Stop For Jarrid

Courtesy of : Worldclassmedicine.com STOP at the curb or edge of the road. NEVER run into a street. LISTEN and LOOK for traffic to the left, to the right, and to the left again. Teach children who don’t know left from right to look “this way,” “that way,” and “this way.” WAIT until the street is clear. KEEP LOOKING until you’ve crossed the street safely. ACCOMPANY your children until [...]

By Christopher Beam Heading home from work yesterday, I ran five red lights and three stop signs, went the wrong way down a one-way street, and took a left across two lanes of oncoming traffic. My excuse: I was on a bike. I'm far from the only menace on two wheels. A colleague was recently slapped with a moving violation after breezing through a stop sign. My roommate was pulled over 30 feet from our house fo [...]

– By April Miller – The Rye Record It was a bittersweet afternoon for the Midland School community Sept. 6, 2006 — remembering a beloved classmate and celebrating the opening of a new, improved playground. The Midland North Playground Grand Opening ceremony began with the dedication of Jarrid's Corner, a memorial to Jarrid Amico, the Midland fifth grader who died April 18 from injuries suffered in a tra [...]

Jarrid L. Amico, a lifetime resident of Rye, NY, died tragically on April 18th 2006 at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, NY. He was 10 years old. Jarrid Amico was born May 28, 1995 in White Plains, NY to James W. and Maggie Rivera Amico. He lived in Rye for the past ten years where he was a student at Midland Elementary School, and a parishioner of Church of The Resurrection. Jarrid will be remembered for his [...]

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