Good morning subscribers. ☕ This is your Tuesday, Aug. 6, Rye Record newsletter, curating some of the latest headlines across the city of Rye.

It’s not Paris, but it’ll do. Rye recently took home a stunning silver medal, but not for any athletic feat — for being named the second wealthiest community in the U.S.

And of all the communities across the country, which was Rye runner-up to? Drumroll please … Scarsdale.

Beating out more than a dozen of California’s picturesque environs, the pricey posh towns in the southern portion of Westchester are topping a new list compiled by GoBankingRates, a personal finance website, analyzing suburbs across the country. The only other Westchester community to make the cut — Harrison at No. 50.

Why?! Well, the typical home value in Scarsdale lists for $1.4 million with an average household income of $569,000. Rye’s typical home value is listed at $2.1 million while the average household income is $405,000.

Get out your checkbooks. Rye and Scarsdale also face some of the stiffest property taxes in the U.S., hovering around $29,000 a year. And countywide, Westchester is the highest-taxed in the country, with five of its communities facing among the 15 highest taxes in the nation.

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IN OTHER NEWS

Mi casa es su casa. The Rye Arts Center’s annual Open House is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 7. Admission to the event is free and all are encouraged to explore the Milton Road facilities and interact with instructors and artists.

Ladder of success. Rye PD’s Jonathan Klein was promoted to sergeant and Justin Keeney to detective at a ceremony in Rye City Hall on Monday. Public Safety Commissioner Michael Kopy presided over the appointments.

Move over Cesar Millan. The Rye Free Reading Room is hosting a dog training presentation, “How to be a Pack Leader,” on Thursday from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

AROUND TOWN

-Westchester garnered 32 Emmy nominations for film and TV productions filmed across the county over the last year. The nominations included popular series such as “The Gilded Age” and “Fallout.”

-The Harrison boys soccer run in the Lakeland Summer League came to an end last week as the Huskies were defeated by Carmel 4-0 at Lakeland High School.

Off the record: Rye has filed its intent to appeal the decision in the Playland tax case decision from September. The city is challenging the county-owned park’s tax exempt status since Standard Amusements, a for-profit enterprise, took over management.

Legal counsel for the city is requesting to file opposition papers by Aug. 12 in its defense of a lawsuit brought by the Friends of Nursery Field over a city-approved turf installation project at the Nursery site.

-curated by Christian Falcone

WEATHER

Today’s Weather Channel local forecast calls for a high of 83 degrees and partly cloudy skies in Rye with a 60% chance of afternoon showers in Rye. 🌧 Check out the forecast for the rest of the week here.

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NEWS

Coveleigh Club 1 of 9 Sound Shore Beaches Health Department Closed Monday

Coveleigh Club was one of nine Long Island Sound beaches the county’s health department closed Monday due to excessive rainfall over the weekend.

The Rye club, located on Stuyvesant Avenue in Milton Point, was shut down to beachgoers along with several beaches in Mamaroneck and New Rochelle as a precaution by Westchester health officials due to the possibility of “elevated bacteria levels” contaminating the water.

The Sound Shore area was hit with a deluge of rain this weekend — over an inch on Saturday and more than a half-inch on Sunday.

-by Christian Falcone

ENVIRONMENT

First Positive Tests for West Nile Virus Found in Mosquitoes in Rye

West Nile virus was identified for the first time this summer in mosquito batches across several communities in Westchester, including the city of Rye.

The positive batches were the first out of 45 collected by the county Health Department from eight locations that were then sent to the state Department of Health for testing. The virus-carrying mosquitoes were found in Croton, Mount Vernon, White Plains, Yonkers, and Rye, county officials announced on July 30.

-by Christian Falcone

ARTS

Visiting the Late Architect Philip Johnson’s Glass House Museum

We recently enjoyed a wonderful tour by a docent of The Glass House museum, the mid-20th century modern residence built by architect Philip Johnson in New Canaan, Connecticut.

Johnson’s works include the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, the bronze-and-glass Seagram’s Building, and the red Granite Lipstick Building, all in New York City.

He built the house in 1949 and lived there until he died in 2005. It is a must-see for art and architecture lovers.

-by Arthur Stampleman

POLICE & FIRE

Tractor-Trailer Rollover on I-95 Shuts Down Roadway, Causes Massive Delays

A tractor-trailer crash closed the southbound side of Interstate-95 for more than an hour Friday backing up traffic for miles.

The crash took place at around 11:13 a.m. when a dump truck carrying gravel rolled over on its side near exit 19 (Playland Parkway) on I-95 in Rye, according to city fire officials.

An SUV was also involved in the crash, fire officials said.

-by Christian Falcone

COLUMN

Searching and Finding: A Retired Cop Crime Novel and Native American Who Survives a Massacre

With “The Hunter,” Tana French returns us to the Irish countryside with a highly anticipated sequel to “The Searcher (2020).” In this crime novel, retired Chicago cop Cal Hooper tries to settle into a peaceful life, repairing furniture with Trey, an outcast teenage girl who lost her brother under mysterious circumstances.

The reappearance of Trey’s long-absent grifter father, followed by a wealthy London backer, disrupts the sleepy town as they lure the locals into a get-rich scheme.

-by Doreen Munsie