Month: July 2016

News

New officer joins Rye Police Department

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n Monday, June 20, Christopher Salguero was appointed to the Rye Police Department as its new police officer. Salguero, 23, was sworn in at Rye City Hall on June 21 with his family in attendance. “This is a great day for the city of Rye and the Rye Police Department,” […]

Community News

Activists respond to vandalism at Rye cemetery

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n Saturday, June 18 at the Greenwood Union Cemetery, located at 215 North St. in Rye, the nonprofit organization Friends of the African American Cemetery held a solidarity ceremony for veterans and others buried at the cemetery in response to acts of vandalism perpetrated on-site just before the Memorial Day […]

Community

Fiction novel set in Rye

If you live in the city of Rye, you may be sharing your house with one of the characters from the new novel, “The Way I’ve Heard It Should Be.” Author Rachel Cullen, a Pelham resident, said she used real streets in Rye when finding homes for her characters. “One […]

Community

Bass-A-Palooza raises $15K for Save the Sound

Saturday, June 4 marked the ninth annual Bass-A-Palooza Charity Fishing Tournament, which this year benefited Save the Sound, a bi-state program of Connecticut Fund for the Environment. Early risers by nature, around 100 tournament fishers began casting their lines at 5 a.m. Af­ter a full day on the water, the […]