Letters

In September, our children go back to school. The relaxing days of summer are now behind us; going to the town pool, taking family vacations, playing sports, summer concerts, barbecues, neighborhood parties, fireworks on July 4th and all the other

Re: Guest Column “Learning the Hard Lessons of Vietnam Once Again in Afghanistan” (8/31-9/6, 2021) General Donald B. Smith’s alarmist column about our leaving Afghanistan is awash with wildly displaced anger. The General blames our loss on politics, but he

As a 17-year-old who has lived in Briarcliff Manor my entire life, I love escaping into nature. Whenever life gets stressful, or when I want to exercise, or when I want to go and admire the wildlife that calls the

At the Aug. 30 New Castle Town Board meeting, I asked Councilwoman Lauren Levin to please recuse herself from further discussion and decision-making on the Chappaqua Form-Based Code. Several neighbors have since asked me why she should recuse herself, and

We thank The Examiner for Martin Wilbur’s comprehensive story last week, “Pocantico Lake Residents Gear Up for Development Fight.” If you were on the Mount Pleasant Planning Board and meeting on Sept. 2, would you need to know more, or

Revolutionary War: 4,435 died for our independence. War of 1812: 2,260 died for our independence. Indian Wars: 1,000 died for our independence. Mexican War: 13,283 died for our independence. Civil War: 498,332 died to save our Union. Spanish-American War: 2,446

Thank you for featuring a story about the ill-advised proposal to site a 31-home subdivision on Pocantico Lake last week. Your article left the impression that the opposition to the project consists entirely of homeowners residing close to the lake. This

Pocantico Lake should be 100 percent preserved, as it was intended. Any development will totally ruin the lake and surrounding areas. As a longtime Mount Pleasant resident, I have learned firsthand how the development of a cherished green space can

The Yorktown Small Business Association/Westchester Independent Business Alliance is nonpartisan and nonpolitical, and so should you. During these tough economic times, many businesses and community organizations are being asked to take a position by supporting a certain political party or

I am in favor of a sidewalk on Douglas Road. I live on Park Drive in Chappaqua, less than a mile from the train station. When I purchased my home, one of the selling points was that we could walk to the