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🌱 Patch AM: 3 Arrests Made After Stolen Car Chase In Rye: PD

Also check out Third Thursday evening tour and wine tasting at The Glass House this Summer on the Rye Patch calendar

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Hello Rye! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Stolen car chase ends in Rye marsh with multi-agency manhunt
  • How Rye High School became New York's top all-sports powerhouse
  • Where Rye High School lands in the latest Hudson Valley rankings

Also on today's calendar: Third Thursday evening tour and wine tasting at The Glass House this Summer and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 81 and low of 65 degrees.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 81, low: 66.
  • Saturday: Showers around; not as warm, with a high of 75 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 3 Arrests Made After Stolen Car Chase In Rye: PD (patch.com) — Rye police say a reported stolen car from Mamaroneck led to a dramatic chase into a marsh near the St. Regis residences and Playland Access Drive, ending with four people detained. A large multi-agency perimeter, including K-9s, helicopter and drone support, helped track down the final suspect between local Rye properties, with three adults now facing charges and a minor released to family.
   

• Rye High School Wins First Kerr Cup, an Annual Award Presented to State's Top Performers Across All Sports (ryerecord.com) — Rye High School just captured its first-ever Kerr Cup All-Sport Championship, capping a historic year that saw four state titles across football, girls soccer, boys ice hockey, and boys lacrosse. With additional deep playoff runs in several sports, Rye finished atop New York's Class AA programs and will be featured in Friday's Rye Record for a full season recap.
   

• New Ranking Of The Hudson Valley's Top 15 Public High Schools Released By U.S. News (patch.com) — Rye families can see how Rye High School stacks up statewide, with the school ranked 57th in New York and 5,027th nationally in U.S. News' new Best High Schools list. The rankings compare Hudson Valley schools on test performance, graduation rates, and college readiness, offering context on how neighboring districts like Harrison and Port Chester performed too.
   

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Other local events
    Friday August 21
  • Bulky waste, garbage, and recycling - commingled
    Tuesday/Friday Garbage and Tuesday Recycling- Rye Sanitation Rye, NY 10580
  • Senior Portraits - HHS
    Harrison Central School District HHS HPAC
    8:00 am
  • Beach Storytime In-Person
    Rye Free Reading Room Other
    10:00 am
  • [all ages] Summer Reading Wrap-Up Ice Cream Party In-Person
    Rye Free Reading Room Meeting Room
    3:30 pm
    • Monday August 24
  • Garbage and recycling - paper and cardboard
    Monday/ Thursday Garbage and Monday Recycling- Rye Sanitation Rye, NY 10580
  • Tales for Tots In-Person
    Rye Free Reading Room Meeting Room
    10:30 am
    • Saturday September 5
  • Open House German School of Connecticut →
    Rippowam Middle School, 381 High Ridge Rd, Stamford
    10:00 am

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

  • Weekly and One-time Classes this Fall for Adults and Families at Clay Art Center
    Make this your season of creativity! Our fall weekly clay classes for adults offer hands‑on learning in wheel throwing, handbuilding, and sculpture... (More info)

💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Robert Half posted a job opening for Accounts Payable Clerk in White Plains. Apply here.
  • Marriott International posted a job opening for Porter - Residences in White Plains. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Rye here.

🗞 Nearby News

Port Chester

  • Renderings Revealed for 30 Broad Street in Port Chester, Westchester County (newyorkyimby.com)
  • Back-to-School Activities and Programs for the 2026-27 Academic Year (scarsdale10583.com)
  • Costco discontinued this Kirkland favorite 2 years ago. Now it's back (ithacajournal.com)

Mamaroneck

  • V Mamaroneck, Westchester, New Rochelle Land DEC Grants for EV Chargers (talkofthesound.com)
  • Mosquito Marching Orders Proposed for Mamaroneck Village (larchmontloop.com)
  • Measured in Miles, Not Square Feet: Nuna Harvest's Statement on What Legal Cannabis Delivery Owes Westchester and the Bronx (naludamagazine.com)

Mount Vernon

  • Bronx Man Charged In Mount Vernon Gas Station Robbery That Led To Shootout With NYPD: DOJ (patch.com)

Ok Rye! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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