As a 17-year-old, I know that my future depends on addressing the climate crisis now. On July 13, NASA certified that June was the hottest on record. Recently, nearly 110 million people, one-third of the U.S. population, were under excessive
Read MoreThe Yorktown Town Board’s first act under the leadership of newly-appointed Supervisor Tom Diana was awarding a multimillion-dollar multiyear garbage contract to Competitive Carting. Competitive Carting had a rocky start and it went downhill from there. Excuses were made and
Read MoreI am writing in response to a letter to the editor that claims “we have nothing to fear but fear itself,” dismissing residents of the 17th Congressional District who have real, valid concerns about crime. For most of the year,
Read MoreThe Yorktown Town Board, comprised entirely of Republican members, recently granted a huge tax abatement to Unicorn Contracting related to its development at the Soundview property at the intersection of Underhill Road and Route 118. The merits of offering an
Read MoreIn a letter “Yorktown Officials Failed to Secure a Reliable Garbage Hauler,” (July 18-24) the author, Jann Mirchandani, clearly presents you, the reader, with many accusations without offering any solid proof or any proof at all. The author’s comments also
Read MoreBy Morris Gut I had been hearing buzz about a small, local seafood restaurant in Ossining named Brothers Fish & Chips that served creatively prepared specialties, so we took the drive. We pulled up to a nondescript strip mall along
Read MoreBy Michael Gold My mother lived by values that are often considered unfashionable these days, as we suffer the daily bombardments of slick models, actors and pop stars who constantly post pictures of themselves sunning on yachts or pitching their
Read MoreScott Charles Mettey, a resident of Putnam Valley, died July 22. He was 41. Mettey was a jewelry consultant and a musician who enjoyed playing the organ. He was also a bagpiper, a pipe major and a member of the
Read MoreDutch American painter Joop Sanders, a founding member of the Abstract Expressionist art movement and the youngest of the first wave of New York School artists, died July 6 at his home in Putnam Valley. He was 101. An early
Read MoreBenedict S. Caterinicchio, more often called Ben or Doctor Cat, a resident of Mount Kisco for 59 years, died on July 25 at Phelps Hospital in Sleepy Hollow after suffering a heart attack. Ben was born at home on Feb.
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