Guest Columns

By Michael Gold The pesticides, herbicides and fungicides we put on our lawns aren’t just killing insects and weeds, Filipine Hoogland explained. The vast majority of them are infiltrating our waters, harming a host of animals that support our ecosystems,

By Marilyn Elie Nuclear reactors are decommissioned. The rest of the clean-up is a massive deconstruction job, a lot of which involves low level or non-radioactive material. Items like laundry and workers’ gear are considered low level. Some of the

By Michael Gold The birds are back in town. Blue jays, cardinals, orioles and other birds not named for baseball teams, such as meadowlarks, tree swallows, red-winged blackbirds – millions of birds – have been arriving in Westchester since late

By Michael Gold The men walk into the First Presbyterian Church in Ossining from the cold March night, brief snow showers preceding their arrival. Their jackets don’t look warm enough for the brisk weather. Many of them arrived from jobs

By Rabbi Yehuda Heber Friday evening, Apr. 15, is the start of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The holiday spans eight days, ending Saturday evening, Apr. 23. Some of the Passover observances include not eating leavened bread, and having a Seder

By Michael Gold Westchester and Putnam residents, harried to the edge of exasperation in their professional lives and consumed with their telephones, computers and TVs 24/7, may find release and reconnection with what’s truly important at the Linwood Spiritual Center.