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On The Record: Five is Not the Charm
Boys lacrosse comes up short in quest for section crown
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Not enough. In front of a standing-room-only crowd, Somers denied Rye boys lacrosse a fifth-straight section tournament title.
With a 12-7 victory on Tuesday, the Tuskers ended the Garnets’ season in heart-breaking fashion and claimed the Section 1 Class C championship.
Rye had won 10 straight games and was unbeaten against Section 1 opponents to earn the tournament’s top seed, but from the opening face-off, Somers seemed to surprise Rye a bit with a combination of speed, size, and physicality.
The second-seeded Tuskers (16-3) scored first just four minutes into the game and never gave up the lead.
To read Steven Kearney’s article in its entirety, click here
Tuesday's loss was the final game for Ty Ramachandran and a talented Rye senior class.
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Turned off. Rye area public schools will be forced to implement full bell-to-bell cell phone bans in the fall, after New York lawmakers passed the statewide restriction into law in May. -Camille Botello
Tragedy strikes. A 26-year-old took his own life with a self-inflicted gunshot over the weekend, authorities confirmed Tuesday. Rye police found the man in a Florence Avenue home at around 8:35 p.m. on Saturday. Police have not disclosed the victim’s identity. -Rosie Newmark
Say what? A black bear was spotted rummaging through Harrison on Tuesday, first in the area of Harrison street and Sherman Avenue and then later in the West Harrison neighborhood. The bear was taken away by police and later euthanized, according to reports. -News12
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-On Monday, city officials raised the pride flag outside City Hall to commemorate the start of Pride Month (June). This marks the fifth year the city of Rye has raised the flag for the LGBTQ community. -Rye Record
-Westchester County officials are seeking a $59 million bond approval in order to renovate Playland’s Ice Casino, the venue for area skating and athletic competition. -Journal News
Off the Record: Rick McCabe has submitted more than 440 signatures to the Westchester Board of Elections for his independent mayoral candidacy, exceeding the required 336 necessary to make the ballot for the November election. The Rye City Republicans are weighing whether to file specific objections to those signatures in an effort to knock McCabe off the ballot. They have until Thursday 5 p.m. to officially file with the county BOE.
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The Rye baseball team took two from rival Panas on Saturday to claim the Section 1 Class A crown.
The path wasn’t easy, but the Rye baseball team made it look that way, beating top-seeded Panas twice on Sunday to win the Section 1 Class A tournament title.
The Garnets (22-4), whose only loss in the past 19 games was against Panas on May 27, got a double dose of revenge, defeating the Panthers 8-1 Sunday morning at SUNY Purchase to force a decisive Game 2. In the winner-take-all showdown, Peter Davies threw a near-perfect game for a 5-0 victory. The senior pitcher hit three batters but allowed zero hits and zero walks, giving Rye its first section tournament crown since 2014.
-by Ariana Ottrando
Westchester County welcomed roughly 15,000 cars for its opening weekend, when it offered free admission and parked to offset the closure of more than half of the rides.
NEWS
Around 15,000 families reportedly came out to Playland for its season opener on Memorial Day weekend — even though two-thirds of the amusement park’s rides were closed to patrons.
Westchester County offered free admission and parking all weekend to kick off Playland’s 2025 season, and to entice attendees to visit the largely shuttered park.
Officials counted attendance by car each day and reported more than 2,000 cars on May 24, over 5,000 on May 25, and nearly 6,000 cars counted on May 26.
-by Camille Botello
COMMUNITY
Reiki healer Andrea Deierlein treats one of her clients from her office in Rye.
While coping with the stress of her high-powered job in New York City, Rye resident Andrea Deierlein was grinding her teeth so much that they broke.
She has found a better way to live, and hopes to help others cope through the practice of reiki, an alternative energy treatment that promises to heal and relieve stress.
Deierlein, now a reiki healer, for nine years has practiced the Japanese energy healing art that involves moving hands over the body to activate the body’s own natural healing response from her office near the Rye YMCA.
-by Cassandra Spiss
Mayor Josh Cohn recently revisited his claims that he was wronged by the city’s Board of Ethics.
CITY
Mayor Josh Cohn is recommending the City Council hire an outside lawyer to review the Board of Ethics, reigniting a two-year-old controversy that ultimately led Cohn and three of his colleagues to launch a stunning lawsuit against the city.
Renewing his claims that the ethics board politicized itself by launching an unlawful investigation into a 2023 emergency meeting he had called for, Cohn tried to bolster his argument at the May 7 council meeting by referring to an opinion released by the New York Conference of Mayors that he believes contradicts the board’s actions.
-by Rosie Newmark