When this year’s Oscar nominations were announced without a single actor of color making the final cut, the response was swift and decisive.

Whether you are hosting a crowd or watching Super Bowl 50 with your family, here are two dinner recipes that are a great alternative to snacking on too many football appetizers.

Shop windows are decorated in all shades of red for the day when the otherwise forgetful spouse brings home a dozen roses, a sparkling something in a small box or a large bottle, or the news that you have dinner reservations at La Panetière.

Lola, the fashionable women’s boutique on Purchase Street, created some excitement with a Guest Window Dresser series.

Watch the Rye High Boys’ basketball team play— they’re currently tied for the league lead — and there’s no missing senior Mark Croughan, a tower of strength in the middle on both ends of the floor.

The Rye Newcomers and Neighbors Club (RNNC) is looking for volunteers to help run the club in 2016-2017. Volunteering is not only fun, it helps keep the club vibrant and is a wonderful way to make new friends.

City officials joined the student winners of the 5th annual Heads Up! Poster Contest at a reception at The Rye Arts Center January 27.

Every year we spread the good word about the many caring organizations in and around our community. It turns out that one very special one, started in 1982, had escaped our notice  — until last month, when a neighbor called and asked if we’d ever heard of South East Consortium. “No,” I admitted honestly, “Why don’t you have someone from there call me.”

You may think of “trash” as the big bin in your kitchen. You may think of it as a small pail next to your desk.

On a recent cold and windy Friday evening, close to 200 people took time out of their busy lives to watch a movie and join in a post-film discussion about motor vehicle emission pollution.