By Em Stangarone The halls of Westlake High School were abuzz with curiosity last Tuesday and Wednesday as students attended the Mount Pleasant School District’s STEAM Symposium. The fifth annual event engages students in the areas of science, technology, engineering,
Read MoreBenchmark Senior Living, the largest senior housing provider in New England, will be adding its third assisted living center in New York come spring 2024 with the recent start of construction of Benchmark at Mount Pleasant. This will be
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera When I lived in a two-family townhouse in Brooklyn Heights, I had absolutely no storage space. There was no attic or basement or even so much as a big walk-in closet. But that was okay because being
Read MoreYou scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream. Take a day off from worrying about cholesterol, triglycerides and your weight. Treat yourself and beat the heat and humidity by going to your favorite local ice cream parlor and order a banana
Read MoreThere is an old adage: If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, then it is a duck. For eight years, the Town of Yorktown has waited in anticipation for the Par 3 golf course to be renovated
Read MoreJohn K. Bates Jr., 98, of Briarcliff Manor, died on July 26. He was born in Scranton, Pa. on Sept. 8, 1923, and graduated from Tunkhannock (Pa.) High School. He served in World War II and then earned a bachelor’s
Read MoreI enthusiastically support Matt Slater’s candidacy for the New York State Assembly even though he is a Republican and I am a registered Democrat. In Matt’s time as Yorktown Town Supervisor, he has been energetic, hardworking and successful in energizing
Read MoreThe Mount Pleasant Recreation & Parks Department would like to say thank you to some of the people who made the 2022 Mount Pleasant Camp year special. Mount Pleasant had over 1,000 kids in our camps and hundreds of counselors
Read MoreIt would be unfortunate for the incoming county executive to upend such a historical initiative and disrespect the goodwill and partnership between the leaders of county government and the towns and villages. The “Share the Growth” resolution includes language that
Read MoreI was puzzled by the letter to the editor characterizing Assembly candidate Kathleen Valetta as a “radical ideologue” because she supports reproductive rights and universal healthcare (“Assembly Hopeful Would Be Wrong for New York,” August 1-7). First a definition of
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