By Lisa Mockel Like so many others in the food service and catering industry, Taylor Smelser had to rethink the way he did business when the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns and social distancing requirements brought celebratory gatherings to a
Read MoreWestchester County school districts will be receiving a chunk of the more than $2.5 billion set aside for New York State schools in the federal American Rescue Plan recently signed by President Joe Biden. “Everyone wants schools to reopen completely
Read MoreMillwood Fire District taxpayers received encouraging news recently after commissioners decided to reissue bonds that will retire the firehouse expansion project debt two years earlier than scheduled, which will save about $1.1 million in interest. Fire district Treasurer Rose Cohen
Read MoreA former Mount Kisco village trustee has proposed a four-story, 16-unit apartment building on land he owns downtown behind the AT&T store and Frannie’s Goodie Shop on Main Street. Isi Albanese has introduced a conceptual plan that calls for 12
Read MoreBy Rabbi Yehuda Heber Passover is celebrated by Jews every year, commemorating the anniversary of the Jewish nation’s miraculous exodus from Egyptian slavery, as told in the Bible. This year, Passover is celebrated from Mar. 27 through Apr. 4. A
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera In the hurly-burly pre-pandemic world that now seems so long ago, I would only occasionally take a break to “go within” and space out in meditation to quiet my mind and body. But now that we’re all
Read MoreThe percentage of residents in Putnam County who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is one the rise. With the Putnam County Health Department having held 23 vaccination clinics as of last week, the New York
Read MoreWine is both simple and complex, on planes that are both juxtaposed and contraposed. On the one hand, its baseline is as a simple agricultural product, farmed similarly as a multitude of other agricultural products. The simple formula: understand the
Read MoreBy Michelle K. Rea State Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach) and a host of colleagues have introduced legislation that shifts the responsibility and costs of recycling from municipalities to the producers of packaging and paper products. The legislation is called
Read MoreThere are so many negative comments about the project proposed for the Soundview Preparatory School site. It will increase traffic; we already have traffic. This developer’s plan is to enhance the traffic flow at Route 118 and Underhill Avenue. We
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