Giving Rye is a new occasional feature highlighting non-profits and community groups in and around the City of Rye. Today meet Bill Cusano of Meals On Main Street (MOMS). Your Name: Bill Cusano Organization: Meals On Main Street (MOMS) Your role: Executive Director MyRye.com: Tell us your organization’s mission. Cusano: MOMS’ mission is to build…
The city council’s agenda for its meeting at 6:30pm on Wednesday, October 18, 2023 is out. The meeting will be held in-person at Rye City Hall. 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…
Rye Lifers is a MyRye.com series that introduces you to people that have spent their lives in Rye – people who have grown up in Rye, worked in Rye, come back to raise their family in Rye. Do you know someone we should profile for Rye Lifers? Tell us. Today, meet Adriane DeFeo. MyRye.com: Why…
Meet Rye City Council candidate Jamie Jensen, up for election this fall on Tuesday, November 7th. Jensen is running as a challenger to fill a full term in one of the three available council seats. The three seats opening are currently held by Carolina Johnson (not running for reelection), Lori Fontanes (incumbent, on the ballot but…
Meet Rye City Council candidate Keith Cunningham, up for election this fall on Tuesday, November 7th. Cunningham is running as a challenger to fill a full term in one of the three available council seats. The three seats opening are currently held by Carolina Johnson (not running for reelection), Lori Fontanes (incumbent, on the ballot…
Rye Vets is a feature interviewing local veterans so their stories can be shared. For this feature, we were fortunate enough to interview Rye resident and WWII veteran Herbert Blecker. Blecker was drafted into the U.S. military service on July 24th, 1944, on his eighteenth birthday, along with 25 people from the same Brooklyn, New…
May 26, 2023, Grace (Joyce) Eileen Hutchings, 106, of Fairfield, CT, passed away peacefully in her sleep with family at her side, and her favorite bird, the cardinal, singing outside her window. Born Grace Eileen Barlow in London, England on April 14, 1917, Joyce was a strong-willed and rambunctious child. Her mischievous antics became the…
Recently, students at The Academy at Rye High School, a project based learning program, looked at a variety of environmental issues. MyRye.com will bring you a few of these projects in the run up to Earth Day on Saturday, April 22nd. Today, juniors Maggie Kirkpatrick and Liam Moran write about The Harsh Reality of Electric…
Jennifer Lynne Stark (“Jen”), 52 years old, of Meriden, CT, came into the world April 24th, 1970 to her adoring parents and left the world surrounded by family on February 27, 2023 at 1:07 pm. She was a precious first born daughter to her parents. She leaves her loving, caring mother and best friend, “Mom,”…
updated 2/13/23 to clarify how a property is assessed The City of Rye Assessor’s Office is entering the 21st century. Found in the basement of City Hall, the assessor’s office serves the vital function of tracking the 5,200 private and commercial land parcels that compose the six square miles that make up the City. The…
