Month: March 2016

A request by the town of Rye seeking new management and the possible redevelopment of Rye Town Park has attracted a field of six candidates, including some familiar faces in Rye. File photo
News

6 responses to redevelop Rye Town Park

Rye Town Park and the Oakland Beach area could soon see an extensive overhaul. The Rye Town Park commission, which sets policy at the park, will mull over proposals from six applicants intent on taking over operations of the park after a recent solicitation for qualifications of potential developers and […]

In celebration of International Women’s Day, a panel of five prominent women in digital media met at the
Rye Arts Center on March 8 to discuss technology, gender and the media. From left, Suzanna Keith and
Kim Berns, of Rye, Johanna Zeilstra, of Mamaroneck, Tina Exharos, of Rye, Tiffany Pham, of New York City,
Shenan Reed and her daughter Charlotte, of Bronxville, Fran Hauser, of Bedford, and Debra Sanguenti, of
Rye. Photo courtesy Suzanna Keith
News

Women’s Day panel talks digital media leadership

In celebration of International Women’s Day, a panel of five female entrepreneurs and business leaders discussed a range of issues, but focused mainly on women’s influence in the tech and media sectors. The panel, titled “Women in Emerging Digital Media Leadership,” was assembled on March 8 at The Rye Arts […]

Mad about March
Opinion Sports

Mad about March

I think I have to come up with a new strategy for picking my March Madness brackets, because my old one just isn’t working. For years now, I’ve employed the novel approach of actually watching the college basketball regular season, getting to know the strengths and weakness of a few […]

The hundred years’ war in Brownsville, Brooklyn
Opinion

The hundred years’ war in Brownsville, Brooklyn

[dropcap]Y[/dropcap]ou could argue that our modern era began 100 years ago in Brownsville, Brooklyn. In a squat building that no longer exists, a pretty and soft-spoken mom named Margaret opened an office where women could get something they’d never been allowed to obtain before: birth control. The place wasn’t called […]

Michele Thomas, executive vice president of Osborn Home Care.
Features

Talking Business: With Michele Thomas

Her warm and disarming personality seems a perfect fit for Michele Thomas’ relatively new position as executive vice president of Osborn Home Care, a business unit of the venerable Rye-based Osborn Retirement Community. Home care, in a nutshell, has become a popular, growing segment of the health care market; an […]