My professional career has been spent in finance, dealing with structured transactions and financial investments. Fifteen years ago, I became a wine writer and educator, prompted by my love of all things wine. I never imagined that the two worlds
Read MoreThis piece is part of a series about Optum/CareMount and local healthcare. It was Dec. 4, 2020, and 264 CareMount shareholders — the healthcare group’s doctors — awoke that morning to a potentially exciting, enriching, and career-altering day they hoped
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera Besides serving as a way to find where you live, can the name of your street influence the perception of your home and its value, positively or negatively? From my experience, I would say yes, and for
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel The last Carolina parakeet died 104 years ago. Perhaps fittingly, it died in a zoo. Humans had wiped out all the wild birds of this species several years before. On this cold winter’s day, I pay
Read MoreWhen shopping for the produce and/or meats necessary to prepare an at-home meal, consumers are increasingly aware of the nutritional and health values of unprocessed ingredients. Many products contain nutrition and ingredient information on government-mandated food labels. But what of
Read More“Man is born free but lives in chains-knowing these chains are self- imposed” –Rousseau By Richard Cirulli Existentialism deals with phenomenology, in simple terms the phenomenon of life. That raises various questions: Does our existence equal our essence of life?
Read MoreI tend to be a late adapter with technology. Usually, I like to think/hope the latest thing is a passing fad, or an obnoxious invasion, and resist its omnipresence for, say, three to five years longer than makes any practical
Read MoreBy Michael Gold Defunding the police, implementing Medicare for All and throwing our entire capitalist economy out a very high window are some of the ideas the far left promotes as improvements to our country. The far left has not
Read MoreBy Morris Gut Mike Hoffer and Justin Zeytoonian, proprietors of Smokehouse Tailgate Grill restaurants in New Rochelle and Mamaroneck, have partnered with DeCicco & Sons in Somers to introduce The Pit, their in-store barbecue operation. It’s located on the sprawling
Read MoreRemember the era before the 1 percent of the wealthiest citizens were thrust into the spotlight? They went about their business and their personal lives in relative obscurity. Oh, they were out there, but they hadn’t become a defined social
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