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ye Mayor Joe Sack has differing views than Andrew Cuomo on the merit of a Long Island
Sound connection between the island and Westchester. Photo/Andrew Dapolite
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Rye mayor encourages lawmakers to ‘topple’ Cuomo’s tunnel

Although preliminary, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recent interest in revisiting the potential for a new crossing between Long Island and Westchester County has already elicited concern. During his State of the City address on Jan. 13, Rye Mayor Joseph Sack, a Republican, took a strong stance against Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recent […]

A team of six Harrison High School students has made it to the finals of the Innovative App Challenge sponsored by Verizon, securing them a chance to see their concept—which aims at providing food to the homeless—to fruition. Photo courtesy Pay It Forward
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Harrison High students innovate for a cause

On a recent class trip to a museum in New York, Benjamin Struhl, 17, was struck most profoundly not by the art hanging on the walls, but by a sight many New Yorkers are all too familiar with: homeless men and women begging for food. “When we got [off] the […]

A Jew walks up to St. Peter…
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A Jew walks up to St. Peter…

[dropcap]Y[/dropcap]ou’d think this would be good news to a Jew like me: The Vatican has declared that my tribe can get into heaven. In a statement just released in honor of the 50th anniversary of the “Nostra Aetate”—itself a high point in Jewish-Christian relations, in that it stated Jews should […]

By replacing its traditional street lights with LEDs, the city of Yonkers is expected to save more than $18 million in energy costs over the next 10 years. Photos courtesy city of Yonkers
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County legislators pass climate change resolution

The Westchester County Board of Legislators passed a resolution last month making the county the latest municipality to become a New York Climate Smart Community. The resolution, originally introduced to the board by county Legislator Catherine Parker, a Rye Democrat, will add Westchester to a network of communities throughout the […]

Making computer programs is popular particularly with boys ages 8 to 10 at least at the Maker Day event at The Rye Arts Center. Photo/Sarah Varney
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Rye Arts Center hosts STEAM deluge

Adam Levi, Rye Arts Center’s senior director, wasn’t sure what kind of attendance numbers to expect at the second annual STEAM Maker Day on Jan. 9. It was cloudy, gray and the sky was spitting rain intermittently. He needn’t have worried though, as this year’s event drew 400 children and […]