In praise — and in awe — of the many retail businesses that have been in Rye for more than a decade, we decided to celebrate them, beginning in our last issue.
At the start, we had no idea there were well over 40 shops and restaurants — not to mention architecture and insurance firms, dance and language classes which we’ll highlight this spring — that have been here in good times and in bumpy ones for a decade or more.
After receiving the January 27 issue, in which Part I, a three-page feature, was published, we received dozens of phone calls from residents and business owners. The conversation generally began, “We loved the article, but we hope you won’t overlook the GiaQuintos, the Pinskers, the Stones?” The list doesn’t end there.
We didn’t forget about any of you other wonderful merchants — and there will be a Part III! More importantly, we wish one and all of you hard-working, cheerful, and industrious owners and employees many years to come.
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In the early 1970s, the nation finally awoke to the damage that decades of pollution and neglect had caused to the environment. In quick succession, Federal laws were passed to improve air and water quality, restrict hazardous wastes, and curtail other activities detrimental to the environment. With these laws came new initiatives to clean up the water, including massive amounts of spending on sewage treatment plants.
Rye Pack 2 Scouts held their annual Pinewood Derby February 3 at Christ’s Church. With 81 cars, the largest field ever, the track was jumping. Some of the entries were built strictly for speed, while others were more whimsical in design.
When she starting working at The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Westchester/Hudson Valley Chapter five years ago, Erika Francisco never anticipated how her job would change her whole life.
While the Board of Ethics made its decision on the matter of whether an abuse of power had occurred regarding building violations at Mayor French’s Richard Place rental property and his receiving an additional STAR exemption, Councilwoman Laura Brett and Councilman Joe Sack expressed their continuing dissatisfaction with the process at the February 8 City Council meeting.
Sometimes what doesn’t happen is news. Take coyotes, for example. Before 2010, few residents in lower Westchester paid much attention to coyotes as a threat to humans. Yes, there had been occasional articles about coyotes attacking unattended dogs at night; and in 2006 the media reported on a Cornell scientist who had begun a research project on the scope and range of coyote encounters in Westchester.
At a late January meeting of the Board of the Village of Rye Brook, the final hurdle to building the sluice gate at Bowman Avenue Dam was surmounted. After months and months of delay, held up by regulatory approvals of State agencies, and the planning and council boards of Harrison and Rye Brook, the project is ready to start. “Everything is permitted,” said City Manager Scott Pickup.
