Flood Control: How, When?
We asked the six candidates running for City Council this fall: “What one thing can and should the City of Rye do now (as soon as possible) to aid in flood mitigation?”
RAC Takes Viewers To New Heights And Locations
The Rye Arts Center takes us back to the beach, several actually, with its new “Vacation Locations” show, which opened last week. At the preview party, September 9, the works of 34 artists in a variety of media caused quite a buzz.
For Lily Schwendener, Everything Is Beautiful At the Ballet
Twelve-year-old Lily Schwendener, a student of The Ballet Class for six years, auditioned and was accepted into The School of American Ballet’s (SAB) winter term. The school is New York City Ballet’s official training academy, and one from which more students go on to become professional ballet dancers than anywhere in the country.
The Screening Room: Some People Owe a Lot More Than Money
“The Debt”, along with the Irish movie “The Guard” (co-starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle, of all people), are twin islands of cinematic excellence in an end-of-summer sea of mediocrity.
Elevating the Burger to a New Level
It’s no exaggeration to say that fast-food giant McDonald’s inspired Daniel Magnus’s quest for the perfect burger. In December of 2009, the Rye resident, who had recently launched Magnus LLC, was looking to run and build a business. He was in the iconic yellow-and-red eatery with his three young children and a few other families watching the kids eat their Happy Meals. Suddenly, he turned to his friend and said, “Too bad there isn’t a quick-serve restaurant with food we all want to eat!”
After the Rains: Flood-Fatigued Residents Ask City to Move Forward on Mitigation
The scene at City Hall the night of September 14, at the first regular City Council meeting since the record floods from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, wasn’t always orderly. Residents and business owners still recovering from the toll of the 2007 floods came to press the Council for action, for solutions to what is most definitely a community-wide problem.
Vintage Rye: From Potted Palm to Poppy’s
Those of you who’ve lived here a long time may remember The Potted Palm, which was replaced by Harry Stein’s Rye Coffee Shoppe, later Joe Gavin’s Cafe Guisseppi, and eventually The Galley Café.
RPA Pulls Out the Big Driver for Charity
For the sixth straight year, the Rye Police Association hosted a memorable Golf Classic. On September 12, foursomes of police officers, City officials, and friends hit the links at Apawamis Club in support of scholarships.