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Rye police: Possible ATM skimmer at Citibank • 02.06.12
Rye police sent out an alert today about another possible use of an ATM skimmer:
The City of Rye Police Department is investigating the possible use of an ATM skimming device at Citibank located at 1040 Boston Post Road during the weekend of February 4 – 5, 2012. Customers who used the ATM at Citibank’s Rye Branch this weekend are advised to check their accounts and immediately report any unusual activity to their bank.As a general precaution—despite the fact that ATM skimming devices have become more sophisticated with the passage of time, the best precaution is to cover the ATM keypad with your free hand while entering your PIN, so the numbers cannot be observed by cameras.
For more safety tips, see this earlier post.
Heading to the Giants parade tomorrow? Let me know • 02.06.12
UPDATE: I’ll be on the 8:43 from White Plains, due in Grand Central at 9:23. If you’re on the same train and going to the parade, let’s talk Giants!
Looks like I’ll be riding a train into NYC tomorrow morning to cover the Giants parade. If you’re among the Giants fanatics who will be doing the same, let me know what train you plan to take (I’m not sure yet whether I’ll take the Harlem or New Haven line) and where you plan to watch the parade. I’ll be looking to talk with folks from the area.
Write me at erauch@lohud.com if you’re interested in connecting. You can follow me on Twitter, too: @NPRauch.
Boys diving conference championship • 02.04.12
Gabriele Girotto of Rye/Blind Brook dives at the boys diving championship conference meet at Pace University in Pleasantville on Feb. 3, 2012. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )
See more photos from the boys diving championship conference meet at Pace University in Pleasantville in a photo gallery, and go to LoHud.com for the story.
Pelham beats Rye • 02.02.12
Pelham’s Will Cullen scores on Rye goalie Aidan Talgo during their game at Playland. Pelham won 5-0.
See more photos of Pelham vs Rye hockey
“Leprechaun Leap” for education set for March 10 • 02.01.12
Want to be freezin’ for a reason? The South East Consortium for Special Services Inc. will be the beneficiary of a “Leprechaun Leap” into Long Island Sound on March 10 at noon in Mamaroneck. The festivities are set for Harbor Island Park; registration begins at 10 a.m. and there will also be refreshments and entertainment.
The consortium is a not-for-profit group dedicated to providing therapeutic recreation services, leisure-related programs and respite opportunities to over 350 children and adults with special needs who reside in southeast Westchester County.
For more information, contact Jerry Peters at 698-5232, by email at jpeters@secrec.org or go to http://www.secrec.org.
Rye Y team finds swim meet success • 02.01.12
The Rye Y sent us this recent announcement of their swim team’s successes:
“The Rye Y Wave Ryeders continued a winning season with victories over Harrison on January 15 and the Mid-Westchester Jewish Community Center (JCC) on January 22. “We had some great swims and are really driving forward to the end of the season,” said Kate Tiedemann, Wave Ryeders Coach. “The JCC meet was our closest meet of the season – it came down to the relays to decide the winner.” The team will next travel to Storrs, Connecticut for the Connecticut Invitational Meet.
Winners of Meet with JCC
8 and under: Lola Collin; Sean Geraghty; Ava Ianneta; Matthew Capaldi; Drew Rosen; Rowen Haffner; Thomas Lavelle
10 and under: Shoshanna Victor; Michael Mackey; Pablo Collin
12 and under: Sam Bluvol; Marius Collin; Adele Harshbarger; Riley Haffner (pictured above); Julia Applebaum; James Laverty
13 and over: Gillian Predmore; Lu Vermes; Alex Corda; Cloe Quinones; Sakiko Nishida; Maeve Potter
Rye library trims Tuesday hours due to budget strains • 01.31.12
The Rye library will be closed on Tuesday mornings this year because of budget constraints.
Until now the Rye Free Reading Room’s Tuesday hours were 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Starting in February, the hours will be 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. City funding remained flat for 2012 as staff costs costs increased by about $45,000, Director Kitty Little said. The library had planned to close Thursday mornings as well, but applied savings and extra income from 2011 in order to avoid that move. It’s the second year in a row that hours have been scaled back. In 2011, a $75,000 cut in funding prompted the library to close on Sundays. The strains continue as the library runs at a $55,000 deficit in its 2012 budget.
The hours of operation are posted here. Library officials are planning to revamp the website this year, and make it easier for customers to find the eBook collection. For the moment, that information is here.
Rye Country Day School chorus: Bluegrass to Beethoven • 01.30.12
Rye Country Day School held its annual Festival Chorus Concert Sunday with 175 voices and a full orchestra at Purchase College Performing Arts Center.
The 17th annual concert was titled “I’ll Fly Away.” The chorus performed quite a range of music: the Fauré Requiem, Beethoven’s Hallelujah from Christ on the Mount of Olives, and some traditional folk tunes, backed by a Bluegrass band. The Festival Chorus features the Upper School Concert Choir and a choir of alumni, current and past parents, faculty, and friends.
(Photo: Todd Shapera Photography)
Chess tournament in Rye brings out strategy, not stress • 01.30.12
The Rye library’s annual chess tournament for children is noteworthy for its low-key atmosphere—an antidote to the super-competitive suburban world, Gary Stern writes on LoHud.com. For the story and video, see here.
(Photo: Organizer Thomas Levine shares some tips after a match was a draw at the annual Chess Tournament for ages 6-14 Saturday at the Rye Free Reading Room in Rye. Levine started the round-robin tournament in 1979 and prizes are awarded to the top three players. Tania Savayan / The Journal News)
Paleontologist to discuss legacy of Rye’s Roland T. Bird • 01.24.12
The Committee to Save the Bird Homestead will hold a presentation about the man who owned the homestead – Roland T. Bird – in a presentation at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Meeting House in Rye.
(That’s Bird at left on a dinosaur fossil excavation in Wyoming in the 1930s. Photo courtesty of the Estate of John Erikson.)
The talk by Paleontologist Lowell Dingus of the American Museum of Natural History is titled
“Barnum Brown and R.T. Bird: Two Decades of Amazing Fossil Discoveries.” Barnum Brown, considered the greatest dinosaur collector of all time, discovered Tyrannosaurus rex.
Carl Mehling, collections manager for the AMNH Division of Paleontology, will also answer questions.
The logistics:
Saturday, Jan. 28, at 3 pm at the Meeting House, 624 Milton Road. Suitable for adults and students in 4th grade and up. Admission is $5 per person. Seating is limited, and reservations are recommended. To reserve seats, please contact admin@birdhomestead-meetinghouse.org or call 914-967-0383.
Read on for the full press release.
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