RHS Boys’ Soccer – Garnets Sting Hornets on Penalty Kicks
Penalty kicks decided the outcome of the matchup between the second-seeded Rye Garnets and the seventh-seeded Lakeland Hornets Oct. 23. The 13-3 Garnets dominated possession over the Hornets (10-6-1) and had the run of play during the game’s first 25 minutes. Kieran Traynor, Tyler Triolo, and Shun Nagata controlled the midfield and the backline of […]
RHS Girls’ Field Hockey – Garnets Pack Up Their Sticks After 3-2 Loss to John Jay Cross River
The Rye Girls’ Field Hockey team went down swinging in a dramatic shoot-out after a full-team effort against John Jay Cross River on October 24. The Wolves scored first, only three minutes in. Rye’s defense, led by Sienna Myers, Cara Bartlett, Rachel Kelly-Walsh, and Sophie Bourne, regrouped and held. Kate Morreale then moved the ball […]
Connecticut’s Importance in the Burgeoning 20th-Century Art World
Two exhibitions which recently opened at the Bruce Museum show how Connecticut is inextricably linked to the broader art world. The histories of the Bruce Museum and American Impressionism in Greenwich going back to the early 1900s are reflected in the first exhibit, “Collection Installation: Connecticut Impressionism”. In 1912, members of the Cos Cob Art […]
Good Reads
Men on Missions Love him or loathe him, Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest individual, is worth reading about. Walter Isaacson, best-selling author of biographies of Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, Henry Kissinger, and Benjamin Franklin, was given extraordinary access to shadow Musk for two years. It’s his insider view of the man that makes Isaacson’s “Elon […]
A Community Embraces One of its Kids
Rye residents may have noticed a lot of boys with buzz cuts around town in recent days. The new trend is not a fashion or political statement, it’s a show of support for a boy who recently was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. When Hamish Fenton, a sixth grader at Rye Middle […]
City Comes Up Short in Tax Cert Challenge
In early spring, the City of Rye sent the County of Westchester and Standard Amusements LLC, the new operator of Playland Amusement Park, which long benefitted from tax-exempt status as a public recreational facility, a tax bill for $3.3 million. The City’s contention was that as the park was now owned by a private, for-profit […]
Harrison’s Best Chance to Root Out Corruption
It has become commonplace to hear the phrase “this is the most important election in…”. I think we have all become numb to this phrase. However, this November 7, our town of Harrison will no doubt have its most important election in decades. This is not a normal local election that we can just sit […]
City Council Watch – Big Dredge Approved
The Boat Basin in Milton Harbor, a key Rye amenity for hundreds of boat owners and kayakers, got a new lease on life last week. In a unanimous vote at its October 18 meeting, the Rye City Council authorized a $6.1 million project to dredge the marina and channel to a depth of at least […]
Three Candidates for Three Seats in Rye City Council Race
Whether you vote on Election Day (Tuesday, November 7) or before, you will find four names on the ballot for the three open seats on the Rye City Council. However, there are actually only three candidates running for those three seats: Keith Cunningham, Jamie Jensen, and Josh Nathan. A fourth candidate, Lori Fontanes, stopped campaigning […]
In County Legislature Race, Two Rye Residents Face Off
In Rye’s election for Westchester County Board of Legislators in District 7, incumbent Democrat Catherine Parker is running for her sixth and final two-year term, due to term limits. Her Republican opponent is Katie Manger. As an experienced legislator, Parker is proud of her environmental advocacy and her support of measures to combat climate change. […]