By Abby Luby and Adam Stone The Pleasantville Board of Education quietly agreed to pay Superintendent Dr. Tina DeSa nearly $300,000 in taxpayer funds to step down from her post one year early, under the terms of a confidential settlement
Read MoreBy Abby Luby A stop sign is finally in the works for the intersection of Ashland Avenue and Nannahagan Road — a long-problematic crossing that residents and officials alike have called unsafe for both drivers and pedestrians. At the June
Read MoreBy Toby Rosewater As a little boy, Fred Ellman accompanied his sick grandmother to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. In her early 50s, she was already struggling with dementia. “They called it hardening of the arteries,” Ellman said. The garden was
Read MoreBy Toby Rosewater Westchester has 23 villages, 19 towns, and six cities. Yet, for four sweltering days at the tail end of June, it’s hard to believe that any school, business, or athletic club held an event more international than
Read MoreBy Abby Luby A man walks his dog. A violin student strides forward, trailed by a curious cat. A baseball player is mid-step, bat slung over his shoulder, and a woman pulls a red wagon with two children in tow.
Read MoreBy Tessa Wheeler David Pogue’s path to climate activism was anything but a straight line. After graduating from Yale in 1985, he spent a decade arranging and conducting Broadway musicals. By the early 2000s, he had pivoted to tech journalism,
Read MoreBy Abby Luby Crossing the dangerous intersection of Grant Street and the Saw Mill River Parkway has been a harrowing experience for years. High-speed collisions caused by drivers running the red light or making illegal turns onto Grant Street have
Read MoreBy Tomás Thor, Examiner Reporter Intern When I asked Dorothy Dushin what life lesson stood out the most after 100 years of life, she paused for a moment, and spelled it for me: “R-E-L-A-X.” On June 21 at Cedar Manor
Read MoreBy Elaine Clarke Croton-on-Hudson officials are preparing to vote this week on a resolution to join a growing regional effort opposing Project Maple, a proposed expansion of a fracked gas pipeline that environmental advocates warn threatens public health, the Hudson
Read MoreKevin J. Wong, MD, Hematology & Oncology “Cancer” is a word that no one wants to hear from their doctor. While there is a regular stream of encouraging news when it comes to advancements in detection and treatment, the numbers
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