By Adam Stone When veteran local journalist David McKay Wilson walks into St. Mark’s Church in Mount Kisco, his family history surrounds him. His great-grandfather helped lead the congregation there more than a century ago, and Wilson himself now serves
Read MoreBy Abby Luby When Dr. Eric Lutinski announced his retirement as Rye Neck Schools superintendent last December, he considered going back to teaching. Starting as a high school social studies teacher in the Rye Neck School District in 1995, Lutinski
Read MoreBy Rin Fenster Tom Bisogno remembers sitting in the halls at Purchase College in the 1980s, staring at two centuries of paint layered on the old walls. One day, he looked up and suddenly saw a Japanese garden forming in
Read MoreBy Tessa Wheeler A man sits at a desk, the contrast of his dark polka-dot shirt stark against the light wood desk before him. In the windows behind him, a sprawl of buildings interrupts the expanse of the blue sky.
Read MoreBy Elaine Clarke When Marni Rose took her first lesson in 2021, she discovered a sport that can grab you and refuse to let go. Once it takes hold, an ever-growing number of devotees say, you’re hooked. “People really get
Read MoreBy Tessa Wheeler Community members gathered Monday outside Congressman Mike Lawler’s (R-Pearl River) Rockland County office to protest recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainments in NY-17, sharing stories of families torn apart and urging action from the local lawmaker. Ignacio
Read MoreBy Elaine Clarke When actor Michelle Concha moved from New York City to Ossining in 2009, she was seeking an artistic community. She found that creative comfort and chemistry in playwright Susan Jennifer Polese, a Mount Vernon native and longtime
Read MoreBy Tessa Wheeler Dr. Yosef Haroush appeared in New Castle Town Court recently to answer why he has failed to comply with most of the conditions of an August 2024 plea agreement related to the clear-cutting of hundreds of trees
Read MoreBy Abby Luby A local Ecuadorian immigrant and her young son are set to leave the United States today after allegedly facing the possibility of being separated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The circumstances sparked local outrage and
Read MoreBy Elaine Clarke, Examiner Reporter Intern When local freelance journalist and producer Larry Epstein began working on his documentary, The Hidden History of Slavery in New York, he never expected a year later for it to win an award at
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