Friday, April 26, 2024
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]upport for costly renovations to Rye Playland’s historic swimming pool may be running dry after a proposed capital project from Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino’s Republican administration looks to remove the site completely. On Monday, June 20, a proposed $2.7 million bond act to remove and fill the park’s pool […]
The Rye City School District, in partnership with the Rye City Police Department, has spearheaded a local chapter of the Adopt-a-School program, which was originally developed in 1994 as a community outreach program by the FBI. The program, which identifies schools in disadvantaged communities, puts special agents and staff members […]
Intent on making another big splash for cancer-related causes, Swim Across America, Long Island Sound Chapter, SAA-LIS, has kicked off its 24th season. SAA-LIS, which last year raised more than $1 million for cancer research, prevention and treatment through swimming events, will offer nine opportunities to swim and volunteer in […]
There was an outpouring of online sympathy for the parents of the little boy killed by an alligator at a Disney resort in Orlando, Florida last week, which just goes to show that sometimes the Internet has a heart, and sometimes it calls for blood. The question is why. In […]
The New York State Department of Public Service held two public hearings this month to consider allowing Con Edison to increase rates on gas and electric delivery. The proposed increases would raise the cost of gas services by an average of 8.4 percent and would increase the cost of electricity […]
