There’s a group making waves about creating a new community radio station in the Rye-Port Chester area. Here’s an announcement for two meetings, tonight and tomorrow, in Rye Town Hall to talk it over. Let’s turn the mic over to Greg Arcaro: TO: COMMUNITY LEADERS IN THE TOWN OF RYE… Read More →
There’s a new report of interest to taxpayers in Port Chester, Rye Brook and Mamaroneck—or anyone who can’t resist a title like “Review of Governance and Service Alternatives.” The report is the result of a study on whether it could save money to eliminate the Town of Rye, a thin… Read More →
Here’s a roundup of candidates’ forums organized by the League of Women Voters in the Sound Shore area, starting with tonight’s event at Rye Middle School. Tonight in Rye: The League’s first Candidates’ Forum is scheduled for Monday, October 15, at 7 p.m. at the Rye Middle School Multi-Purpose room,... Read More →
Property owners in the Town of Rye – Port Chester, Rye Brook and part of Mamaroneck – are receiving updated assessments that will become the basis for property taxes this year. The assessments reflect market value as of July 1, 2011. Town Assessor Mitchell Markowitz sent this letter to the… Read More →
The New York Times posted an interactive graphic last year showing how Manhattan’s street grid grew – street openings by year. I came across it recently and started wondering when the streets were created in Mamaroneck village, where I live. So, I took a look at some old maps and… Read More →
Then The Gedney Farm House (built c. 1790) on Feb. 21. Now The Gedney Farm House, what’s left of it, today. That’s the Bellows School in the background. I went by the Gedney Farm House this morning and found that it’s been reduced to a pile of rubble. The Rye… Read More →
Got something to say to your state and county government reps? State Assemblyman George Latimer and Westchester County Legislator Judy Myers are holding office hours – “Coffee with George and Judy” – on Saturday: 9:30 – 11 a.m., Ruby’s Oyster Bar and Bistro, 45 Purchase St., Rye 2 – 3:30… Read More →
A construction fence stands in front of the Gedney Farm House in Mamaroneck Monday as preparations get under way to demolish the house, which has stood since the 1790s. Rye Neck school officials awarded awarded a demolition contract Feb. 15 for the house and its ancillary buildings. The school district… Read More →
Mamaroneck town officials are exploring the scenarios that could result from a possible dissolution of the nearby Rye Town—including the adoption of about 7,600 new residents. The neighborhood known as Rye Neck—about 1.4 square miles—would become an orphan of sorts if Rye town decides to go out of existence. A… Read More →
The group hoping to save the Gedney Farm House from the wrecking ball continues to scramble for a viable rescue plan. The old house, which has occupied its lot in Mamaroneck since the 1790s, is owned by the Rye Neck School District, which no longer has a use for it… Read More →
