Guest Columns

By 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

By 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

By 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

By Rabbi Yehuda Heber Due to the recent, most unfortunate world news, tens of thousands of Ukraine’s weary citizens are leaving their homes, forced by a war not of their making to flee toward neighboring Poland, Moldova and Romania, where

By Michael Gold Here’s the speech I wish President Biden would give about Ukraine: Russia may have some legitimate security concerns regarding Ukraine and NATO, but that’s not an excuse to invade a sovereign country. Let’s be clear – no

This column was written and submitted by Victoria Alzapiedi, Tracey Bilski, Kate Brady, Hermian Charles, Bill Connors, Haley Ferraro, Stacy & Robert Morgan, Maxine Margo Rubin, Cristina Shih and Lynn Trotta on behalf of Friends of Buttonhook. There is about to

By Michael Gold Kratom sounds like something from an alien world, like Superman’s home planet. Unfortunately, here on Earth, it’s a potentially dangerous, but strangely, still legal substance in the United States. Kratom is sold in a Carmel vape and

By Michael Gold People are working two jobs yet struggling to feed themselves and their families. Food is expensive. Apartment rents are expensive. COVID-19 is still very much a factor. A few are living on the streets. A trickle of

By Michael Gold The Westchester Land Trust is fighting the clock. Westchester County is under threat of losing hundreds and possibly thousands of acres of land to commercial and residential construction. “Roughly one-third of Westchester County is open space,” said

By Marie Boster Let’s face it. The first day back to school after the holiday break last week was stressful for most families. Westchester County has seen more daily cases of COVID-19 than at any other time in the pandemic,