Week In Review: A New Board Is Sworn In, Seniors Say Goodbye, and LeBron Makes A Scene

It was a week of endings and beginnings in Port Chester.

Port Chester's long legal and voting saga finally came to a temporary end Tuesday, when the village's six new trustees were sworn in at the courthouse. Although the federal consent decree guarantees oversight of Port Chester's elections through 2016, more than a few people were breathing a sigh of relief after the campaign signs came down.

For now, the election issue is behind Port Chester, and a sense of normalcy has returned, putting an end to four years without elections.

But Tuesday also brought several beginnings–a fresh start for the new board of trustees; renewed interest in local politics among people who live in town; and a pledge from some citizens to form an oversight group, with the goal of holding trustees accountable.

Wednesday would have marked the summer's first field trips for campers in Port Chester, if not for a dispute over contracts that left the camps without buses for a day.

And although it wasn't what local fans wanted to hear, Thursday marked a new beginning for LeBron James–in Miami. James chose to make his announcement just eight miles from the Port Chester border, at the Greenwich Boys and Girls Club. Fans came out in force, the majority of them loyal to the Knicks. They chanted his name and cheered him until he announced he was going to the Heat, and then they led new, decidedly less-charitable chants.

The week saw an end to several World Cup bids by teams close to the hearts of Port Chester residents, and not all of them took it well. And the week saw the stage set for a showdown between Spain and Holland, lending one more night of World Cup magic and bustling crowds to local bars and restaurants. The verdict is unanimous–the World Cup has been good to local businesses.

At a local art gallery, an artist debuted a new exhibit.

At Port Chester High School, neighbors celebrated our nation's independence with a fire works display.

At the schools, kids got a jump on the academic year with the Head Start program, and over a three-day stretch where temperatures topped out near–or above–the 100-degree mark, local workers sweated it through the summer's first heat wave.

And at the Carver Center, two Port Chester High School seniors said goodbye to their friends and the children they've mentored while they get ready to say hello to college and the working world.

Here at Port Chester Patch, we've settled in during our second week in action, and we're looking forward to improving our coverage. For that, we need you. Thanks for all the great feedback you've given us so far. Keep reading–and keep the feedback coming.