In our Meet the Boards & Commissions series, MyRye.com will introduce readers to the boards and commissions of the City of Rye and the residents who run them. All volunteers, these residents give their time and expertise to keep our city running. The series is intended to bring visibility to what each board and commission […]
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Henderson, Playing Through; Can You Make a Right on Red with a Burrito in Your Hand?: Rye City Council Agenda for Wednesday, February 7, 2024
The city council’s agenda for its meeting at 6:30pm on Wednesday, February 7, 2024 is out. The meeting will also be aired on Cablevision Channel 75 and Verizon Channel 39. We’ll also see you on the Internet (live and archive). Formal office hours of the Mayor and other officials have been suspended. The Council will convene at 5:30pm […]
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LETTER: Rye Golf Club’s Two-Tiered Structure Unfair
In a letter, Rye Golf Club member and Ormond Place resident James Fee argues that Rye Golf Club’s two-tiered membership structure in unfair. He supports the “Henderson proposal” advanced by Councilman Bill Henderson. The Fee letter: A Letter In Support of the Henderson Proposal for Equal and Fair Rates @ Rye Golf Club from a […]
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LETTER: Rye Golf Chair Says Club is One of the Best Managed Entities in City
In a letter to MyRye.com, Rye Golf Club Chair Terry McCartney says Rye Golf is “one of the best managed entities in the City and we deserve better treatment than we’ve been getting lately from some on the Council”. He is referring to recent feedback from the Council on RGC’s tiered member program that charges […]
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Correale is Now GM of Rye Golf Club
Chris Correale has been promoted to general manager of the Rye Golf Club. Correale joined the City in 2014, serving first as coordinator of member services and was subsequently promoted to assistant general manager. Owned by the City of Rye, Rye Golf Club is 126 acres with a family friendly pool and an 18-hole Devereux […]
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Allendale Residents Call on Rye Golf for More Project Transparency
Residents along Allendale Drive are calling on the Rye Golf Club and its governing commission for more transparency regarding its various activities including tree removal and flood issues along holes 4-5-6 as well as the larger ongoing master plan process, saying “it has been developed in secrecy”. Over 350 people have signed a petition calling […]
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Rye Golf Renovation Firm Featured in Golf Trade Web Site
Lohmann Quitno Golf Course Architects, responsible for a 2015 Rye Golf Club renovation, was recently featured in GolfCourseIndustry.com. A description of the 2015 project from the firms web site and an excerpt of the feature is below. From lohmannquitno.com" "Project InfoRye Golf ClubCity of Rye, New Yorkwww.ryegolfclub.comThis 18 hole City-owned club hired Lohmann Quitno in 2015 […]
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Babe Ruth and Others at Rye Golf Club – a Historical Reference
A great piece in the Chicago Tribune celebrates the life of a long time golf club pro Dick Carparelli who passed at age 100. What caught our eye was how Carparelli developed his love of golf while working as a caddie at the Rye Country Club "carrying the clubs of such celebrities as Mack Sennett, the director […]
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Golf Writer Waxes Poetic @ Rye Golf Club
(PHOTO: Rye Golf Club.) Golf.com writer and former Rye resident Alan Bastable waxes poetically about Rye Golf Club in a recent piece. Bastable recounts sneaking onto the course as a kid in the early 90s. "To get from the par-4 1st hole at Rye (N.Y.) Golf Club to the par-5 2nd, you must cross a leafy […]
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SERIES PART 5 – A DEADLY PATTERN. RYE OFFICIALS HIDE EMPLOYEE WRONGDOING, RECORDS TAMPERING IN MUNICIPAL GOLF GREEN’S FIASCO. COMMENTARY BY TED CARROLL.
Guest Column by Rye Resident Ted Carroll (PHOTO: Google Earth photo of RGC and Milton Harbor.) “The complainant provided pesticide spray charts from 2014 that indicated the PHP Chip Lafferty applied some pesticides in a manner that violated the label requirements of said pesticides. In a previous complaint…Mr. Chip Lafferty was charged for applying pesticides in […]