Happy Halloween subscribers. 🎃 This is your Wednesday, October 30, Rye Record newsletter, curating some of the latest treats across the city of Rye.

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For the love of the game. The day could not have been more perfect. Skies were clear blue and the sun-washed foliage with garnet-red leaves danced in the crisp autumn air. Thousands from Rye and Harrison packed Nugent Stadium and the visiting bleachers Saturday, while a standing-room only crowd ringed the field.  

The atmosphere was electric.  

And perhaps best of all: Rye trounced Harrison 24-0 — the first time the Garnets had beaten their archrivals in three years. The victorious 8-0 Garnets took their traditional plunge into the chilly Blind Brook and splashed each other as the sun went down. 

And the Garnets were not the only ones to celebrate. 

The giant crowd cheered and chanted, the band serenaded the Rye fans, and announcer Steve Feeney called the plays over the public address system, blaring his traditional announcement of every Rye score. 

To read more about Saturday’s pageantry click here

For a recap of “The Game” click here

-Today’s newsletter is curated by Christian Falcone

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-”The Game” was a rousing success and sweet vindication for the Garnets. Click the post to check out our video for some of the day’s highlights!

-video by Alison Rodilosso & Erin McAward; editing by Camille Botello

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IN OTHER NEWS

Not again. The Rye PD reported the fourth residential burglary of the year over the weekend, with this one taking place on Colby Avenue. The crooks took off with jewelry as police continue to investigate. -Camille Botello

Taking flight. Amelia Earhart was 30 when she made her historic 1928 trans-Atlantic flight as a passenger. Her efforts were chronicled by George Palmer Putnam, a resident of Rye, who helped publicize Earhart’s flight and her subsequent book. -Paul Hicks

Yes, this is a drill. Rye police held a large-scale training exercise in the Highland Hall commuter parking lot on Tuesday. The exercise included realistic training scenarios to enhance preparedness and response.

AROUND TOWN 🐈‍⬛

-Students at Rye Country Day School helped plant daffodils across the campus as part of Pajama Day Planting. The Little Garden Club of Rye was also on hand to lead a lesson on daffodils, teaching students about the planting process.

-The Rye City Lions Club is honoring Kelly Jancski with its James A. and Marian M. Shea Community Service Award at a Whitby Castle ceremony on Nov. 14.

Off the record: The NYCLU is pressuring the city over its enforcement of political signs, which infringes on residents’ free speech rights and is unconstitutional, the civil rights organization says. The city has been removing political signage from private properties claiming violations of the city code for encroaching on the right-of-way.

WEATHER

Today’s Weather Channel local forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a high of 73 degrees. ⛅ Check out the forecast for Halloween and the rest of the week here.

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POLITICS

Rye Early Voting Numbers Outpacing 2020 Totals

Rye residents are on pace this election cycle to eclipse the total number of early votes logged ahead of the 2020 election by today, based on preliminary polling data.

After just two days, voters across the city have already cast more than half the number of ballots they did during the entire early voting period four years ago.

Early voting began in New York state on Saturday and is taking place at 25 select locations in Westchester County, including the Resurrection-Early Childhood Education Center on Milton Road in Rye.

-by Camille Botello

ENVIRONMENT

Trouble at The Beach: Long Island Sound is Cleaner, But Still Polluted

It was not a great summer for the beaches of Rye.

Oakland Beach, Playland Beach, and the beach at the Coveleigh Club were all closed to swimmers for a full week in early August.

There’s certainly good news on the beachfront: the water of the Long Island Sound off the shore of Rye has become significantly cleaner over the last 50 years. But that water has not become consistently clean enough — and the primary culprit is runoff of sewage and lawn fertilizer from our own streets and homes.

-by Howard Husock

COMMUNITY

Halloween Costume Parade Joins in on the Window Painting Fun This Year 

Rye’s traditional Halloween window painting continued on Oct. 20, with a new twist.

This year, the time-honored event that took over the city’s downtown was also a vibrant festival, featuring a costume parade and contest.

The debut parade, displaying an array of creative costumes, flowed down Purchase Street to an appropriate soundtrack: an upbeat “Ghostbusters” remix, spun by DJ Joe Valentine. Afterward, Dabney Lee, owner of the eponymous shop, judged the costume competition.

-by Erin McAward

CITY

Council Awards Contract for Nursery Field Artificial Turf Project  

The City Council unanimously awarded a contract to install artificial turf at Nursery Field last Wednesday, signaling an end to Rye’s long-running turf war.  

The recommended contractor, Port Chester-based DeRosa Sports Construction, Inc., specializes in the construction of sports fields. The company installed synthetic turf at Rye High School’s Nugent Stadium in 2020.  

DeRosa’s bid came in at slightly more than $2 million — the lowest of four bidders on the project — which does not account for already-paid soft costs that bring the total project to $2.9 million.

-by Christian Falcone