Rye Neck High School rang in the holidays December 4 at Rye Presbyterian Church when they teamed up with the Westchester Choral Society (WCS) of an ecumenical holiday concert.

On the worldwide storytelling day, November 19, tales were told in 40 states and nine countries across six continents, from Miami to Mumbai, Perth to Peoria, Bangok to Rye.

At the 29th annual Westchester Senior Hall of Fame Awards Luncheon, December 2 at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown, Rye’s Tom Saunders was among the award recipients.

There’s been a garage at 16 Wappanocca Avenue for as long as anyone can remember. In the 1920s, it served as Rye Ford’s prep shop. For decades it was an auto body shop. A flood put one of the previous owners out of business. But when Jim Amico, who has loved and worked on cars his whole life, decided to move his business – The Personal Touch of Rye – to that spot in August of last year, he had a bigger plan: to put all your auto needs under one roof.

For runners of all abilities, there’s a new store in town – the Rye Running Company opened Thanksgiving weekend at 37 Purchase Street. One of 19 stores in the Northeast founded by Olympic Trials Qualifier Gene Mitchell, the Running Company is designed — and run — to serve the running community.

The Rye YMCA has partnered with Livestrong, Lance Armstrong’s global juggernaut dedicated to improving the lives of people affected by cancer. While Livestrong addresses their physical, emotional, and practical concerns, the Y program fosters the well being of cancer survivors by refining the physical aspect.

The proposed Rye City School District School Bond, to be voted on December 13, has elicited an unprecedented amount of comment by residents, including numerous letters to this paper. The bond addresses overcapacity at the Rye High/Middle School campus, and will pay for 12 new science classrooms with current science labs converted into regular classroom space.

From the start of the 2012 budget discussions, the Rye City Council told the Rye Free Reading Room that its share of funding would be $1,080,000, the same as last year. As the Mayor and City Manager explained, revenues are down $2,000,000 from 2008 and every department is being held flat.