[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 […]
Month: September 2016
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 […]
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 […]
Larchmont, Mamaroneck remember 9/11 victims
The evening was cool and breezy on Sunday, Sept. 11 as people of all ages gathered at Girl Scout Rock just outside Memorial Park in Larchmont to remember the 12 former residents who were killed on Sept. 11, 2001 in the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history. The town of […]
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 […]