Commentary on local issues from guest contributors.
By Morris Gut – Amore! The coupling of good food and wine with the sensual is the aphrodisiac of literature and verse through the ages. Pucker up! Valentine’s Eve Thursday, Feb. 13th and Valentine’s Day, Friday, Feb. 14th. Warm things up
Read MoreBy Nick Cerone: ‘Tis the season for New Year’s resolutions. If you’re like a lot of other people, your resolution probably has something to do with improving your health and fitness. The problem with these types of resolutions is that most
Read MoreBy Morris Gut The Chinese Lunar New Year, Year of the Horse, falls on Friday, Jan. 31, and Asian restaurants throughout the area will mark the occasion with special events, celebratory dishes and surprises for the whole family. So pick
Read MoreNell Pollak, a Pleasantville local, recently graduated from University and is currently in Kenya, Africa, working with an organization called Arrive in Kenya at a children’s home that rehabilitates street children. Arrive’s mission is to restore hope in vulnerable children and provide
Read MoreBy Morris Gut – As I eat my way across the greater Westchester culinary scene I come across some wonderful dining and nightlife deals that I would like to pass along to you. They are a delicious way to ease
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel The nocturnal, solitary and stealthy owl has both fascinated and repulsed humans for millennia and has come to symbolize many different things: harbinger of death, carrier of wisdom, messenger to the spirit world, even fortune in battle.
Read MoreBy Christine DiTota The holiday season is almost over but it’s not too late to get to the Westchester Broadway Theatre’s smash holiday hit “White Christmas.” Based on the beloved 1954 film starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney,
Read MoreAs Westchester County’s chief law enforcement officer, I want to wish you a safe and happy holiday season, and at the same time I want to caution you about a disturbing trend in credit and debit card theft as you
Read MoreBy Lisa Miller For those who are contemplating pulling the kids out of school for travel abroad. Yes, there was the last minute rush trip to Stamford for flu, typhoid and HepA shots. Our tween/teens were anxious about missing so
Read MoreCongresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland), the Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the House majority’s Continuing Resolution and the potential for a government shutdown: “By refusing to advance a Continuing Resolution that can pass
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