Living In: Purchase, N.Y.: A Celebrity Sanctum With Wide-Open Spaces

Rahman Vahabzadeh, an investment company executive, and his wife, Lyra, left Greenwich Village 11 years ago in search of the usual suburban amenities: bigger closets, gardening opportunities, rambling room for future children and dogs. In Rye, N.Y., the houses were too small and tightly packed to their taste; in Greenwich, Conn., the couple were put off by dark, winding streets even on sunny afternoons.
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Photo: Amelia Earhart might have survived crash

Amelia Earhart stands June 14, 1928 in front of her bi-plane called "Friendship" in Newfoundland. Carlene Mendieta, who is trying to recreate Earhart's 1928 record as the first woman to fly across the US and back again, left Rye, NY on September 5, 2001.
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NY: Senator Blasts Metro-North After Report on May Derailment

... installation of Positive Train Control, a high-tech safety system he said could have prevented the May 8 accident in Rye, N.Y., by halting the speeding New Haven line train. The criticism comes after the National Transportation Safety Board last ...
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Blumenthal Slams Metro-North Over Bad Track Conditions Before Derailment

After the National Transportation Safety Board confirmed that Metro-North knew of dangerous track conditions before a train derailed in May near Rye, N.Y., U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued a renewed call for railroad safety. Blumenthal sent a letter Monday to newly appointed Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joseph J. Lhota about the derailment on the New Haven Line and said the "'buck stops with you' on safety leadership.
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Senator blasts Metro-North after report on May derailment

MTA chief Ronnie Hakim tours site of a Metro-North derailment in Rye, N.Y. on Thursday, May 18, 2017. About a dozen people receieved minor injuries after five cars of the 12-car train derailed north of the Rye station.
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Senator Blumenthal Writes Letter After Train Derailment

Senator Richard Blumenthal is responding to a report that says Metro-North knew about dangerous conditions on the track before a serious derailment near Rye, New York in May that left several passengers injured. That preliminary report was released by the National Transportation Safety Board.
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Celebrations: weddings, graduations

Kyle Idel Goodenough and Austin James Schumacher were married June 17, 2017, at the Shenorock Shore Club in Rye, N.Y. Kyle Idel Goodenough and Austin James Schumacher were married June 17, 2017, at the Shenorock Shore Club in Rye, N.Y. The bride is the daughter of Andrew and Susan Goodenough of Rye. She works at Google's headquarters office in Mountain View, Calif., where she is product marketing manager for the Pixel phone.
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