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Neighborhood on high alert with development looming
Good morning subscribers. ☕ This is your Thursday, Jan. 22, Rye Record newsletter, curating some of the latest headlines across the city of Rye.
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Beware. Many children in the Rye Park neighborhood can’t ride their bikes out of their driveways.
Their neighborhood doesn’t include sidewalks, so they learn to navigate grassy berms on their way home from school. Some are coached by their parents to memorize license plates when a driver whizzes by.
“I’d love our kids to be able to ride their bikes on the street, but right now it’s not safe to do so,” Colin Bristow, a Rye Park parent, told The Record.
In Rye Park, a section along the city’s northern tier, misbehaving drivers are a longstanding concern.
Residents allude to friends and family whose cars have been hit while turning onto High Street from Grandview and Evergreen avenues, or to higher profile incidents, like when a speeding driver hit a parked car and flipped it into a nearby yard.
And things may now get worse. Nearby construction projects threaten to increase traffic, and possibly the frequency of bad incidents.
To read more of Lilienne Shore Kilgore-Brown’s reporting, click here.
Cars lining up to turn onto Boston Post Road near the site of the former United Hospital. Photo Lilienne Shore Kilgore-Brown
-Today’s newsletter is curated by Camille Botello
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. Public Safety Commissioner Michael Kopy will remain at the helm of the city’s police and fire departments after the state approved a waiver allowing him to continue in that paid role, while also collecting a pension from the New York State Police. -Rosie Newmark
GATHER YOUR FRIENDS. County Executive Ken Jenkins is creating a private nonprofit to support Rye Playland. The move comes a year after Standard Amusements abruptly ended its contract to run Playland, turning control of the historic park back to Westchester County. -David Hessekiel
HARDWOOD QUEENS. Rye’s girls basketball team extended its undefeated streak to a dozen, pushing past a talented Mahopac squad for a 54-50 home win Wednesday. -Record staff
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SPORTS
Jared Small was named Large School Coach of the Year in Section 1. Photo/Alison Rodilosso
Like so many teams at Rye High School, boys soccer is seemingly an annual contender for Section 1 championships.
In each of the past three seasons, the Garnets advanced deeper into the playoffs than the year before. After falling in the section title game in 2023, Rye took home the crown in 2024 and 2025. In November, the Garnets reached the state championship game for the first time since 1979.
-by Steven Kearney
ARTS
Just off the front hall of the Square House Museum stands a life-size, smiling, familiar figure rendered in cutout form, convincing enough to give you pause.
Draped in her signature purple shawl and pearls at her throat, former First Lady and Rye native Barbara Bush’s warm expression and steady posture greet visitors at an exhibit honoring her.
Bush would have turned 100 this year. And to mark the occasion, the Rye Historical Society has opened an exhibit: “A Celebration of Life, Literacy, and Legacy.”
-by Laura Schiller
POLICE & FIRE
The Snackery has closed after a 4-year run on Purchase Street. File photo/Rye Record
A former employee of The Snackery admitted last Thursday in court to stealing more than $100,000 from the now-shuttered Rye bakeshop.
Just weeks after the trendy bakery announced its abrupt closure, Paul DiPietro, 39, pleaded guilty to grand larceny, for stealing roughly $105,000 from the bakery over a year-long span, according to Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace.
-by Miranda Ferrante
Brianna Scully held a book launch inside Arcade Booksellers. Photos/Erin McAward
COMMUNITY
For Rye native Brianna Scully, debuting her first book of poetry, “Heartbreak Benediction,” at a book launch party in Rye felt like a full-circle moment.
Held at Arcade Booksellers, where Scully recalls buying her first books as a child, the launch event brought together family, friends, and members of the community she grew up in.
“It was really nice to allow myself to be seen in this way,” Scully said. “It was really special to celebrate a milestone in my journey and how far I’ve come, back at the beginning.”
-by Erin McAward