Guest Columns

By Paula Andros Those of us who regularly walk or bike the path from Hubbard Lodge have been watching an astonishing month-long process of preparing the site and building a new bridge at the first divergence of the School Mountain

By Barbara DiGiacinto My running mates and I agreed from day one that our campaign would be honest, therefore not misleading, and would not go negative with personal attacks directed at our opponents or their supporters. We never wavered from this

By Theresa Knickerbocker As the host community to Indian Point for over 60 years, the Village of Buchanan has faced many challenges since the closure announcement of the facility in 2017. As mayor I’ve attended every meeting since the announcement,

By Eric Levine One need look no further than my hometown of Chappaqua and the Chappaqua Central School District (CCSD) to better understand why there has been a spike in antisemitism on our college campuses and in communities across the country following Hamas’ Oct,

By Stacey Gibson and Laura E. Kelly When Stacey Gibson’s husband Sid was dying in agony in 2014 from a horrific progressive motor neuron disease, he requested medical aid in dying to bring his suffering to a close. When Laura

It was surreal watching last Tuesday night’s New Castle Town Board meeting while riding home from the Israel rally in Washington, D.C. in a bus full of members of our community. As I was not able to comment over the

By John Vorperian This Wednesday, Nov. 22 marks the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Where were you when JFK was shot? Only one out of four Americans can answer that question. I am one of them. Being

By Baila Lemonik, Dan Stoller, Celeste Theis and Margaret Yonco-Haines Washington is broken, and Congressman Mike Lawler isn’t doing anything about it. Recently, a group of MAGA Republicans in Congress led a successful effort to remove their own leader, U.S.

By Alana Pero Empathy. Compassion. Understanding. Those are the values I cherish for my family, for myself and for my community. However, those three words are often missing when I see and hear stories about JCCA’s Pleasantville campus. As a