Ask Halston Media readers with electric heat their biggest gripe, and their skyrocketing electric bill is the likely answer. Cold weather blanketing our region since December and the electric bills that follow have them steaming. A major cause... more

Do you believe in messages from the dead? That was the question my sister-in-law, Alice, suddenly asked as we sat at her kitchen table playing Scrabble. We never play Scrabble together—aside from the occasional online game of Words With... more

In his first day in office, Mayor Mamdani took the dangerous step of repealing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism. The IHRA definition is a widely recognized tool used to clearly identify and confront... more

Dear Editor I appreciate the core idea behind your column “No Kings – and no double standards,” but the opinion piece itself is riddled with double standards. It is loaded, in every sense of the word, with inaccuracies and false equivalencies,... more

I am a self-proclaimed Queen of Skeptics, which is no small feat considering I am simultaneously the Queen of all Instagram ad Suckers. Social media and, well, just the way things are going right now in the world, has me questioning almost... more

I am a 17-year-old high school student in Mahopac, New York. We both attended Chicago's Riot Fest, last week, and I want to express my viewpoint about the GWAR performance. At Riot Fest 2025 in Chicago, the heavy metal band GWAR shocked... more

First it was 60 Minutes. Slapped with a frivolous $10-billion lawsuit by President Trump, Paramount, the show’s corporate parent, chose to pay Trump $16 million and degrade the iconic TV newsmagazine’s editorial independence rather than defend... more

Last week, in the gym of the Yorktown Community & Cultural Center, community members gathered to commemorate two years since the Oct. 7 massacre. It was my second year organizing this memorial. After bringing Nova Music Festival survivor Atir... more

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,... more

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... more

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... more

“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... more

Public education is under attack. Recent actions taken by President Trump and Congress will directly reduce funding to school districts, which has added even more urgency to a local crisis that is a direct threat to our Mahopac schools. Hostile... more

Anyone who has ever lost a pet will understand that I wrote this column with a heavy heart. There is never a way to fully prepare yourself to say farewell, even though we all know how the story will … more