Last Friday, January 17, the Rye City School District Board of Education accepted the resignation of one Milton School teacher suspended in the test cheating case.

The Osborn boasts many extraordinary senior residents, a number of whom are talented artists. An exhibit of their work, the Osborn Artists’ Showcase, will be on display at the Rye Free Reading Room February 6-26. An opening reception will be held February 11 from 3:30-5 p.m.

The Rye Women’s Interfaith Committee will host their Annual Conference & Reception Sunday, February 9 at 3 p.m. at Community Synagogue of Rye.

The Rye YMCA and its Safe Routes to School Committee, in partnership with the Rye High School Art Department, have once again sponsored “Heads Up! A Safe Driving and Walking Poster Contest.”

Emily Gorin, a Rye Country Day junior, has paired up with John Kennedy, Director of Golf at Westchester Country Club and the founder of Golfers In Support of Our Troops.

In Treatment

Most words of advice about health focus on the positive: exercise, healthy diets, taking stress out of your life, and so on. Bookstores, if you can find one, are perpetually overstocked with books on preventing every known ailment to man.

Last week several of us were in Rye City Court waiting for defendant Tim Chittenden to appear. Chittenden, a former member of the Rye Police Department and lifelong Rye resident, received ten traffic citations for violating a number of vehicular laws on his way home in the wee hours of January 1, 2012.

In Dr. Seuss’ last work, “Oh, the Places You’ll Go,” he brilliantly captured the challenges of growing up. The timeless message pulls at a parent’s heartstrings because it speaks to the inevitability of life’s struggles and disappointments.

Daniel Warren Principal Jane Scheinman has instituted a pilot program to enhance the education of elementary school students under her watch.

Rye Golf Club has made the turn and is poised for a record back nine.