4Every so often, I get the urge to return to my natal stream, so to speak; not to spawn like salmon do, but to wander the streets, closes, crescents, and open greens of my native Forest Hills Gardens and an especially familiar old habitat of mine, the West Side Tennis Club, with its aging Stadium.

b3 karate kidIn July, Osborn fifth grader Soichiro Shintaku took two bronze medals at the 2013 Team USA National Karate Trials in the age 10-13 kata, or forms category.

dscn0876A former senior editor of this newspaper once suggested that my travel articles should not be so uniformly “rosy,” so this time I will try to use a broader palette in painting the highlights of our recent trip to Austria and Germany.

b7 big bugIt all started when one of my dogs, a born hunter, tried to kill a dragonfly on the ceiling.

Calling all talented Rye students and adults! Practice your scales or put on your dancing shoes and get ready to showcase your talent!

It’s probably gone,

The graffiti-coated stop sign

On the corner of Milton and Mayfield.

A14 Store 1A new retail concept, Domestic Dry Goods Company, will debut at the Rye Ridge Shopping Center, featuring handcrafted products by American artists that can’t be found elsewhere in the region.

A11 BLUSHAna Sobalvarro took over the reins at Blush in 2009.

A12 Pink 2Shenorock Shore Club women tennis players, from 30-something to 60-something, turned out in force on their home court for a mid-summer’s evening to raise funds for a cure for breast cancer.

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