Although a registered Democrat, I am strongly for Ed Lachterman to carry on the work of his friend, the late Tom Diana, as supervisor of the Town of Yorktown. I have known Ed since his early days as a board
Read MoreNow is the time for solidarity within the Democratic Party. George Latimer represents the kind of party loyalty needed for Democrats in Congress. As Westchester County Executive, Latimer has demonstrated his ability to get things done and to work with
Read MoreThe opinion piece last week, “Student Organizers Should Be Commended for Chappaqua Peace Rally,” suggests that “critics of the rally would do well to examine the facts.” Here is an uncomfortable fact: Israel was living in peace on Oct. 6.
Read MoreDuring the 1990s, many scientists engaged in debates on global warming, which is factually correct; however, in the 1950s to the ‘70s, the debate and media headlines were on global cooling and the coming next Ice Age. “New Ice Age Coming” blared the front
Read MoreBrewster, Put Valley, Croton, B/BH/V/W All Repped at States By Tony Pinciaro Joe Tornambe grew up on a wrestling mat as his father, John, coached the Yorktown varsity wrestling team and his uncle, Steve, was the Pleasantville assistant and now
Read MoreBy Barbara Kay The White Plains Board of Education revealed last week that delays in state Education Department (SED) approval is holding up four projects from the ongoing $71.4 million in capital projects improvements districtwide. School officials received an update
Read MoreRobert E. Koch of Somers passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 13 at the age of 83. He was born in the Bronx to Howard and Christina (Kelley) Koch in 1941, and was later joined by brother Howie. Robert married his
Read MoreBy Anshul Gupta Last Thursday, Westchester-based state and local legislators joined advocates to hold a press conference in Peekskill, calling on Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to support the passage of the NY Home Energy Affordable Transition (HEAT) Act in the
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera We’ve all grown up with abbreviations and acronyms that probably originated at sea, such as SOS (originally for save our ship) to POSH (for portside out, starboard in). There are many others that developed on land for
Read MoreLast month, Camp Herrlich, the children’s camp in Patterson, expanded its tobacco-free policy to explicitly ban vaping on their grounds. Vaping refers to the act of inhaling and exhaling vapor produced by an electronic cigarette. Unfortunately, this is not just
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