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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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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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Americans deserve better than slogans. Every election season, politicians stand at podiums delivering speeches that say nothing, while TV ads show grainy photos of opponents and dramatic voiceovers warning that the other person is dangerous,...
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BY JOHN MOOREN
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8/8/26
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The first responsibility of government is simple: to protect its citizens by upholding the rule of law.
Laws exist to create order, protect innocent people, provide justice for victims, and ensure that everyone is treated equally under a common...
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BY ED LACHTERMAN
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8/8/26
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The most basic responsibility of town government is to keep our roads, parks and intersections safe for the people who live here.
That means walking through Yorktown with an eye for what could go wrong: a park without a safe water source, a road...
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BY JANN MIRCHANDANI
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8/8/26
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Battery storage. Solar farms. Garbage transfer stations. Cell towers. Car washes. The list of quality-of-life issues that impact our daily lives, and are decided by our Town Board, keeps growing. Now add bicycle safety to the list — especially...
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BY SUSAN SIEGEL
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8/8/26
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I was a skinny kid. I remember complaining about it at the dinner table one time, probably around the time I was in seventh grade. I wanted to bulk up a little bit.
My brother, a football star in high school who later earned a football...
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BY BOB DUMAS
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8/8/26
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I've often said that getting old is a young man's game. I'm too advanced in years to put up with all the baggage goes along with aging. But if you really want to make yourself feel old, get yourself a puppy. And if you want...
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BY RICK MELÉN
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8/8/26
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