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A taste of the Bronx comes to Rye
Good morning subscribers. ☕This is your Wednesday, July 16, Rye Record newsletter, curating some of the latest headlines across the city of Rye.
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Calling all paesans! By way of Belmont Avenue in the Bronx, Rye residents are about to get a taste of (Little) Italy on Milton Road — and longtime locals like Avery Langbaum are ready.
“It’s time,” he said.
Antonio’s Italian Deli & Market, the newest venture from Bronx restaurateur Joe Fiore, will bring the flavor of Belmont Avenue to Rye, taking over the Milton Road storefront most recently occupied by MKT.
Slated to open this month, the deli and specialty foods market will offer a blend of Italian American cuisine, Bronx tradition, and neighborhood warmth. Renovations are already underway, and Fiore said the space will reflect an “old-school deli vibe,” complete with hanging sausages, copper ceilings, brick walls, and wooden shelving.
Fiore, owner of Antonio’s Trattoria in the historic section of the Bronx’s Little Italy, is known for cultivating a loyal following and delivering on quality in part because of his own Italian culture, ethnicity, and upbringing.
“I was born and raised in the Bronx — this is all I’ve ever known,” he said. “There’s just something about a real Italian deli that you can’t replicate.”
The decision to expand to Rye was driven by both opportunity and instinct.
“I just got this vibe,” Fiore said. “It reminded me of a little neighborhood, a little community.”
To read Jessica Maricevic’s full article, click here
A new Italian deli straight out of the Bronx’s Little Italy is set to open on Milton Road.
-Today’s newsletter is curated by Christian Falcone
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IN OTHER NEWS
Blown away. Leaf blower summonses rose for the third consecutive month in May. Police issued 37 summonses this May, up 208 percent from May 2024, when just 12 summonses were issued. -Rosie Newmark
Head of the class. The Rye City Board of Education has tapped its middle school principal, Joseph DiGiovanni, for an assistant superintendent position, the school district announced Friday. -Record Staff
Brushes everyone. The Rye Arts Center's plan to paint Purchase Street has been met with huge success -- more than 80 applicants are ready to paint the downtown. Dubbed "Art for Purchase," the novel project is looking to transform Purchase Street into an open-air art gallery. -Record staff
AROUND TOWN
-The Pub, downtown’s well-known “dive” bar, was put up for sale on Monday after operating at 3 Elm Place for more than 40 years. Promising potential buyers an opportunity to “buy a piece of Rye history,” the real estate listing offers the 713-square-foot building on 0.02 acres for $975,000. -David Hessekiel
-The Jay Heritage Center unveiled a new guide map for visitors of the acclaimed Boston Post Road Estate. The map is expected to soon be mounted on kiosks at all entrance points and noted with “You Are Here” markers. -Record staff
Off the Record: The Rye Police Department is in the process of mounting new Axon dashboard cameras onto their police vehicles.
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NEWS
Westchester County came out on top in a recent arbitration ruling against former Playland management partner Standard Amusements.
In what Westchester officials are calling a victory, an arbitration panel ruled former Playland management company Standard Amusements had no right to back out of its contract without giving the county a proper opportunity to complete improvements at the park.
The decision found Standard’s notice of termination to manage the county-owned amusement park in January to be “invalid and void.”
Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins, a Democrat, said in a statement that the panel’s ruling, in late June, was a win for county residents.
-by Camille Botello
Coveleigh Club’s beach was shuttered by the Westchester Health Department on Tuesday. Its reopening remains undetermined.
ENVIRONMENT
Coveleigh Club beach is closed until further notice due to high bacteria levels in the water following heavy rainfall, the Westchester County Health Department announced Tuesday morning.
More than three inches of rain fell across Westchester over the past 24 hours, causing road runoff to contaminate drainage outfalls near the beach, health officials said.
The health department cited unsafe water conditions not only in Rye but also at several other Sound Shore beaches in New Rochelle and Mamaroneck.
-by Rosie Newmark
CITY
The city has spent roughly $10,000 on close to a dozen new crosswalks over the last year.
It’s taken 10 years, but the city has finally installed crosswalks on the Post Road near Rye Golf Club after several Rye Neck families and students made repeated requests to the Rye City Council.
And that is not the only new crosswalk in the city. Over the last few months, pedestrian signals called “Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons” have been installed at another location on the Post Road and in two spots on Milton Road.
In the last year, nine have been installed at about $10,000 each, said Interim City Manager Brian Shea.
-by Emalie Vera
An osprey in the Kirby Lane area was struck dead by lightning last week.
NEWS
Lightning struck a residential osprey nest on Kirby Lane early Wednesday morning, killing one of the two “beloved” neighborhood birds, police said.
Rye police responded to a call at 5:30 a.m. that two ospreys on Kirby Lane had been struck by lightning during Tuesday night’s thunderstorms. Police were assisted by Jim Horton, a Westchester-based wildlife removal specialist, who safely collected the injured one.
“Unfortunately, one osprey did not survive the strike,” Rye police posted on Instagram.
-by Rosie Newmark