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After the first few days of kindergarten, I walked myself to school and so did most of the other kids.
It was rather far from my home, and in today’s world would have definitely been a school bus ride. My teacher at Ruggles Street School in...
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BY MARILYN PELLINI
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9/18/26
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I’ve been around music for most of my life, and I’ve always believed there was something about actually playing music that was good for you.
Not listening to it. Not...
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BY DUKE COVONE
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9/18/26
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Infrastructure is easy to take for granted — until something doesn’t work. A road deteriorates, a water main fails, a neighborhood loses...
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BY ELLEN CALVES
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9/18/26
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When it comes to the Spousal Sweepstakes, I hit the jackpot.
My wife, Stephanie, is my best friend and my biggest fan. The feeling is enthusiastically mutual. A few months ago, when I shared with her that I was considering putting my name on the...
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BY DON SCOTT
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9/18/26
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As former President and CEO of United Way of Westchester and Putnam, I know what a professional partnership with county government looks like.
The picture painted in the recent article on Putnam County’s $150,000 food-assistance appropriation is...
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BY ALANA SWEENY
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9/16/26
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By Supervisor Robert Scorrano
September 11, 2001, began as a beautiful, clear blue-sky morning in New York City.
I was working in Midtown Manhattan when the calls started coming in. A broker said a plane had hit the World Trade Center. We...
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BY ROBERT SCORRANO
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9/11/26
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This past July, our Chamber staff and Chairman Justin Wingenroth went to the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Annual Convention in New Orleans prepared to discuss how a small chamber can make a larger impression online.
We returned...
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BY CAROLE VOISEY
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9/11/26
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In 2017, natural gas supplied 40% of New York’s energy.
By 2022, according to the most recent information available form the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), more than 50% of the state’s energy was derived from natural gas. As for...
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BY SERGIO ESPOSITO
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9/4/26
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As a lifelong Yorktown resident, I have watched our community change and grow. Now, as a member of the Town Board, I see municipal government from another perspective. One thing...
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BY PATRICK MURPHY
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9/4/26
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When I was a child, the rules of responsibility were fairly simple. If you broke a neighbor’s window, you were expected to admit what you had done and pay for the repair....
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BY JAMES MARTORANO
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9/4/26
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Life is no day at the beach, sometimes even when you spend a day at the beach.
But here at our home away from home in Ocean City, Md., it's only 15 minutes away. And the beach is clean, free and enticing. I schlepped so much stuff from the car I...
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BY RICK MELÉN
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9/4/26
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Over the past several months, as I've been out and about in Yorktown — at local events, small businesses and in everyday conversations — one issue keeps coming up: the cost of energy.
People don't raise it in abstract policy terms. They talk...
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There are few things more rewarding as an educator than watching a young child discover something for the very first time.
A question. A new friendship. A book they cannot put down. The confidence to raise their hand and share an idea. These...
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BY DR. KAREN GAGLIARDI
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9/4/26
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The room fell quiet.
As our first responder roundtable was drawing to a close, I asked one final question:
“What mental health resources does New York state provide to support our local police officers, firefighters, EMTs and dispatchers after...
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BY MATT SLATER
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9/4/26
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After the death of a loved one it is not unusual for the family to delay making decisions or taking any...
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BY ANTHONY ENEA
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9/4/26
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"Eat as much of the local cuisine as you can, and drink the local beverages offered."
-Anthony Bourdain
I’ve heard from readers who are using KBM brewery profiles as craft beer travel guides, and I couldn’t be happier!
So we leaned into the...
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BY JOHN BART
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9/4/26
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Folding warm shirts and pajamas fresh from the clothes dryer, I held up one of my favorite summer T-shirts.
This soft, faded black short-sleeved T-shirt has bright pink lettering and images of an ice cream cone and a pink 1950’s car promoting...
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BY KIM KOVACH
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9/4/26
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Dear Dr. Linda,
We live in New York, but our daughter decided to only apply to colleges on the west coast.
No matter how we tried to change her mind, she wouldn’t listen. I understand that at the time there were many things happening at home,...
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9/4/26
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One of the most important responsibilities of local government is managing taxpayers' money wisely. Residents expect their town government to provide excellent public services, maintain roads and...
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BY ELLEN CALVES
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9/4/26
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Flock cameras have been garnering a lot of headlines recently.
They are also generating a lot of controversy across the country. So what exactly is a Flock camera? Flock is a brand name for a class of surveillance equipment known as ALPRs (which...
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BY DON SCOTT
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9/4/26
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