Guest Columns

By Neil H. Reig   Technology can be a wonderful thing. It certainly enables us to connect in ways we never dreamed of back in the 1970s when I was a child growing up in Brooklyn.   Back then, there were

By Ed Lachterman This is an open letter to state Sen. Peter Harckham and Assemblyman Kevin Byrne. As the state representatives for Yorktown, I am writing to you to voice my deep concerns regarding the current crop of legislation being

By Michael Gold One thousand years is a long time to be lonely.  Sitting by the side of the road, abandoned after an all-too-brief encounter with their owners, often flattened by automobiles, lying in the dirt, they silently judge our

By Rob Astorino As New York continues to move to reopen our economy and society, the governor and state legislature must also move to rebuild our state. While it’s true that no state suffered more from the coronavirus, it’s also true that New York is among

By Sophia Spiegel With the cancellation of summer camps, study programs and family vacations, students find themselves reimagining their summer plans within the parameters of social distancing and the new realities of COVID-19. Imagination is an ability that children develop

By Frank Del Campo So much is being reported in the mainstream media and on social media about systemic racism in our communities. It was demonstrated within our own Mahopac community on Flag Day, with a rally culminating at our

By Laura Scott Schaefer Scattered Books has been getting a lot of interesting requests since the pandemic began. We have morphed into a book (and advice) delivering machine. Need a birthday basket for a seven-year-old child who wants to be a speckled

By Susan Siegel Do industrial facilities belong in residential neighborhoods? Your neighborhood? That’s the question that will be before the Yorktown Town Board at a public hearing on June 16. The issue: A proposed amendment to the zoning code that