Month: July 2017

Community

Library offers introduction to biomimicry

Humans are clever, but without intending to they have created massive sustainability problems for future generations. Fortunately, solutions to these global challenges are all around us. Biomimicry is an approach to innovation that seeks sustainable solutions to human challenges by emulating nature’s time-tested patterns and strategies. The goal of biomimicry […]

Opinion

Parking at Rye Town Park

 To the Editor, A funny thing happened on the way to Oakland Beach on Sunday, July 9 at about 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Cars were lined up all the way up Dearborn Avenue, none of which could gain access to the parking area. Wow, I thought, did every one […]

Features

Big Picture Foundation proves power of arts

With the summer in full swing, Kim Tamalonis, president and founder of Big Picture Foundation is working to challenge children in the local and global communities to come together through the arts.   Big Picture Foundation, BPF, is a nonprofit foundation that works with middle and high school students from […]

Opinion Sports

The unwritten rulebook

  [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he tricky thing about unwritten rules is that when edicts aren’t spelled out in black and white, it leaves an awful lot of room for gray area. Perhaps no sport in the world has more unwritten rules than baseball. Coming in at 284 pages long, the official Major League […]

Features

Westchester town honors former resident JFK

In celebration of President John F. Kennedy’s centennial birthday, the Kennedy family was honored with a plaque commemorating the 12 years that they lived in Bronxville. Until the May 29 official unveiling, Bronxville had been the only place of residence for the Kennedys that didn’t have official public recognition. Marilyn […]