Last Saturday night, friends of the Rye Historical Society gathered under a tent at the Knapp House for the Society’s annual gala. What better place to celebrate local history and its preservationists than the County’s oldest home on Rye Beach Avenue.
The Magic of a Museum: Explore-a-thon 2012
More than 500 families headed to the Playland Boardwalk June 3 for Explore-a-thon 2012. The Westchester Children’s Museum’s sixth annual event...
Vehicle Fair: Everybody had a chance to toot their horn — whether in a fire engine, police car, ambulance or commercial truck — at the library’s 13th annual Vehicle Fair last Sunday.
George Bernard Shaw famously said, “Youth is wasted on the young.” My general advice is to prove him wrong every day.
Scott Pierce has lived in Rye all his life, his wife Janice since the age of 13. He invited her out on a date soon after they met in high school. Theirs has been a fine and long romance.
Rye Racquet Club pro Teza Simunyola, a longtime supporter of youth tennis in his native Zambia, has started a new nonprofit, So Chabe. The organization helps young players in Lusaka, where he grew up, with both tennis and academics.
Laura Fink, Vice President Social Media Strategy and Small Business Saturday at American Express OPEN, is the featured speaker at the Rye Chamber of Commerce’s luncheon meeting at Wainwright House June 13 at noon.
Eight members of SPRYE (Staying Put in Rye & Environs) eagerly trooped to the RyeTV studios May 8 to participate in the second tech workshop organized by Rye High School Youth Advocate Casey DeCola and SPRYE.
Bikers, be happy. Danny’s Cycles opened recently at 10 Bowman Avenue in Rye Brook. The shop sells a large selection of bikes and accessories for adults and children and can turn around a repair job in a day or two.
Almost every morning, about 6 a.m, I have a “rendezvous” with Maria. It’s often just as I’m leaving my house to take Stubby, my dog, for a walk; or it might be over on Elmwood Street, by Playland Market, or along Oakland Beach Avenue. But our meeting is just a quick, cheerful “hello” – she’s got many customers to go.
