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On The Record: It’s simply magic
Downtown Rye transforms into a storybook
Rye Record
December 04, 2024
Good morning subscribers. ☕This is your Wednesday, December 4, Rye Record newsletter, curating some of the latest headlines across the city of Rye.
That holiday spirit. Walking down Purchase Street this month, one might have a momentary lapse and forget they’re in Rye — as the downtown comes to life, resembling something straight out of a North Pole picture book.
From the new holiday lights adorning the streetscape, to Santa’s recently installed bright red mailboxes, to the city’s showcase event — the annual Mistletoe Magic, including a horse-drawn carriage, trolley rides and holiday festivities — the community transforms into a real-life winter wonderland.
If you look hard enough, you just may spot jolly Saint Nick.
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A young child sits on Santa’s lap Sunday at Mistletoe Magic on Purchase Street — one of Rye’s showcase holiday events.
-Today’s newsletter is curated by Christian Falcone
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IN OTHER NEWS
Drowning. A water provider to Harrison and Mamaroneck paid the EPA $1.26 million, after it settled with the agency for violating the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.
Cooked! The Rye Police Department confiscated 15 fake IDs and issued 22 underage drinking citations in an operation conducted on Thanksgiving Eve.
Meet Father Time. Rye resident Jimmy Roberts, a 13-time Emmy Award-winning broadcaster and writer, pens a “Rye Perspectives” column on the quickening pace at which life passes by.
AROUND TOWN
-Too hot. Milton Market (MKT) was the prestigious winner of the annual Rye Chamber of Commerce Chili Cook-off at Mistletoe Magic.
-The Rye Historical Society is offering its first-ever limited-edition collectible calendar. You can pre-order one for $25. Click here.
WEATHER
Today’s Weather Channel local forecast calls for a high of 40 degrees and mostly cloudy skies. 🌥 Check out the forecast for the rest of the week here.
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SCHOOLS
The Rye City Board of Education went the familiar route Tuesday night, selecting the search firm it used in 2017 to find Superintendent Eric Byrne.
The Rye City Board of Education has again picked the education consulting firm Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates to conduct its latest schools superintendent search.
Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates (HYA), which beat out four other firms, also conducted the search in 2017 that led to the hiring of outgoing Superintendent Eric Byrne. HYA, which will be paid $27,800, will now oversee finding Byrne’s successor.
-by Rosie Newmark
The restoration project seeks to reshape the Blind Brook’s U-shape, stabilize its banks, and enhance wetlands.
CITY
The Friends of Rye Nature Center group is working to secure permits for a Blind Brook restoration project that would help prevent flooding and erosion.
The project would aim to reshape the stream bed, enhance the wetlands, and plant native vegetation. Construction is planned for the summer of 2026.
-by Rosie Newmark
ARTS
Edward Ubiera with his new mural along the Playland Boardwalk that encompasses a decommissioned ticket booth.
Artist Edward Ubiera is a self-described “roller coaster person.”
He has been captivated by amusement parks since he was a kid. So when Standard Amusements commissioned him to paint three murals at Rye Playland, he felt right at home.
Outdoor enthusiasts and exercisers on their way to Edith Read or the boardwalk may have caught a glimpse of Ubiera at work. He recently put the finishing touches on a mural he painted on the exterior of a decommissioned ticket booth that faces Playland’s parking lot.
-by Jackie Frederick-Berner
Libby Geist has made a name for herself working on several critically acclaimed documentaries, including “The Last Dance” about the historic run of the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls.
PEOPLE
Libby Geist, whose new documentary “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” has become a giant hit, never went to “film school,” per se.
Not exactly.
In fact, the Rye resident didn’t set out to work in film at all — she studied political science at University of Wisconsin in Madison. But when she moved to New York City and landed a job as an assistant to documentary film director Dan Klores, she was going to either sink or swim.
-by Sophie Hessekiel