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TEACHING OUR CHILDREN THE LESSONS OF 9/11
An Op Ed from Assemblyman Matt Slater (R,C-Yorktown)
In Yorktown and across the Hudson Valley, reminders of September 11th are never far away. Many families here lost loved ones. Many more had neighbors,...
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Assemblyman Matt Slater
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9/23/25
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It is not unusual for a New Yorker who is faced with the prospect that their spouse will need long-term care in a nursing home (or at home for the rest of their life) to seriously contemplate the possibility of divorce.
While divorce has been...
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Anthony J. Enea
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9/23/25
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In January 2024, an MRI to see if I had a spinal issue turned my life upside down: it revealed a kidney tumor. My spine was fine, but at age 42, I suddenly wondered, “Do I have cancer? Am I going to die?”
Over the past year and a half, I’ve...
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Rabbi Sarah Freidson
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9/23/25
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As the buzz of lively cicadas and humidity of heat waves come to an end, the obnoxious ring of the school bell interrupts the daydream that was summer.
This is a tale as old as time, but summers for students aren’t what they used to be. Here’s...
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BY ANNA HUBER
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9/23/25
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Free speech, consequences, and what we can learn from Kirk
Last week, we reported on a School Resource Officer in Somers losing her post after making inflammatory remarks about Charlie Kirk.
While her words were ugly, I don’t believe she posed...
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9/19/25
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“When people stop talking, that’s when bad things happen.” – Charlie Kirk.
Sure enough, bad things did happen last Wednesday, September 10, at Utah Valley University. Charles J. Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, was shot dead at the first...
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BY MILLIE MCCORMACK & LIANNA MARTONE
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9/16/25
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When news broke of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, my first thoughts weren’t about politics.
They were about my kids. Without any prompting from me, for many months now, they had been watching Kirk’s videos on YouTube. It struck me that someone I...
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This summer, I leaned hard into our family’s unofficial tradition: experiences over things. When it comes to birthdays and milestones, we’ve learned that roller coasters, water parks and tennis matches make for far more lasting memories than gift...
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9/2/25
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The recently signed monumental Rescissions Act of 2025 has been the center of intense interest and controversy.
Narrow margins in both the House of Representatives and the Senate approved it. Presumably, each elected official weighed the pros and...
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By James Martorano
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8/13/25
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There are few situations where five simple words can instantly silence an entire ship of people.
“This is your captain speaking…”
Any experienced traveler knows that missed connections, canceled flights, and other mishaps are part of the journey....
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By Tom Walogorsky
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8/13/25
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Dear Letter,
I’m writing in response to Don Scott’s recent opinion piece, “From Cuomo to Mamdani – What Westchester Can Learn from NYC’s Left Turn,” (July 3, Page 12).
Don raises an important point: New York City’s extreme progressivism isn’t...
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By Mike Palladino
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8/13/25
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My mom planned summer vacations for our family each year when I was growing up.
I recall a really fun beach vacation on the island of Jamaica where I met a new friend, Susan, who lived in Illinois. My dad was the driver on long car trips to...
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By Kim Kovach
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8/13/25
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Dear Editor,
Every day my dad would pick up the local paper from the street corner box.
All my working life I received the paper and I can say there’s never been a shortage of good editorials defending democracy, which some seem to take for...
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By Jean Duckett
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8/13/25
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Dear Editor,
Don Scott's piece titled “When ideology trumps safety” (June 5, Page 16) oversimplifies the issue. Yes, the majority supports deporting criminal immigrants, but is an immigrant in jail necessarily a criminal? Could they be in jail...
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By Richard Levine
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8/13/25
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When was the last time you walked a factory floor? Dined at a Denny's or an IHOP?
If you're like most of us, the answer is never - or it's been a very long time. Those are just a couple of questions posed in a film produced by Michael Smerconish...
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By Don Scott
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8/13/25
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One of the most common concerns clients have about transferring a home that is subject to a mortgage to an inter vivos trust (a trust created during one’s lifetime) is whether doing so will trigger the due-on-sale (“DOS”) clause of the...
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Anthony J. Enea
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8/13/25
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“Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.”
—Anthony Bourdain
As a fan of the simple pleasures in life, I applaud Anthony Bourdain’s thought. For me, those include a welcoming pub with straightforward, delicious food and a nice...
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BY JOHN BART
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8/1/25
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Dear Dr. Linda,
According to the Mirriam-Webster Dictionary, a vacation is defined as follows: 1) a period spent away from home or business in travel or recreation; 2) a scheduled period during which activity (as of a court or school) is...
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BY DR. LINDA SILBERT
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8/1/25
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Increasingly, Westchester County feels like New York City’s sixth borough.
During COVID, there was a mini-exodus from the city to Westchester, which drove up real estate prices and the overall cost of housing. The county is also experiencing a...
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7/2/25
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When you step out of the airport into a Caribbean country, it looks like the scene when "The Wizard of Oz" turns from black and white to color, hopefully after an easier landing than Dorothy's.The …
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Rick Melén
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6/28/25
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