Rye Receives Clean Bill of Fiscal Health from State Comptroller
In a report issued today, that is part of a series of fiscal profiles on municipalities across the state, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli commended Rye and White Plains for maintaining a healthy financial position due to stable tax bases, low poverty, and conservative budgeting.
Raising a Glass to Our Local Wine Shops
Wine and spirits are synonymous with toasting the holidays and ringing in the New Year.
Santa’s Book Club
There are lots of wonderful books to give this Christmas, and many we’ll want to choose for ourselves.
Serving Up Hope and Laughter for the Holidays
Give yourself a break and don’t forget to count your blessings this holiday season was the message Rye author Lee Woodruff delivered to a large, mostly female audience at School of Holy Child’s fourth annual benefit for the school’s Maureen Alison McGrath ’78 Memorial Library.
Finding the Right Middle Ground
With the parent/teacher conference season still dancing in her head, we sat down with Colleen Pettus, Head of the Middle School at Holy Child, for her “report card.”
ALONG FOR THE RYE’D: There’s Nothing Like an Old Friend
This summer, I visited my childhood friend Valerie during a very sad time. We spent our visit in the shadow of this sadness, but to my intense surprise, my old friend and I found ourselves laughing more often than not.
Council Approves 1% Tax Increase for 2014
At the final meeting of the Rye City Council, the budget for 2014 was approved. The Council lowered the rate from an expected 2% to .99% by taking $206,000 from mortgage tax revenues.