Once the forsythia blooms it’s time to bring out the weed control for your lawn and flowerbeds. Try corn gluten, it’s organic. It not only prevents new weed seeds from germinating, but also provides 9% nitrogen to feed your grass and plants.
The return of spring for some people is heralded by the backyard arrival of favorite songbirds like robins and redwing blackbirds, and for others by wildflowers like bloodroot and Dutchman’s britches. For me, the telltale totem of spring is the shad, an American saltwater fish and noble member of the herring family that spawns in fresh water this time of year.
The curators of the 76th Whitney Biennial exhibition say they are “taking the pulse of the time through the immediate experience of art.” Museum founder and sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney introduced the first Biennial in 1932.
A Monster of a Show
The Parsons Street Players pulled out all the stops — and happily broke every horticultural rule — with their performance of “Little Shop of Horrors”
The old-fashioned charm and character of our community is on the endangered list. Peg and Tony D’Onofrio, owners of The Smoke Shop, received a letter April 25 from their landlord, Fareri Associates of Greenwich, confirming their fear that their lease will not be renewed, and once the owner receives a building permit to renovate the space, they will have four months to vacate.
A member of the D’Onofrio family has operated the Smoke Shop for 42 years. It’s called TD’s Smoke Shop after Tony’s father. Peg started working there part-time when her husband was alive, and has long worked alongside her son.
Judith’s Skin Care Institute on Locust Avenue has been servicing women’s cosmetic needs for 27 years thanks to its lovely namesake. “I really like the wonderful camaraderie here and I love making my clients feel wonderful,” said Judith Polatsek. “That’s what has kept me going all these years.”
The Lamberti family’s service stations have called Rye home since 1952. Talking to Joe Lamberti, one can see they’ve crossed the finish line many times over.
Over the past few years there has been a vast expansion of the number of children-oriented products that claim to be environmentally healthy. These include everything from wall paints and floor cleaners to cribs and pajamas.
Rye Historical Society is staging an exhibit at the Square House on the history of sports in Rye. The exhibit features the impressive history of sports in our town from 1908 through the present.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough has written a great deal about John Adams and his family, but The Rye Historical Society has a scoop for the great American historian.
