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On The Record: A Left Turn to Your Dreams
From medical school to the Grammy's
Good morning subscribers. ☕This is your Wednesday, March 26, Rye Record newsletter, curating some of the latest headlines across the city of Rye.
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Pursuit of happiness. When a son tells his parents he’s leaving a prestigious medical school (where he is excelling) to go into the music business, the news is not usually received with joyous abandon.
Still, “my parents were more surprised when I wanted to go (to medical school) than when I wanted to quit; they had always seen me as a music person,” said Scott Jacoby, 53, who graduated from Rye High School, attended Skidmore, and then enrolled at the Einstein Medical College before leaving to become a music producer.
His risk seems to have paid off.
Today Jacoby, who lives in Bedford, is a Grammy Award-winning music producer, songwriter, sound engineer, mixer, recording artist, entrepreneur, and educator. He has worked with the likes of Coldplay, John Legend, Sia, SZA, Vampire Weekend, Janelle Monae, and Jason Mraz.
This year, he contributed to Cory Henry’s album, “Church,” which won a Grammy in February for best roots gospel album.
He also is founder and president of Eusonia, a recording studio, independent record label, and audio recording equipment company. Eusonia’s first release in 2008, Maiysha’s “This Much Is True,” received a Grammy nomination in 2009 (but lost to Janelle Monae).
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Scott Jacoby takes to the piano these days, just as he did when he was Gerry Havlin’s student at Osborn School.
-Today’s newsletter is curated by Christian Falcone
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IN OTHER NEWS
Welcome. On Monday, Stephen Rose was sworn in as Rye police officer at a ceremony in City Hall. Rose, 29, joins the Rye ranks after three years with the Mount Vernon Police Department.
Downward dog. Around 40 people gathered at the Knights of Columbus in Port Chester to experience an unusual yoga class — one where nine puppies gallivanted and galloped among the participants, all in an effort to get them adopted.
Mother Goose. Twice a week, Jean Klein is in the Rye Rec aerobics studio lifting light weights, doing downward dogs and sun salutations, pilates leg lifts, tai chi glides, and various stretch-and-flex moves. -Michael Iachetta
AROUND TOWN
-New restaurant Vesta Kitchen in Harrison is set to open on April 1. The owners of the Vela Kitchen in Pleasantville and the since closed Vintage 1891 Kitchen in Larchmont are planning to bring a new vibe to the area with chef Juan Carlos Cuadros.
-Beginning in April Food Truck Thursdays at back at Rye Recreation. Join in every Thursday from 5:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. at Recreation Park near the basketball courts.
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CITY
City Manager Greg Usry is set to attend his final City Council tonight before officially stepping down on Friday.
The Rye City Council has selected Assistant City Manager Brian Shea as its interim manager.
Shea will replace Greg Usry, the outgoing city manager who is scheduled to retire on March 28. His appointment was decided by the council at its meeting Wednesday night, with work initially done by the subcommittee formed to help find Usry’s long-term replacement, which includes Mayor Josh Cohn, who is politically unaffiliated, and councilmen Josh Nathan, a Democrat, and Bill Henderson, a Republican.
In approving Shea’s interim appointment, the mayor announced $50,000 would be added to his current salary of $159,000.
-by Rosie Newmark
The neurological addictive nature of gambling often begins at a young age with video games, online games, and social media, like TikTok.
COMMUNITY
Local mental health professionals are seeing young and teenage boys who are exhibiting impulsive and risky gambling behaviors, with sports betting as a common component.
March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month nationwide — and the problem does not exclude Rye.
Where once problem gambling conjured images of middle-aged adults pulling the arms of slot machines in Las Vegas or Atlantic City, gambling is now all around us. Approximately 2.1 percent of U.S. residents aged 14 to 21 struggle with problem gambling, while another 6.5 percent are at-risk, according to the New York Council on Problem Gambling.
-by Lisa Dominici
REAL ESTATE
This mansion on Hilltop Place, owned by the late owner of Bergdorf Goodman’s, offers 11,236 square feet on 2.6 acres.
A stately home, once owned by the former owner of Bergdorf Goodman, is for sale in Rye for $11.75 million.
The property, 19 Hilltop Place, was once inhabited by retailer Andrew Goodman, whose father created the iconic retail store, and it boasts all the opulence one would expect from a department store known for its luxurious clientele.
It comprises 11,236 square feet, has nine bedrooms and 12 bathrooms. It also has a tennis court, pool, pool house, and guest house.
-by Cassandra Spiss
Rye senior Drew Dolan has been named Athlete of the Month.
SPORTS
The Rye High School hockey team raced through the end of the regular season and the Section 1 tournament, finishing unbeaten in the month of February before defeating Pelham 6-0 in the title game.
Scoring two goals in that game was senior captain and winger Drew Dolan, earning him the Garnets’ Athlete of the Month award for February, as announced jointly by the school’s Athletic Department and the Rye Lions Club. Hockey coach Peter Thomas elaborated on why he nominated Dolan for the honor.
-by Mitch Silver