Intent on making another big splash for cancer-related causes, Swim Across America, Long Island Sound Chapter, SAA-LIS, has kicked off its 24th season. SAA-LIS, which last year raised more than $1 million for cancer research, prevention and treatment through swimming events, will offer nine opportunities to swim and volunteer in […]
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Urging legislators to reconsider the future of Rye Playland
To the Editor, I write to urge Westchester County legislators to reject the ill-advised and financially flawed agreement with Standard Amusements that the county executive is trying to foist upon them. The agreement requires a huge expense from the county with almost no guarantee of reward for the taxpayer. Playland […]
Review wins award for Yandrasevich photo
The Rye City Review grabbed third place in the Spot News Photo category of the New York Press Association’s 2015 Better Newspaper Contest. The NYPA, a trade organization for weekly newspapers in the state, holds a spring convention each year in Saratoga Springs, New York. Andrew Dapolite’s photograph, which ran […]
The contaminated Marbledale Road quarry dump
To the Editor, There is a proposal to build a hotel complex on part of the abandoned quarry dump on Marbledale Road in Tuckahoe. For about 20 years, the quarry was used as a hazardous industrial waste dump accumulating approximately 500,000 cubic yards of toxic debris, including carcinogenic chemicals and […]