Commentary on local issues from guest contributors.
By Donald B. Smith Like most Americans I have been watching the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan with horror and dismay. Last Thursday’s suicide bombings outside Kabul airport, which killed 13 U.S. servicemembers as well as killing and wounding scores
Read MoreBy Chuck Petersheim Lumber prices have gone through the roof. Appliances are hard to find. Stain for floors, hot water heaters, electrical conduits and PVC are scarce. Labor is non-existent. Just about everything we need to build and service a
Read MoreBy Miriam Gold Schools, businesses, homeowners and local governments can lower their electricity bills up to 10 percent by subscribing to a community solar project. There is no cost to join and there is no fee if you need to
Read Moreby Grace Bennett I had come home from a lunch date with a friend to learn that Gov. Cuomo resigned. I remain beset, to be perfectly honest, with competing feelings of relief but also with a “better-the-devil- you-know” feeling swirling
Read MoreBy Miriam Gold Westchester home and business owners can save money by buying heating oil mixed with biofuel and lower their carbon footprint at the same time. New York State offers a tax credit as an incentive to use biofuel.
Read More“A person hears only what they understand.” –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe By Richard Cirulli Life may seem to be a contraction at times. To quote Dickens, “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” This seems
Read MoreBy Miriam Gold A few of the culprits helping to harm the environment are sitting inside our homes and yet many are unaware of it. Old air conditioners and refrigerators are harming the ozone layer, which we depend on for
Read MoreBy Michael Gold I went walking in a pot of thick soup as big as Westchester. That’s what the heat wave felt like. It was 95 degrees in Pleasantville one day at the end of June, according to Accuweather. That’s
Read MoreBy Neal L. Sullivan and Ginny Nacerino Last fall, the Putnam County Legislature and County Executive MaryEllen Odell went through the county’s spending plan with a fine-tooth comb, funded the services that our residents rely upon and cut redundancies. To
Read MoreBy Laura Markowski It was the call that changed my life. My best friend Cheryl suggested I try 23andMe. She had just done it and found some long lost relatives and thought it would be fun. Maybe we would figure out
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