More Insights from ACCES-VR Staff, Past and Present ‘Toxic Workplace’ Plagues Organization This is the third installment of a series about issues impacting people with disabilities. At the risk of burying the lead, forgive me as I start more toward the beginning, and
Read MoreLockheed Martin: ‘Questions About UAPs Are Best Addressed by the U.S. Government’ This is the second installment in a series about the scientifically unexplained. Apparently even when you hold the illustrious position in the United States government of deputy assistant secretary of
Read MoreBy Adam Stone Local artist Paul Greco was pulling into his Yonkers driveway on a seemingly ordinary evening in November 2020, on Friday the 13th, when he looked up at the sky and witnessed what he concluded was more than
Read MoreLounging on a Jersey Shore beach one afternoon last week, away for a brief family vacation, I realized I wouldn’t have time to report out a deep-dive column. That evening I started a new Netflix binge, a thought-provoking documentary, “Surviving Death,”
Read MoreIndulge me for a moment on a circuitous path to the point. Just last Monday, when conducting an off-the-record interview with a local legislative staffer about disability-related issues, the conversation took a surprise turn. The source asked me if I
Read MoreNew School-Based Clinics a Potential ‘Game-Changer’ Let me start off with a not-so-little news nugget I learned last week. Within the next two to three years, there might be as many as about 80 school-based mental health clinics (run by
Read MoreOur Special Report Shows How Area People in Need ‘Fall Off a Cliff’ After High School This is the second installment in a continuing series about issues impacting local people with disabilities, and the need for improvement. By Adam Stone
Read MoreNew Rochelle’s Ann Chiappetta, like most blind people, maneuvers around all manner of challenges on a daily basis that most folks likely never consider. For instance, in our digital age, just imagine what it’s like to navigate a website that
Read MoreWith his best friend and sister Dollyne Bohn living hours away, in Delaware County, Pa., the 2020 pandemic year was a punishing time for our late digital editor, Robert Schork. Holed up in his Yonkers home, Robert was devastated to
Read MoreNowadays, in her free time, you might find Mia Wheeler flashing her incredible street roller skating skills. It’s a hobby that helps divert her mind temporarily from the ghastly memories. But before she turned her life around, Wheeler had no
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