Today we have a MyRye.com resident report from Caroline Walker, who hosted 50 Rye residents at her home Tuesday evening to discuss issues around the overflow car situation in Rye Town Park in the summer months. Newly elected Doug French and Suzanna Keith were out mixing with the citizens and hearing their concerns. Here is […]
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Team French is EAGR, Team Otis is MIA
UPDATE: Rye Mayor Steve Otis has told MyRye.com: "The date was set by the organizers before clearing the date with our schedule. We had a campaign event scheduled from 7-9. In addition, I had a Rye Town Park Commission meeting this evening that ended at 7:30. The organizers were informed of the conflict weeks ago. […]
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EAGR? Hear Environmental Views of Candidates , Tonight, 7pm
The Environmental Advocacy Group of Rye (EAGR) is sponsoring an environmental forum for the candidates for Rye City Council and Mayor at the Rye Free Reading Room tonight, Tuesday, October 20th from 7 to 9:00 p.m. The forum is open to the public and light refreshments will be served. The event will be video recorded for Rye City TV. […]
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Rye Magazine – Second Issue Out
Rye Magazine – a slick glossy mag about our fair city – has made it to issue number two. The inaugural issue was published back in February. The issue recently arrived by in Rye mailboxes. The issue includes the "Town Hall" column by MyRye.com publisher Jay Sears about "Rye Gone Wild". See page 241. Four […]
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Rye Beach Needs Real Protection: Resident Letter
In a letter, Rye resident Nicolette Flosse explains to MyRye.com readers that Rye Town Park's Oakland Beach needs real protection. What do you think? Post a comment below. The beauty of Oakland Beach is disintegrating into sand full of cigarette butts, empty beer cans, broken glass and used condoms. I remember our real estate agent […]
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Shot of Wild Turkey
What did you think we were speaking about? Really… It is the season of love for the wild turkey, and this fella, spotted Sunday at the Marshlands Conservancy, is in full splendor for the ladies. Full splendor is – in part – determined by the full red, white and blue coloring on the male birds. One […]
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Loss of Rye’s Durland Center Part of Boy Scout Investigation by Hearst Media
In 2007, Rye lost the 44 year old Durland Scout Center (see: Rye to Scouts: Go Pitch a Tent), a remarkable piece of waterfront property on Stuyvesant Avenue on Milton Point, when the Boy Scouts sold the property to a developer who plans to bulldoze the community resource and erect two McMansions. The Durland story is […]
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Rye Leaves Blow Into Wall Street Journal
Folks seem to be pretty interested in how the 15,000 of us interact with our leaves. After the New York Times reported on how we send big trucks with our leaves all over the Northeast, The Wall Street Journal ran an item on leaf blowers, new less noisy models and various efforts by government to limit […]
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Rye Tree Huggers: EAGR to Plant Trees in Indian Village
First stop, the leaf blower ban. Second stop, trees. The Environmental Advocacy Group of Rye (EAGR) is launching a major campaign in 2009 to promote the protection and planting of trees throughout Rye. Called “Protect Rye’s Trees” campaign, the campaign will kick-off with an exhibit at Wainwright House entitled “Trees For Life.” Opening with a public reception on […]
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Rye’s Mulch Pile Moved to Goshen, New York
Attention Rye gardeners. If you want some mulch for your garden from the tons and tons of leaves that fall in Rye each season, you'll have to drive 60 miles to Goshen, NY or another choice location on the Eastern seaboard to get some. We wondered what happened to Rye's free mulch pile at Disbrow […]