Cruising to First
Conditions were hot and dusty (better than cold and rainy) for the Mercer Lake Sprints regatta, April 21. With a head-on view of the Princeton Boathouse, 45 Rye High rowers cruised through ten races in West Windsor, New Jersey. Sixty-one teams participated in the daylong affair, including crews from Florida, California, and London.
Garnets, 2-0, in Full Swing
The Rye girls’ golf team opened the season last week with big wins over Suffern, 264-303, and Scarsdale, 240-301.
The Rye House Tour Is Back!
I remember being excited about spring two years ago, but not that excited. This year I can feel spring all the way down to my toes. What’s the difference? It’s back! Due to popular demand, the Rye House Tour returns in grand style.
Around Town 4-13-12
Don’t Miss Play Ball! Ages 7-14 can put their baseball and softball skills to the test at the Aquafina Pitch, Hit & Run at Rye Rec April 20 from 4-5 p.m. Groups are separated by age. Cost is $10 per person. Y Derby & Healthy Kids Day The Rye YMCA has a special […]
Morsels on Rye 4/13/12
Births JJ and Jessi Culyer announce the birth of a daughter, Faith Catherine Culyer, March 23 at White Plains Hospital Center. She weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces. Faith joins sister Riley, 2½. Her grandparents are Jim and Cathy Culyer of Rye and Vern and Petra Combs of Frederick, Maryland. Everything Panned Out Nicely No […]
Letters/Comments 4/13/12
Just the News, Please Dear Editor, Does the writer of the Police Blotter have to try to be clever and cute when reporting the news? I refer to the entry in your last issue, on 3/4: “All in a daze work. Vehicle struck utility pole driving northbound on Milton Road. Driver unconscious and appeared […]
Police Blotter 4-13-12
Updated April 19
4/9: Keep that safe cold. Officer on patrol noticed a black backpack lying behind a tree on Hillside Road by Boston Post Road. Contents included 8 Bud Lites and 2 Coors Lights. Property placed in safe.
School Board, City Council Demand Mandate Relief
At the yearly spring meeting of both Rye City Council and Rye City Schools Board of Education on Saturday, the joint bodies demanded relief from Albany for the costly mandates they bear.
At the Movies: “Cabin” Is Too Smart for its Own Good
Irony, according to the late author David Foster Wallace, tyrannizes us. While Wallace himself may have found the most drastic way to break free from our post-modernist prison, the world he left behind is still crying out to be reconstructed.
Just for Kinder Gardeners
Milton School kindergarten students began a nine-week, hands-on, after-school organic gardening program, “Through the Garden Gate,” at the Bird Homestead April 17. Their guide and instructor is Han Yu Hung, Children’s Gardening Program Coordinator at the New York Botanical Garden.