People

Rye Lifer: Barbie Haynes

Jay Sears, Publisher of MyRye.com - April 5, 2025

(PHOTO: B.J. Surhoff at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland on August 25, 2007. Public Domain.)

RyeGPT People of Note: Baseball Player B.J. Surhoff

(PHOTO: Thursday, March 27, 2025 is Hamish Fenton Day in the City of Rye. Fenton, surrounded by friends and family, signaled his approval with two thumbs up in Rye City Council chambers moments before the official announcement by Rye Mayor Josh Cohn.)

It’s Hamish Fenton Day in Rye on Thursday

(PHOTO: Former congresswoman Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day of New York. Public Domain via Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.)

RyeGPT People of Note: New York Congresswoman Caroline Love Goodwin O’Day

(PHOTO: Ajit Jain is an Indian-American executive who is the Vice Chairman of Insurance Operations for Berkshire Hathaway. Seen here at the company’s 2024 annual meeting. Source: YouTube / CNBC.)

RyeGPT People of Note: Vice Chairman of Insurance Operations for Berkshire Hathaway Ajit Jain

(PHOTO: Tatiana Saunders playing for Lewes in 2022. CC 2.0.)

RyeGPT People of Note: English Footballer Tatiana Saunders

ByJay Sears, Publisher of MyRye.com October 28, 2024October 27, 2024

RyeGPT People of Note is a series highlighting individuals who have a connection to the…

(PHOTO: Pierre Jay (May 4, 1870 – November 24, 1949), first chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Fair use.

RyeGPT People of Note: Banker Pierre Jay

ByJay Sears, Publisher of MyRye.com October 21, 2024October 20, 2024

RyeGPT People of Note is a series highlighting individuals who have a connection to the…

(PHOTO: Molly Gurion, portrait of Chief Warder of the Tower of London. Source: Invaluable Auctions.)

RyeGPT People of Note: Portrait Painter Molly Guion

ByJay Sears, Publisher of MyRye.com October 14, 2024October 12, 2024

(PHOTO: An profile of Molly Guion in The New York Times on October 23, 1977.)RyeGPT…

(PHOTO: Rye resident and actress Diana Millay. Credit: Charles Caron, public domain.)

RyeGPT People of Note: Actress Diana Millay

ByJay Sears, Publisher of MyRye.com September 30, 2024September 18, 2024

RyeGPT People of Note is a series highlighting individuals who have a connection to the…

(PHOTO: Rye resident, Nobel Prize Winner and Physicist David Lee.)

RyeGPT People of Note: Nobel Prize Winner, Physicist David Lee

ByJay Sears, Publisher of MyRye.com September 23, 2024September 18, 2024

RyeGPT People of Note is a series highlighting individuals who have a connection to the…

(PHOTO: The Friends of Read Wildlife Sanctuary dedicate this plaque in honor of Edith G. Read at a ceremony at the Sanctuary on Saturday, October 16, 2010.)Edith Read, Rye NY Environmentalist

RyeGPT People of Note: Edith Gwynne Read, Conservationist

ByJay Sears, Publisher of MyRye.com September 16, 2024August 24, 2024

RyeGPT People of Note is a series highlighting individuals who have a connection to the…

(PHOTO: Round About Midnight: A Portrait of Miles Davis by Eric Nisenson.)

RyeGPT People of Note: Eric Nisenson, Author, Jazz Historian

ByJay Sears, Publisher of MyRye.com September 9, 2024August 24, 2024

RyeGPT People of Note is a series highlighting individuals who have a connection to the…

(PHOTO: Retired United Airlines flight attendant Paul “Paulie” Veneto walked through downtown Rye and the Boston Post Road today as part of "Paulie's Push" to honor those lost on 9-11. His fourth "push" Vento is walking from Boston to Ground Zero. Contributed: Rye PD.)

Honoring 9/11 Flight Attendants, “Paulie’s Push” Walks Through Rye

ByJay Sears, Publisher of MyRye.com September 7, 2024September 8, 2024

(PHOTO: Retired United Airlines flight attendant Paul “Paulie” Veneto walked through downtown Rye and the…

(PHOTO: Tuesdays at 10 speaker Joseph W. Polisi, President Emeritus, Chief China Officer, The Juilliard School.)

Meet Tuesdays at 10 Speaker: The Juilliard School’s Chief China Officer Joseph W. Polisi

ByTucker Smith, Staff Writer September 3, 2024September 3, 2024

Tuesdays at 10 is a new men’s association in Rye, focused on catering to men…

(PHOTO: Edgar Wachenheim III at the CNBC Delivering Alpha conference in 2018.)

RyeGPT People of Note: Edgar Wachenheim III, Investor and Author

ByJay Sears, Publisher of MyRye.com September 2, 2024August 24, 2024

RyeGPT People of Note is a series highlighting individuals who have a connection to the…