Month: September 2016

An amended agreement between the county and Standard Amusements is expected to exceed a proposed March 31 signing date after extensive criticism by the county Board of Legislators. File photo
News

Legislators condemn Rye’s Playland Article 78

Amidst a mounting legal battle between the city of Rye and Westchester County over proposed capital improvements to Playland, many county lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle have continued to assert the county’s authority over the park’s future. The county Board of Legislators’ Litigation Committee, which convened on […]

Brett Egan hauls in a catch against Harrison on Sept. 10. Egan scored a touchdown in the Garnets’ 42-16 win over the Huskies.  Photo/Mike Smith
Sports

Garnets even the score

On Saturday, Sept. 10, the Huskies and the Garnets took the field at John Nugent Stadium for the 87th installment of the most storied football rivalry in Section I. When the dust had settled, it was Rye who proved victorious, drubbing Harrison 42-16 to come away with an important win […]

Rye-ACT, a local anti-drug coalition, has been awarded $125,000 annually in federal funding for the next five years to improve the group’s infrastructure. File photo
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Rye-ACT coalition awarded 5-year grant

The drug and alcohol prevention organization Rye-Action for Children and Teens Community Coalition, Rye-ACT, has been awarded a five-year, $125,000-a-year federal grant to support work of the coalition and improve the group’s infrastructure, following its application in mid-March. “People are overwhelmingly thrilled about what we have started,” said Julie Killian, […]

From left, Ned McCormack, communications director for the county, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino and Father Chris Monturo of Saint Anthony’s of Padua Church in Harrison at the 9/11 Rising memorial ceremony. Photo/Andrew Dapolite
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Hundreds grieve 9/11 loses at Rising memorial

Moments before the sun set below the tree line on Sunday, Sept. 11, a golden light was cast upon the eastern corner of the Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla, where the county’s official 9/11 memorial was erected a decade ago. Comprised of 109 silver beams pointed to the heavens—one of […]

Are you ready for some football?
Opinion Sports

Are you ready for some football?

Baseball might still be America’s pastime, but I think it’s getting increasingly hard to deny one simple fact: Football is America’s sport. The NFL kicked off the 2016 season in earnest on Sept. 11, as the league aired its first slate of Sunday games, prompting football fans all across the […]