Month: September 2016

Opinion Sports

Are you ready for some football?

[dropcap]B[/dropcap]aseball might still be America’s pastime, but I think it’s getting increasingly hard to deny one simple fact: Football is America’s sport. The NFL kicked off the 2016 season in earnest on Sept. 11, as the league aired its first slate of Sunday games, prompting football fans all across the […]

News

Hundreds grieve 9/11 loses at Rising memorial

Moments before the sun set below the tree line on Sunday, Sept. 11, a golden light was cast upon the eastern corner of the Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla, where the county’s official 9/11 memorial was erected a decade ago. Comprised of 109 silver beams pointed to the heavens—one of […]

Opinion

Homelessness and hunger in Westchester

We have been writing about homelessness and/or volunteering on their behalf for many years. Food Bank for Westchester, FBW, using their Mobile Pantry, a 36-foot commercially equipped truck, travels throughout Westchester County delivering food to impoverished areas. Our culture demonizes those in need of food assistance and shelter. This stereotype […]

Opinion

Re: Shore Arces Club’s water quality article

To the Editor, Using soundhealthexplorer.org is a great way for Mamaroneck residents to learn about the health of local beaches. The article “Water Quality Trouble Looms at Shore Acres Club” published on July 22, however, misinterprets some of the site’s data, resulting in a doom and gloom scenario. We want […]