LETTERS
New York Needs Moderate Judges like LaSalle Voters should be disappointed with State Senator Shelley Mayer, who represents Rye in Albany, for her role in helping to quash the appointment of Justice Hector LaSalle to become chief judge of the Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court. In case you missed it, one of the […]
Anita Schwarz
Anita Eerdmans Schwarz, a 50-year resident of Rye, N.Y., passed away on January 30, 2023. Born in Sutton, Surrey, England, on November 30, 1939, she was the daughter of Johannes Eerdmans and Antonia Wilhelmina de Vries. In 1953, the family moved to the United States, where she went on to graduate from Mamaroneck High School, […]
Oh, the Stories They’ve Told
The Rye Y Story Project is cause for celebration. On February 1, a number of the 474 Rye Y members, volunteers, and staffers who have shared their heartfelt, humorous, and very human stories with 40 interviewers since 2012 dropped by the Y Studios for a 10th anniversary gathering. Many of those stories are framed and […]
Remembering One of Our Own
Rogers Johnson By Jamie Jensen I sat down this month with my friend Ingraham Taylor to catch up. She and I met when we were on the Police Review Committee in 2020, and our initial relationship was forged via Zoom. I am an educator, and she is a social worker and our mutual love for […]
Frank Chiappetta
It is with great sadness that the family of Francesco (Frank) Chiappetta announced his sudden passing on January 30, 2023, shortly before his 90th birthday. He was born February 15, 1933, in the small town of San Fili, Italy, but called Rye, N.Y. his home for over 54 years. He was the son of Francesco […]
The Council Turns its Attention to Saving Trees Before It’s Too Late
By Robin Jovanovich The last time the City Council gave serious consideration to revising its tree laws was twenty years ago. Public hearings were held, but the measure failed because a handful of residents argued successfully that property rights trumped tree preservation. Meanwhile, wholesale clear-cutting of trees has occurred in every neighborhood as new and […]
READER’S FORUM
A Social Justice Question for Rye Country Day By Howard Husock It is rare for a consequential case to come before Rye’s Board of Assessment Review, the obscure panel on which I, along with four other residents, sit. Overwhelmingly, our cases involve small sums tied to the assessments of properties whose owners claim are too […]
City Enacts Stricter Blasting and Rock-Chipping Regulations, and Sets Big Fines
By Robin Jovanovich At its last regular meeting of the year, the City Council adopted a new local law, Explosives, Blasting, and Mechanical Excavation, that repeals the existing blasting law and now encompasses rock chipping regulations. The Council instituted a six-month moratorium last spring that limited mechanical rock removal, drilling, and boring applications to 15 […]
Equal Access and User Fees for All Rye Golf Club Members
The following letter was written to the City Council, the City Manager, and the Corporation Counsel and forwarded to the paper for publication. I am writing about the two-tiered fee structure at Rye Golf for Rye residents. It looks as if we are going down the slippery slope again of treating the club as private, […]
LIFE & STYLE: Red Hot for Valentine’s Day
Gucci red leather belt bag By Caitlin Brown Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and even if you aren’t the biggest enthusiast of this Hallmark holiday, it’s a day designated on the calendar that gives credence to celebrate something we should express every day, because love is what it’s all about, as now a […]