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: With family, friends and fiancés: Colin Croughan, Ben Breitel, Christina Defelice, Walter's Hot Dog Eating Champion Will Croughan, Julia Buckley, Mark Croughan and Andrew Sackett.)

Walter’s Hot Dog Eating Champion is Rye High ’12 Grad

ByJay Sears, Publisher of MyRye.com August 26, 2024August 26, 2024

He is the top dog. Will Croughan, a Rye High School 2012 graduate who grew…

(PHOTO: A 1991 press photo handout of Daniel B. Burke when he was president and CEO of Capital Cities ABC Inc., being sold by Historic Images.)

RyeGPT People of Note: Television Executive Daniel Burke

ByJay Sears, Publisher of MyRye.com August 26, 2024August 26, 2024

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

(PHOTO: Westchester County Executive and Democratic Congressional candidate for NY-16 George Latimer (right) with New York US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Florence McCue of New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), and Samantha Rosado-Ciriello of the Yonkers Federation of Teachers on the floor of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago the week of August 19, 2024. Contributed.)

Latimer on His Week @ the Democratic Convention

ByJay Sears, Publisher of MyRye.com August 23, 2024

Among the 4,700 delegates in Chicago this week for the Democratic National Convention was Rye…

(PHOTO: Rye resident Charles E. F. Millard delivering congressional testimony during his time as Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) from 2007 to 2009, under President George W. Bush. Source: C-SPAN.)

RyeGPT People of Note: Charles E. F. Millard, Business Executive & Political Figure

ByJay Sears, Publisher of MyRye.com August 19, 2024August 18, 2024

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

WATCH: Movie Trailer for Lost on a Mountain in Maine @ 12 Year Old Rye Boy

WATCH: Movie Trailer for Lost on a Mountain in Maine @ 12 Year Old Rye Boy

ByTucker Smith, Staff Writer August 17, 2024August 17, 2024

Lost on a Mountain in Maine, a movie adaptation of the book of the same…

(PHOTO: Eugene R. McGrath, former Chairman and CEO of Consolidated Edison, Inc. Source: Consolidated Edison, Inc. shareholder letter 2001.)

RyeGPT People of Note: Eugene R. McGrath, former Con Ed CEO

ByJay Sears, Publisher of MyRye.com July 29, 2024August 18, 2024

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

(PHOTO: Catherine Riedel interviewed Rye native Tom Casey at the Rye Free Reading Room on Thursday.)

Bestselling Author Tom Casey Discusses Latest Hit Release Unsettled States

ByTucker Smith, Staff Writer July 27, 2024July 26, 2024

Rye native Tom Casey spoke at the Rye Free Reading Room on Thursday evening, July…

(PHOTO: A Tarzan's Magic Mountain movie poster. The film stars Rex Barker as Tarzan. Fair use.)

RyeGPT People of Note: Actor Lex Barker

ByJay Sears, Publisher of MyRye.com July 22, 2024June 9, 2024

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

(PHOTO: A social media post by the Rye GOP shows Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17), Rye resident Julie Killian and US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson at the Killian house fundraiser on June 22, 2024.)

House Speaker Mike Johnson @ Forest Avenue GOP Fundraiser

ByJay Sears, Publisher of MyRye.com July 17, 2024

He is from Shreveport, Louisiana but in June he was at the home of Julie…

(PHOTO: The 1980 film The Blue Lagoon starred Christopher Atkins and Brook Shields.)

RyeGPT People of Note: Actor Christopher Atkins

ByJay Sears, Publisher of MyRye.com July 15, 2024June 9, 2024

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