As a caregiver, I am all too aware that those with dementia are particularly susceptible to COVID-19 due to their age and increased likelihood of coexisting chronic conditions. Those who are most vulnerable face additional challenges inside care facilities. Alzheimer’s
Read MoreOur local elections matter! Please join me in voting for Chris Burdick for the New York State 93rd Assembly District seat to represent us in Albany. Chris is an action oriented and fair individual who consistently champions what is essential
Read MorePete Harckham deserves to remain our state senator. He’s been unifying and strong in his careful and attentive governance of the dismantling of Indian Point and working for the well-being and care of the Indian Point workers and the surrounding community.
Read MoreFor too many years large commercial properties have sat stagnant in Yorktown. Elected officials from both parties have tried in earnest to entice these property owners to reinvest in their properties, but no real results have come to pass. In
Read MoreBy Nancy Sorbella We are all just trying to find our way, with more than enough uncertainty to go around. It has been a lost year, one of challenge, to be sure, but in many ways a time of discovery.
Read MoreRecently there has been much media coverage of politicians’ attitudes toward the military, especially those fallen, captured, wounded or ill, physically or emotionally, as a result of their service. So far, that news coverage has been on the national level,
Read MoreI know Mary Jane Kilian is a well-established political operative of the Yorktown Democratic Committee. However, when she attempted to suggest that her far-left candidates were better positioned to lower our property taxes, I couldn’t help but chuckle. (“Support Candidates Who Will
Read MoreI have submitted reports outlining our many complaints on the slow power restoration by utility companies (Con Edison, Altice, etc.) in our town to county and state elected officials after the recent Tropical Storm Isaias. I co-signed a letter with
Read MoreSen. Peter Harckham has repeatedly boasted that he voted against raising taxes and passed legislation that helped the Mahopac School District with forgiveness for a costly filing error made years ago. Simply put, it’s not accurate. He raised taxes at
Read MoreRecently two letters have appeared in The Examiner that are anti-solar panel/cell tower missives. The first used the description “power plant” for the solar array while the second used “potentially carcinogenic.” I can certainly understand property owners concerned that their
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