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Library Gamble Pays Off with $70K Raised in First-Ever Casino Night

The Rye Free Reading Room gamble on its first-ever casino night fundraiser paid off with over $70,000 raised for library operations. The sold-out event...

6th Annual Spelling Bee W-I-N-N-E-R-S

If you heard the raucous behavior coming from the Rye Free Reading Room this past Saturday, with people shouting out various consonants and vowels,...

LETTER: Rye Library, Two Years After Ida Flood

In a letter to MyRye.com, the Rye Free Reading Room Board of Trustees President Kirstin Bucci reports on  progress two years after the catastrophic...

Vehicle Fair Fundraiser Creates Traffic on the Village Green

Written by Will McCullough, edited by Aimée Plink The Rye Free Reading Room hosted its annual Vehicle Fair fundraiser this Sunday. Families flocked to the...

New Parking Rules by City Hall & The Library

The parking lot located behind City Hall and adjacent to the Rye Free Reading Room will now have a maximum parking time of one...

Singers Marta Eggerth and Jan Kiepura to be honored by the Rye Historical Society

The world-renowned singers Hungarian soprano Marta Eggerth and Polish tenor Jan Kiepura will be the subject of a video retrospective at the Rye Free...

Civil Rights in Rye: The Story of Paul Redd

UPDATED: This event is now schedule for Tuesday, March 14th from 6:30pm - 8:00pm at the Rye Free Reading Room. It had been postponed...

Rye Library Investigates Systemic Racism at March Event

  The Coalition for Understanding Racism through Education (CURE), in partnership with The Lorraine Hansberry Coalition (LHC) and five Westchester public libraries including the Rye...

“Fanfare” as Siblings Sweep Spelling Bee @ Library

There was fanfare on Friday at the Rye Free Reading Room on Friday as two siblings swept the library's fifth annual spelling bee. Every year...

LETTER: Rye Library, One Year After Ida Flood

In a letter to MyRye.com, the Rye Free Reading Room Board of Trustees President Kathleen Riegelhaupt reports the year since the catastrophic flooding from...

Monday, 10am: A Celebration of Our Nation’s 246th Birthday

  Leaders of Tomorrow and the Rye Free Reading Room present a celebration of Our Nation's 246th Birthday. There will be readings from selected speeches and from...

Author Deborah Goodrich Royce @ Rye Free Reading Room in April

Deborah Goodrich Royce, author of the thriller, Ruby Falls, the story of a fragile young actress haunted by a childhood trauma, will be at...

Library Offers STEAM Activities for Grades 3-5, Funded by ARPA

Supported with funds from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the Rye Free Reading Room, along with the Westchester Children's Museum and Harrison...

Riveting 4th Annual Spelling Bee – Riding the Sampan to Victory

Sampan and riveting. Spelling those two words brings bragging rights and $3,000 of scholarship money to the winners of the Rye Free Reading Room Fourth...

Going Up: Library Awarded $11K State Grant

Going up! The Rye Free Reading Room has been awarded $11,260 through the NYS Library Construction Grant Program to upgrade and rebuild the existing...