SMALL NEWS IS BIG NEWS
Commentary on local issues from guest contributors.
By Michael Gold The pesticides, herbicides and fungicides we put on our lawns aren’t just killing insects and weeds, Filipine Hoogland explained. The vast majority of them are infiltrating our waters, harming a host of animals that support our ecosystems,
Read moreBy Marilyn Elie Nuclear reactors are decommissioned. The rest of the clean-up is a massive deconstruction job, a lot of which involves low level or non-radioactive material. Items like laundry and workers’ gear are considered low level. Some of the
Read moreOne bleary-eyed night in the bleary-eyed year that was 2020, I was poking around Facebook trying to determine how to get our Examiner Media business page verified. One link led to another until, somehow, my journey through a late-night rabbit
Read moreBy Michael Gold The birds are back in town. Blue jays, cardinals, orioles and other birds not named for baseball teams, such as meadowlarks, tree swallows, red-winged blackbirds – millions of birds – have been arriving in Westchester since late
Read moreBy Michael Gold The men walk into the First Presbyterian Church in Ossining from the cold March night, brief snow showers preceding their arrival. Their jackets don’t look warm enough for the brisk weather. Many of them arrived from jobs
Read moreBy Rabbi Yehuda Heber Friday evening, Apr. 15, is the start of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The holiday spans eight days, ending Saturday evening, Apr. 23. Some of the Passover observances include not eating leavened bread, and having a Seder
Read moreBy Michael Gold Westchester and Putnam residents, harried to the edge of exasperation in their professional lives and consumed with their telephones, computers and TVs 24/7, may find release and reconnection with what’s truly important at the Linwood Spiritual Center.
Read moreBy Emily Rubin Persons It’s that time of year. SAT and ACT tests and college tours and seniors are about to choose a secondary school to attend in the fall or planning a gap year. It’s an exciting time with
Read moreBy Michael Gold A sometimes-unrecognized casualty of the pandemic in Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties, and frankly all over, is an increase in substance abuse. Use of marijuana, opioids, alcohol and other drugs in the region have all increased during
Read moreBy Elaine Albano Over the last two years, the pandemic has highlighted a range of challenges that need to be addressed. Many problems still need to be fixed, but when it comes to broadband access, policymakers in Washington have displayed their understanding of how important closing
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