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 […]
Month: September 2016
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 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, […]
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?
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 […]