Another day, another school shooting in America, with a gunman slaughtering three students and critically injuring five others at Michigan State University yesterday. It was heartbreaking to watch the coverage on the news this morning. National media outlets have seemed
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Turkish-American Westchester Moms Turn Tragedy into Common Cause To even come close to understanding why Zeynep Parlak Vitelli was shaking so hard a few days ago, you have to know what unfolded in her childhood a couple of decades ago. I’m
Read MoreI was excited to learn the news yesterday of Barnes & Noble returning to Hartsdale, after closing its Central Ave. store more than a decade ago, in 2012. Mount Kisco really took a body blow when Borders closed its doors in
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Westchester County Police have arrested Israel Cazanga, 63, of Moore Avenue in connection with last week’s hit-and-run incident in Mount Kisco that resulted in serious injuries to a pedestrian. Cazanga was taken into custody Tuesday following an investigation conducted by
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Credit to Southern District Judge for Saving the Day I was poking around for unrelated legal documents last week when I stumbled across a case that just wrapped up on Jan. 26 in the Southern District of New York federal courthouse in
Read MoreGov. Kathy Hochul’s desire to see 800,000 new housing units built in New York over the next decade has generated significant pushback from many municipal officials across the state, with local authorities eager to maintain unencumbered zoning control. While there’s some degree
Read MoreA pedestrian was seriously injured in a hit-and-run incident Monday night night at the intersection of Main and Boltis streets in Mount Kisco. A dark-colored SUV turned left from Main Street onto Boltis Street and struck the pedestrian before fleeing
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Evolving Role of Private Industry Both Entices and Unsettles Seniors This column is part of a series on CareMount / Optum and wider local healthcare issues. Sometimes when you write a column – hopefully most of the time – you
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Root Cause of Misinformation Age: Platforms More Than People Before I dive into this column, I just want to be clear that weekday trips to fancy Manhattan buildings, where I meet media bigwigs and thought leaders from academia, are many
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Is it just me, or did this first half of January zip by incredibly fast? A second ago we were ringing in the new year, and all of a sudden 2023 is already taking early shape. New York State Gov.
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