Brewster High School students are civic minded–and now they can be formally recognized. The high school was approved as a Seal of Civic Readiness School by the New York State Department of Education. The Seal of Civic Readiness is a
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera My older sister Marian and I were so different in our preferences in life, it’s amazing that we came from the same family. I had deep sentiment about the places where we had lived and always enjoyed
Read MoreBy Rick M. Pezzullo After a few COVID-ridden years, the movie industry looked to rebound in 2022 and delivered a multitude of quality films. The best of those will compete for the Academy Awards on Sunday evening. Top Gun: Maverick
Read MoreBy Alan D. Feller, Esq. My father and grandfather were a study in contrasts. Harry, my dad’s dad, regularly drew the ire of my grandmother for a variety of transgressions mostly centered around his forgetfulness and his falling asleep on
Read MoreYorktown’s former garbage hauler, AAA Carting, has filed a lawsuit against the Yorktown Town Board alleging favoritism, not doing its due diligence and improprieties in the process that awarded a multiyear and multimillion-dollar garbage contract to Competitive Carting. Competitive Carting’s
Read MoreAssemblywoman Dana Levenberg and state Sen. Peter Harckham are certainly to be commended for their proposed legislation to prevent Holtec from dumping tritiated water into the Hudson, and especially for their commentary supporting the bill. I heartily agree that the
Read MoreBy Martin Wilbur and Abby Luby An overwhelming majority of Westchester’s mayors and supervisors last week urged Gov. Kathy Hochul to make critical changes in her proposed Housing Compact arguing that the plan fails to recognize each community’s challenges and
Read MoreL/P/PV Swimmers DQ’d from Relay Race for Cap/Emblem Infraction By Martin Moran For Examiner News Examiner Sports Editor Ray Gallagher contributed to this story In an epic competition, the Horace Greeley boys’ swim team achieved a historic second consecutive NYSPHAA/Federation
Read MoreWhat I’m reading, and why By Michael Malone I break from my column’s moniker to share about a non-fiction book, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between, by Hisham Matar. It is about Matar’s journey home to Libya
Read Moreby Dr. Douglas J. Hart, Cardiology Risk factors for developing heart disease are known to most of us. High cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity and of course smoking may enhance the risk of heart disease, beginning at a very
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