Bird HomesteadOn the evening of November 16, the Rye Meeting House/Bird Homestead was truly sight to behold.

RYE LIONSRye City Lions Club President Susan Olson and Membership Chair Pat McCarthy, at left, recently presented a check for $1,000 to Khaled Musa, Co-Administrator, VISIONS Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

SPRYE (Staying Put in Rye and Environs) has been awarded a $5,000 sustainability grant by the Village-to-Village Network, a national peer-to-peer network that helps establish and continuously improve management of aging-in-place villages.

Consider this: most artificial trees are made from polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a petroleum-derived material that isn’t recyclable and which studies show is harmful to human health.

As in, take them away.

dancer beyerElisabeth Beyer, an 11-year-old from Rye, will perform in The Greenwich Ballet Academy production of “The Nutcracker” Saturday and Sunday December 7 and 8 at 3 p.m. and 2 p.m. respectively.

DempseyThumbThe Dutiful Dempsey Brothers

Greg Dempsey, a 2007 Rye High School graduate, has returned from an eight-month deployment with the United States Army in Afghanistan.

Beef StewWhat’s the secret to cooking a great meal? Keep it simple and focus on the basics, says Ed Szamborski.

RYE TOASTS-JACK MCREDMONDJack McRedmond, a 4th grader at Milton, who is tearing up the turf. Last month, he won the 2013 Punt, Pass & Kick Sectional competition in the 8/9-age division, which qualified him for the New York Jets Team Championship.

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