On June 19, 1865, two months after the end of the Civil War, the last enslaved people in the Confederacy…
Our Boatbuilding Heritage I am not a sailor. However, since the age of 7, I have traveled the world on…
Celebrating 100 Years of Rye’s Zoning Rules In 1923, the Village of Rye adopted a zoning ordinance, which has evolved…
Rye’s Longtime Merchants (A Sequel) By Paul Hicks In 2012, The Rye Record ran a series of articles entitled “As…
A Bit of Local History Honoring Local Black Leaders By Paul Hicks More than a century ago, two Black families moved to Rye, and their…
A Little Local History Ogden Nash, Native Son By Paul Hicks Frederic Ogden Nash, who was born in Rye in…
Whitby Castle, designed by Alexander Jackson Davis, was built in the 1850s. A Little Local History Boston Post…
A Little Local History The Bush-Lyon Homestead By Paul Hicks Among the most notable of the early…
By Paul Hicks From its founding in 1660, the village of Rye gradually expanded from its original settlement on Manursing…