Good morning subscribers. ☕ This is your Wednesday, October 16, Rye Record newsletter, curating some of the latest headlines across the city of Rye.

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Jill of all trades. Malina Malkani lives in Rye where she raises her three kids as a single mom.

She spent 10 years performing off-Broadway and across the country in national tours and regional theater companies. She’s also known to many in town as the soloist at Rye’s Christ’s Church.

But what Malkani hangs her hat on is being a nationally recognized pediatric nutritionist who has appeared on “Good Morning America,” at numerous speaking engagements across the country and on countless podcasts.

When researching her latest endeavor in early 2023, a new book, Malkani leaned on a local group for help — her community.

She was writing a recipe-based title on preventing food allergies in children and needed assistance.

“So many Rye moms rose to the challenge and gave me priceless feedback which helped make the recipes more family-friendly, balanced, and streamlined,” said Malkani, who came face-to-face with feeding challenges and hard-to-diagnose food allergies when her own daughters were babies.

Those experiences led Malkani on a mission to help parents stop food allergies before they start.

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-Today’s newsletter is curated by Christian Falcone

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IN OTHER NEWS

Spin cycle. Rye residents have been falling prey to check washing scams where victims have been duped out of thousands of dollars. -Erin McAward

Fall fun. Captain Lawrence Brewing Co., is holding its Fun in the Fall Fest on Saturday, Nov. 16. A one of a kind beer festival, the event will feature more than 40 experimental brews, local vendors and live music.

Life or death. During a memorial service to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks, Rye resident Todd Kantor recalled the harrowing moments that he, his wife, and their three sons spent in a Jerusalem shelter. -Andi Hessekiel

AROUND TOWN

-Rye will hold its first-ever Halloween Costume Parade on Sunday, Oct. 20 during the annual Window Painting Festival on Purchase Street. The parade check-in is at 11 a.m.

-1994 Rye High School graduate Jeff Provenzano — a professional stuntman and a Red Bull Air Force member — is planning to skydive into Nugent Stadium for the Rye-Harrison rivalry game on Saturday, Oct. 26.

Off the record: Rye missed a deadline to fulfill its legal requirement in the Save the Sound lawsuit settlement leading the two parties to negotiate an amended agreement that requires more environmental upgrades on behalf of the city.

WEATHER

Today’s Weather Channel local forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a high of 58 degrees. ⛅ Check out the forecast for the rest of the week here.

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POLICE

Rye Woman, 66, Arrested with Hundreds of Illegal Painkillers Due in Court Next Week

A 66-year-old Rye woman who was arrested for obtaining hundreds of painkillers is due in court next week, according to Rye police.

Kathleen Gerety-Gianguzzi was arrested after allegedly receiving a package that contained 180 Carisoprodol pills at the Rye Post Office without a prescription, police said.

She was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree and is scheduled to make her first appearance in Rye City Court on Oct. 22 at 9 a.m.

-by Camille Botello

SPORTS

Defense Again Propels Garnets to Victory With 14-0 Win at Eastchester

It was not a perfect performance for the Garnets on Sunday.

Their 14 points were the fewest the team has scored in a game in more than two years, and the offense failed to record a single play of more than 35 yards. Still, Rye continued its winning ways with a 14-0 win over Eastchester, their ninth straight against the Eagles. 

The defense again stole the show pitching its second straight shutout — something the Garnets haven’t done since 2006.

-by Ian Colalucci

CITY

Rye Chamber Partners With Compass to ‘Light up’ Purchase Street for the Holidays

Downtown Rye is going to be a lot brighter this winter.

The Rye Chamber of Commerce is partnering with The April May June Team of Compass Real Estate, who are the lead sponsors of a plan called “Light up Rye!” that will include wrapping trees along Purchase Street in lights.

“We had always admired the lights in neighboring towns, specifically Greenwich, and thought Rye would benefit from a similar installation,” said May Burke from Compass.

-by Justine Pascutti

COMMUNITY

‘Ethereal Silhouettes:’ Jay Estate Gardens Hosts Art Exhibit Celebrating Formerly Enslaved

“Rich Soil,” a 29-piece exhibit of life-sized human figures that celebrates the lives of enslaved people, has been chosen at the first fine art collection installed in the Jay Estate Gardens.

The exhibit, which runs through Nov. 15, is the work of San Francisco-based artist Kristine Mays. The collection has been touring the country for more than four years, usually shown in outdoor settings like the Jay Estate Gardens.

Mays said putting the wire sculptures in a natural setting is an essential part of the work, which is intended as “a celebration of all of the enslaved people … and this idea of them coming back.”

-by Record staff