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Rye police recover stolen geodes in sting operation
Good morning. ☕ This is your Thursday, April 2, Rye Record newsletter, curating some of the latest headlines across the city of Rye.
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A tough sell. Kyle Folkes, a 27-year-old from New Rochelle, had six geodes listed for sale on Facebook Marketplace this week, priced between $750 and $4,000. Each listing included a written description explaining “Why it’s a steal.”
The choice of words turned out to be appropriate.
Folkes was apprehended by Rye police Tuesday for the alleged possession of geodes stolen from outside of Rye Arts Center the weekend of March 21. Police received a tip from a member of the public on March 25 that led detectives to Folkes’ Facebook Marketplace page.
Rye detectives set up an undercover buy operation at noon Tuesday in Harbor Island Park in Mamaroneck. According to a release from Rye PD, Folkes was apprehended shortly after he showed the stolen merchandise to an undercover officer. The estimated value of the two recovered geodes is $10,908.
“Five were reported stolen from the Arts Center. We recovered two,” Rye Police Lt. Michael Anfuso told The Record. “The case is still open.”
Folkes was processed and charged with criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree, a class D felony. He was arraigned in the Village of Mamaroneck’s court and released on his own recognizance with a return date of April 9, 2026.
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Kyle Folkes and the two recovered geodes. Photos courtesy of Rye Police Department
-Today’s newsletter is curated by Chris Marshall
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RECYCLING IDEAS. Rye’s City Council asked City Manager Brian Shea to study the feasibility and costs of bringing back a curbside food scrap recycling program. A previous pilot program introduced in 2019 served 160 households, with a wait list of nearly 200. -Miranda Ferrante
SUNSHINE SPLIT. Rye baseball split two games against New York opponents this week in Florida. The Garnets took a sixth-inning lead against defending Section 1 Class AAA champion Ketcham before falling 10-7, then bounced back to beat Pelham 17-9. -Record staff
POWERING ON. Rye City School District utility costs are expected to jump more than 11 percent for the 2026-27 school year. The district is prepared to spend approximately $175,000 more in electric and gas costs next academic year across all its schools. -Camille Botello
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COUNTY
Airport redesign options will be presented in the fall. Photo/Alison Rodilosso
Westchester County Airport is getting a facelift — and it’s about time, said many residents who use the facility.
Modernization of the waiting area and the security operation is the main focus of the renovation plan. County Executive Ken Jenkins said HNTB, an engineering firm currently overseeing the redevelopment program at John F. Kennedy International Airport, was tapped to lead the initiative.
The Westchester terminal was built over 30 years ago. HNTB has begun work on the planning phase of the project and will present three redesign options this fall.
-by Henry Bova
SPORTS
The Jeremy Guski-led Garnets won their season opener. Photo/Gregory Kaplowitz
Rye boys lacrosse won in new head coach Jeremy Guski’s debut, beating Somers 12-5 on Saturday. Guski, a Mahopac High School graduate who played lacrosse at UMass, was the associate head coach of the boys lacrosse team at Yorktown High School before coming to Rye.
Charlie Brady led the Garnets with four goals and an assist, and fellow junior Henry Gilroy added three goals and an assist. Senior Henry Shoemaker scored two goals and two assists, one week removed from helping the boys basketball team reach the Class AA state semifinals. His senior hoops and football teammate, Carson Miller, scored one goal and added an assist.
On Wednesday, the Garnets lost 12-11 against Cold Spring Harbor, the defending Section 8 champion and Class D state semifinalist.
-by Record staff
COMMUNITY
An estimated 28 million gallons of partially treated wastewater were released last month into Long Island Sound by the Mamaroneck Sanitary Sewer District Wastewater Treatment Plant.
In an effort to monitor, and ultimately deter, continued pollution to the sound, Rye’s City Council unanimously voted to join the Long Island Sound Watershed Intermunicipal Council (LISWIC).
Originally formed in 1999 by municipal leaders from communities across Westchester, including Rye, LISWIC experienced reduced activity during the pandemic. Now, the group is reassembling to provide a “forum for local governments to explore and develop areas for municipal cooperative activities,” according to LISWIC’s intermunicipal agreement.
-by Lilienne Shore Kilgore-Brown