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And... here we go again — third week running with rain and flooding talk on the Sound Shore. A nor'easter hit Port Chester and Rye over the weekend, with gusts near 50 mph and a coastal flood warning through Monday. Nearly 5 inches of rain fell on Rye, flooding Tide Mill Basin and closing Milton Road. I bet everyone was amazed by the clouds and their colors before the rain hit us.

Rye hasn't rewritten its comprehensive plan since the 1980s, and now residents get the first real say in what replaces it. The city is asking people to register for an Oct. 14 workshop at the Rye Free Reading Room, where small groups will hash out priorities on housing, land use, transportation and the Central Business District. "You do not need to be an expert in planning or land use," City Manager Brian Shea said. "If you live in Rye and care about the future of your community, we want you to be part of the conversation." Register at cityofryecomprehensiveplan.com.

Why it matters: whatever residents say at this workshop will shape zoning, housing and transportation decisions for years to come, and it's the first chance for input since the 1980s.

Blind Brook High School junior Rex Kanner has joined the district's Board of Education as its newest ex-officio student member, the school announced this week. The role gives a student a standing seat at board meetings and a direct channel for student perspective on decisions shaping the Rye Brook-based district, though the position carries no formal vote.

Why it matters: it's a small but real step toward giving the district's students an actual seat in the room when decisions that affect them get made.

Every Greenwich public school student got a piece of a much bigger project Friday: a flame, a cougar fang, a tile, a paw print, a flower, each one destined for a mosaic column marking the Greenwich Alliance for Education's 20th anniversary. First Selectman Fred Camillo issued a proclamation, Superintendent Toni Jones spoke, and State Rep. Hector Arzeno presented a citation from the town's legislative delegation.

Upper Crust Bagel Company baked 98 dozen bagels as a thank-you to teachers. Since its 2006 founding, the Alliance has put $6.9 million raised from donors, educators, families and community partners, not the town budget, into arts, STEM, mental health and scholarship programs across Greenwich's public schools.

Why it matters: that's $6.9 million in enrichment for Greenwich kids that didn't cost taxpayers a cent.

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Rye senior quarterback Charlie Brady tore his ACL on the second play of last Friday's game, ending his senior athletic year. Brady, a state champion in both football and lacrosse, is headed to Harvard next fall to play lacrosse.

The GHS Class of 1986 will collect donations for the Neighbor to Neighbor food pantry at Saturday's Homecoming football game. Alumni will staff a table near the ticket booth all game to collect contributions.

Rye Brook's fall leaf collection starts Oct. 13 and runs through the third week of December.

The Round Hill Association hosts its 2026 candidate debate Oct. 7, with state rep. and state senate hopefuls squaring off in back-to-back 45-minute rounds at the Round Hill Community House.

Port Chester's second Comprehensive Plan public workshop lands Oct. 7 at the Carver Center, where residents can weigh in on draft goals and recommendations for the village's future.

Felice's first stop north of New York City is in Port Chester, inside a 7,600-square-foot former grain warehouse at 55 Abendroth Avenue dating to 1903. The restaurant, which has anchored Manhattan's Upper East Side since 2007, kept the building's exposed brick, vaulted ceilings and structural beams, then layered in hand-painted European limewash and oiled woods.

Menu runs Tuscan: wood-fired pizzette with cheese and mushrooms, house-made pappardelle with Italian sausage, and branzino wrapped in parchment with herbs. The wine list leans on small-production Tuscan labels, including bottles from Fattoria Sardi, an organic, biodynamic vineyard.

Worth knowing: 55 Abendroth Ave., Port Chester.

Rye Brook Fitness Court Ribbon Cutting.
Harkness Park, 840 King St, Rye Brook.
Monday, Oct. 5, 12-1:15 p.m.
ryebrookny.gov

Port Chester Comprehensive Plan Public Workshop #2.
Carver Center, 400 Westchester Ave, Port Chester.
Wednesday, Oct. 7, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
compplan.portchesterny.gov

Round Hill Association Candidate Debate.
Round Hill Community House, 395 Round Hill Road, Greenwich.
Wednesday, Oct. 7, 6:30 p.m. social, 7 p.m. debate.
roundhillassn.org

"Changing the Subject: Two Artists Explore New Directions" by Marion Schneider & Sherri Paul.
Harrison Public Library, 2 Bruce Ave, Harrison.
Oct. 3-Nov. 7.
harrisonpl.org

Tom Papa at The Capitol Theatre.
149 Westchester Ave, Port Chester.
Friday, Oct. 9.
thecapitoltheatre.com

Down to Earth Rye Farmers Market.
Theodore Fremd Ave (behind Purchase Street), Rye.
Sundays through Nov. 22, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
ryechamberofcommerce.com

Lee Woodruff will be one of six Rye residents telling personal stories Nov. 10.

Woodruff and her husband, former ABC co-anchor Bob Woodruff, have lived in Rye for 24 years. "Our Rye neighbors supported us in so many ways after Bob was injured by a roadside bomb while reporting in Iraq in 2006," she said. That support helped the couple raise more than $200 million for the Bob Woodruff Foundation, which assists wounded service members.

She'll share the stage at "Rye Lives" with NBC Dateline's Andrea Canning, FOX 5's Richard Giacovas, voice actor and Rye Record sportswriter Steven Kearney, musician Paul Jensen, and Rye Record deputy editor Andrea Hessekiel.

Tickets are at ryerecord.com/rye-lives; donations through Nov. 10 are matched up to $10,000.

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