2011 on October 6th, May 16th and February 11th.

Talk of the Sound, the leading news outlet in New Rochelle, NY, hit the 1 million reader mark today. Talk of the Sound gets between 45,000 and 60,000 unique visitors a month and serves up 125,000 to 150,000 a month. The Site was officially launched on September 1, 2008. The site is now fast approaching 3 million page views. You can track traffic to Talk of the Sound on Sitemeter or view the Sitemeter widget in the right rail of the home page. From those early days of 100 readers a month in 2008, Talk of the Sound has grown to become the largest and most influential media outlet in New Rochelle. Stories originating on Talk of the Sound are routinely picked up by media outlets throughout the New York metropolitan area. Many stories have received national and even international coverage. Talk of the Sound extends it holiday greetings and wishes for a prosperous New Year to all of our loyal readers.

Talk of the Sound Radio airs live tonight at 7 pm with your host Talk of the Sound Managing Editor Bob Cox along with Talk of the Sound Events Editor Matthew Pryce.

Former New York State Assemblyman Ron Tocci will be our guest tonight. Ron is the former Veterans Affairs Commissioner and currently Co-Chair of the Save Our Armory Committee. Ron will discuss the history of the New Rochelle Armory, the Murals and the current Restoration project.

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Under New Rochelle Board of Education Resolution 12-180-9 Martin Freiman, the racist janitor, has again been moved, this time to Ward Elementary School.

Charlie Planz has been hired as a temporary Assistant Principal at Trinity Elementary School. Why they need someone there for the next three weeks when they have had no one since Pacheco resigned on October 14th is a mystery. A reasonable guess is that Planz is from Long Island, part of the Organisciak "mafia" looking to collect a little easy scratch for the holidays. Meanwhile, according to the HR director Raza Kholifar, Trinity Principal Bricenio has put together a site-based team to evaluate 9 candidates for the open AP position. 3 of the 9 were to be forwarded to Organisciak for review.

There is some sort of Civics Event scheduled for New Rochelle High School where Westchester County Clerk Tim Idoni will preside. As the New Rochelle Board of Education refuses to allow it, Talk of the Sound will not cover the event.

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We will be talking about the Martinez Case, the continued hiring of people without background checks, personnel audits and more fun and games at the New Rochelle Board of Education.

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BUFFALO, NY - The Iona College men's basketball team won its Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference opener at Canisius 69-57. With the Griffs doing a solid job dictating the tempo away from the Gaels' comfortable frenetic pace, the Maroon & Gold clamped down on defense in the second half to earn the 12-point conference road win.

The slowed down pace, cold-shooting by Iona and some opportune shot making with the shot clock winding down for Canisius kept the Griffs within striking distance over the first 30 minutes of the contest.