Mike Lawler’s prominent Republican visitors keep arriving with a similar complaint: The congressman will not leave them alone. They seem to mean it as a compliment. When President Donald Trump visited Rockland Community College in May, he...
United for the Troops (UFT), the local charity that sends care packages to American soldiers overseas, has found a new home in Mahopac—at least temporarily.
Motorists were confused by DOT signs flashing a start date of Oct. 12 for the Route 22 culvert project in North Salem.
Service above self: Mount Kisco’s Anthony J. Monteleone is the very embodiment of that phrase, according to the folks who gathered recently to celebrate the 91-year-old community pillar.
Food insecurity is skyrocketing across Westchester, with up to on in three households currently at the risk of hunger, local relief organizations report. Blame persistent inflation, high gas and grocery prices, escalating housing costs and...
The Town of Yorktown sought to clear up a discrepancy over who owned a patch of land behind the Fieldstone Manor development that has been under scrutiny for quite some time.
Fifteen years after the deaths of Amy Perez and her two young children, friends and members of the community who knew the Cross River family are coming together to honor their memories and help create a safer, more hopeful future for...
It is not unusual for a client to tell me that they have taken steps to avoid probate by having their assets held in joint name with their spouse and/or loved one. While in a perfect world this may appear to be true, in many instances, there are...
This weekend's Hispanic Heritage Festival in Mount Kisco is among the community events for locals to enjoy.
I was surprised by how emotional I became on the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Like so many Americans, I have my own memories of that day. Thankfully, I did not lose someone close to me. I cannot pretend that my experience compares with what so many...
Dear Dr. Linda, Let me begin by saying that I value what teachers do. I wouldn’t want to spend all day teaching kids. But sometimes they act as if they have all the answers and they don’t. My daughter is in third grade and I know she has...
There comes a time in your life when you start to take an informal inventory of all the fun and fantastic things you've done over the years, and you realize that there's a whole wide world of experiences out there that you haven't experienced, and...
Back-to-school season has a way of catching up with you, even when your own school days are long behind you. The air shifts. Calendars fill up. Store aisles suddenly smell like pencil shavings and fruit-scented markers. That old first-day feeling...
I was recently told that my niece Beth has cancer. Hearing her name alongside that diagnosis brought back losses I know too well. My father died in my arms after suffering from colon cancer. My Fordham classmate Patricia died of the same disease. My good friend Stew succumbed to pancreatic cancer. I could keep naming people. When I hear the words
The Tigers flipped the page to October and turned their attention to the back half of the season.
Our community offers several safe, accessible options for disposing of batteries, light bulbs and medications.
