With Haussner's building under new ownership, attention turns to another troubled Highlandtown site

Highlandtown can look forward to the upcoming redevelopment of the former Haussner's building, but the corner at Eastern Avenue and South Clinton Street isn't quite out of commercial real estate limbo. The former Haussner's building at 3244 Eastern Ave. sat vacant for nearly five years under the ownership of developer Joseph A. Schultz .
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Rye Collection of Political / Visual Art is Foundation of NY Historical Society Exhibit

"Art as Activism: Graphic Art From the Merrill C. Berman Collection" at the New-York Historical Society is a new exhibit composed 100% from the collection of Rye residentMerrill Berman. According to the New York Times: "The show offers a fantastic selection of 71 posters from the 1930s to the '70s.
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Rye Summer Basketball League Enjoys Growth

RYE, N.Y. The Rye Resurrection Basketball League has grown by two teams and 27 players this summer, the Rye City Review reports.
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Village Of Rye Brook Joins Sustainable Westchester

RYE, N.Y. The Village of Rye Brook has partnered with Sustainable Westchester in an effort to help residents save money on energy bills, reports Westmore News .
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Rye School Board Appoints New President

RYE, N.Y. Katy Keohane Glassberg has been named the Rye school board's new president, reports The Rye City Review .
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TV documentary explores making of atomic bombs

It was the autumn of 1962, and Rushmore DeNooyer could tell by the way the adults in school were talking that they were scared. The Cuban Missile Crisis had begun, and the fourth-grader from Rye, N.Y., heard his teachers announce that President John F. Kennedy would soon be speaking about the possibility of a nuclear war.
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Movie 'Freeheld' Features "Rockwellian-like City Hall of Rye, New York"

According to one press report,Rye City Hall is "Rockwellian-like" as it appears in the upcoming move Freeheld starringJulianne Moore, Ellen Page and Steve Carell. The movie trailer for the film was just released.
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