Playland opened its 96th season on May 18 with the Lighting Drumline from the Barack Obama School for Social Justice in Yonkers and the debut of its newest ride, Jack the Puppeteer.

Playland’s Gondola Wheel did not rotate at Playland’s May 18 opening day thanks to some surprising park visitors. The 90-foot ride is closed until further notice for the safety of the osprey nesting atop one of the carriages.

First recognized as a new disease in 1981, AIDS is still considered to be a pandemic by WHO, and with good cause.

Whether you’d like to kick back with a spy thriller or a biography, or you have kids hungry for popular young adult novels, free books are available to satisfy your literary cravings at several outdoor kiosks scattered around town.

Peg Lyon was enslaved in Rye, sold in Greenwich in 1790, and emancipated in 1800, when she was able to live free with her husband Anthony Green. She died 30 years later.

Kim sits down with author and life coach Tracy Fox in the latest installment of the “What’s The Story” podcast. 

More than 1,400 runners and walkers took to the streets of Rye on Sunday, May 19 in the Soul Ryeders’ Second Annual Half Marathon and 5K run/walk.

A large crowd packed the Rye Free Reading Room on Wednesday, May 15, for the unveiling of the Rye’sAbove butterflies.

The fair raised more than $31,000 for library programs for the whole community, according to Fair Co-Chair Sara Keeshan.

Kim sits down with F Joseph Merlino and Deborah Pomeroy, authors of the book, “New Era New Urgency The Case for Repurposing Education” in the latest installment of the “What’s The Story” podcast.