This piece is the first installment in a new Stone’s Throw series about issues impacting our local environment. Environmentalists Decry Ecological ‘Neglect’ at Park; County Says Grasslands to be Tended By Adam Stone Like so many people navigating 2020
Read MoreBy Adam Stone Local artist Paul Greco was pulling into his Yonkers driveway on a seemingly ordinary evening in November 2020, on Friday the 13th, when he looked up at the sky and witnessed what he concluded was more than
Read MoreOur Special Report Shows How Area People in Need ‘Fall Off a Cliff’ After High School This is the second installment in a continuing series about issues impacting local people with disabilities, and the need for improvement. By Adam Stone
Read MoreMost of Westchester’s state legislature delegation has thrown its support behind a proposal that would increase the state’s minimum wage to $21.25 by 2026 to help thousands of lower-paid workers keep pace with inflation. The Raise the Wage Act would
Read MoreDr. Aliza Erber may have been too young to remember the Holocaust, but she was a victim along with millions of others whose lives and families were decimated by the Nazis. Erber, a rabbi and a podiatrist, was born in
Read MoreA bill to equip school buses throughout Westchester County with stop arm cameras has been introduced to the Board of Legislators, which would enable fines to be levied against motorists caught on video passing stopped busess. County Executive George Latimer
Read MoreWestchester County police took three teenage suspects into custody last Wednesday night on the Taconic State Parkway after the vehicle they were traveling in had been reported stolen in Yonkers a short time earlier. Patrol officers stopped a 2009 Acura
Read MoreDemocratic majorities in the state Senate and Assembly agreed last week to reject Gov. Kathy Hochul’s transit-oriented development component from her proposed Housing Compact, countering with incentives for municipalities that participate in a housing growth plan. In the legislature’s proposed
Read MoreWhile independence-craving teenagers frequently strive for individuality and setting themselves apart from the crowd when they arrive at college, Mikela Stephenson aspired to be – and be treated – just like everybody else when she began her studies at Manhattanville
Read MoreThe local chapter of Habitat for Humanity last week launched a new program that will help make certain improvements to the homes of eligible Westchester seniors to allow more older residents to remain in their homes. Aging in Place is
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