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Daniel Strauss, 86, passed away peacefully on April 6, 2026.
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By Michael Hickins
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4/8/26
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Not all Jets fans are created equal.
I would consider myself a level four Jets fan. Season ticket holder. I fly my Jets flag on the mailbox every game. I'm an eternal optimist, loving this time of year better than any since we are undefeated in...
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BY DON SCOTT
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4/4/26
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As spring arrives, Jewish families around the world begin preparing for Passover. Kitchens are scrubbed, shelves are cleared and all chametz (leavened bread) is removed from the home. While this intense cleaning may seem unusual, the physical...
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BY YEHUDA HEBER
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4/4/26
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For several years when my daughter was little, between the ages of 4 and 7, I kept a bowl of mini marshmallows on our Passover table.
It was not part of the traditional ritual meal. It was simply a parenting strategy. Every time she or one of the...
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4/4/26
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My childhood memories surrounding Easter centered around family.
We would have a family gathering at one of three places: our home in North Bergen, N.J., my aunt and uncle’s home in the Bronx, or my other uncle and aunt’s home in River Edge, N.J....
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BY PAUL HAVILAND
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4/4/26
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The murder of Sheridan Gorman — a Yorktown High School graduate killed in Chicago — isn’t a distant headline for our readers. It’s a name they recognize, a family they know, a grief that needs no explanation.
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Stand in the entrance of any school building that has a Westchester County School Resource Officer (SRO) and you will see that officer know the name of every kid who walks into that building.
You will see smiles, you will see high-fives and you...
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BY KEN JENKINS
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4/3/26
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No one can truly understand what that phone call felt like. The kind of call that stops time. The kind of call that no parent, no family, should ever have to receive. In a single moment, everything …
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3/30/26
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After the cold stretch last week, I’m looking outside having the same thought I have every year around this time: I cannot do one more weekend of acting like I’m perfectly happy being indoors.
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BY ROBIN MURPHY
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3/27/26
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Happy start of spring! After an intense winter here in Westchester, the warmer weather is a welcome change. As everything begins to thaw, many families are turning their attention to spring break, but I’m already looking ahead to summer.
In...
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BY ERICA TERRY
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3/27/26
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Dear Editor,
My name is Karen Rubinson, I am a native New Yorker, a 30-year Yorktown resident, and a 21-year breast cancer survivor. While I have never written to the newspaper about politics before, the...
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3/27/26
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March has a reputation: it barges in like a lion, then sneaks out like a lamb. The phrase has been floating around weather folklore for generations, the kind of seasonal shorthand that still nails the mood. And the month’s name doesn’t exactly...
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3/27/26
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Recently, a very close friend gave me an important book: The Discourses of Epictetus.
That amazing book opened my eyes to the incredible world of Stoicism. Today, Stoicism stands as one of the most enduring and influential philosophical...
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3/27/26
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The Town of Yorktown is taking a thoughtful and deliberate approach to evaluating the future of its Emergency Medical Services (EMS), with a clear priority: ensuring high-quality, reliable care while maintaining fiscal responsibility for...
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3/27/26
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A pizza or an ambulance?
A choice you may have to make. Not today – but very possibly sometime in the near future. Exactly when depends on what level of emergency medical services (EMS) you want Yorktown to provide its residents – and how much...
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3/27/26
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Dear Editor,
Yes, the defeat of the Granite Springs cell tower is a sweet win for the local residents (and Yorktown residents writ large). But the biggest win of all is for community itself. The idea...
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3/27/26
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Many are of the belief that because they have several million dollars’ worth of assets (including their home(s), savings accounts, and retirement monies), they...
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BY ANTHONY J. ENEA
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3/27/26
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The other night I was changing channels to find something to watch on TV.
I found an old black and white episode of the Andy Griffith Show centered around Sheriff Andy Taylor, his young son, Opie, and their Aunt Bee. This homey old-time sitcom...
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3/27/26
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Alfred North Whitehead, one of the greatest thinkers of all time, famously announced in 1929, “the safest general characterization of European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.”
In other words, all...
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BY JAMES MARTORANO
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3/27/26
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By the time you read this, the Town Board will have held another public hearing on the proposed Homeland Towers cell tower project on Granite Springs Road.
As of this writing, the outcome is unknown. But whatever the board decides, one thing is...
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3/27/26
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