Month: June 2016

Politics

Full GOP slate to vie for board majority

With the imminent departure of two Democratic village trustees, Ilissa Miller and David Finch, village Republicans will have a chance at three open seats and what the party hopes is its first board majority in [five?] years. With a majority on the Board of Trustees hanging in the balance, the […]

Opinion Sports

The fun in NBA conspiracies

I don’t mind saying it: I love conspiracy theories. Chemtrails, CIA mind control, the Illuminati “relocating” recently deceased celebrities to private, tropical islands. It’s not that I necessarily believe the tin-foil hat folks, I just love hearing their takes. But somewhere mixed in with the crowd that vigilantly dissected the […]

Opinion

My brother from another planet

Solomon Feuerwerker grew up as an alien. Not “alien” as in “illegal immigrant.” Alien as in from another planet. That planet was Williamsburg, Brooklyn. While many people in Williamsburg lead lives most of us can relate to, Solomon was the youngest of 11 children in an ultra-orthodox Jewish family. The […]

Features

Burger Blast: More than meats the eye

Attendees at the Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla ate and drank until the cows came home. On Thursday, June 9, Westchester Magazine’s fifth annual Burger and Beer Blast event, which was part of the monthly magazine’s sixth annual weeklong Wine and Food Festival, brought out a record number of almost […]