Guest Columns

By Josh Sommers Underhill Farm will enhance Yorktown Heights’ future by providing several solutions to community issues. Underhill Farm, on the former Soundview Preparatory School property, would offer a park-like walkable community with townhomes, condominiums and apartments. The campus will

By Timothy Glass, Laurie Noonan and Susan Siegel On paper, Yorktown’s ethics law requires all town officials to adhere to high ethical standards. It also creates a non-political ethics board with a mission to carry out the law. Yet, since

By Lori Morton, Bonnie Golub, Hank Lubin, Lousie Lubin and Jonathan Russell We are writing as Chappaqua residents and members of the Community Liaison Committee, invited by the New Castle fire commissioners 15 months ago to learn about the planned

By Veronica Ribeiro, Eric K. Hildenbrand and Lynne Lambert New Castle Fire District No. 1 has scheduled an Apr. 25 referendum for a $15.2 million addition to its firehouse. As members of the Community Liaison Committee (CLC), a group that

By Assemblywoman Dana Levenberg I write to update the community on my office’s work to advocate for improvements to our roads. In February, I met with representatives from the state Department of Transportation (DOT) Region 8 to discuss the state

By Steven Waldman   At first blush it might be hard to believe that New York – the news media capital of the United States – has a shortage of news.  But it does – and its rapidly reaching crisis

By John Ravitz The New York State film and television tax credit that is creating thousands of new jobs in Westchester County must be extended and expanded to keep this thriving and prestigious industry growing within our borders. In her

By Deborah Pangle The battle to save a dog chained for 10 years in Ossining ended in a denial and rejection in Westchester County Court on Jan. 23 to have her rescued from her owner and placed in a loving

By Trish Sullivan-Rothberg The 180-page Underhill Farm Full Environmental Assessment Form (EAF) submitted to the Planning Board is inadequate, incomplete and unacceptable. It fails to meet the basic requirements of the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA). It ignores potential