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Take Mulching Seriously – It Helps With Weed Suppression, Insulation and Protection

Plants are like guests: some need constant attention while others are resourceful and self-sufficient.
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Watching Anything Good?

Here are a few new shows worth watching, considering — or skipping.
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Going Back to the Flower Power Era at the New York Botanical Garden

If you missed the bus to Woodstock in the '60s — or simply long for those groovy, peace-loving, hippie days — a visit to NYBG this summer will transport you back in time.
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What Rye is Reading This Summer

Rye residents rely on recommendations from friends, book clubs, and local bookstores to help shape their reading choices.
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Rye Teens Launch Community Art Project to Raise Environmental Awareness

Four teens from Rye recently hosted an art-based community event that attracted hundreds of participants.
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The Importance of Protecting Your Skin This Summer

Sunburn can happen in as little as 10 to 15 minutes, depending on your skin tone, location, and the UV index.
Stage with banner reading 'Rye Neck High School THE PROM'; group of students in formal wear gathered around a podium on stage, blue lighting.
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Rye Neck, Rye Country Day Win Metropolitan High School Theater Awards

Rye Neck musical 'The Prom' earns Outstanding Achievement in Direction, while RCDS students receive Outstanding Performance awards for 'Les Mis.'
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Rye Educators Reunite to Perform Original Play at NY Theater Festival

'Canto250' tells the story of a government lawyer who demands an artist amend a poem he wrote on American history or lose National Endowment for the Arts funding.
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Weeding is Like Life

Weeds represent the human condition — an endless pursuit of goals that often feel unattainable; the tension between meaning and meaningless.
Blue cover: The Things We Never Say, a novel by Elizabeth Strout.
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Book Review: Secrets and Strangers

A look at "The Things We Never Say," "Whistler," and other new books worth checking out.

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