By SUPPORT CONNECTION
July 25, 2017Support Connection, Inc. announces the launch of the 2017 “Team Spirit” campaign for their Annual Support-A-Walk for Breast and Ovarian Cancer, which will take place on Sunday, October 1, ...
By SUSAN SIEGEL
September 13, 2017Are Yorktown’s residential neighborhoods in danger? Is the town board undermining our existing zoning by an excessive—and inappropriate—use of an obscure provision of the zoning code that allows a parcel to be rezoned to an open-ended, anything is permissible, 100 percent negotiated “transitional zone”?
It’s time to take a closer look at this emerging ...
By ANDY BAZZO
I have written repeatedly that the media cannot separate Trump from his supporters. They did not create him, so they, no matter how hard they have tried, cannot take him down. Only Trump can separate himself from his supporters.
Last Thursday I woke up to headlines saying Trump, Schumer and Pelosi have brokered a deal that will enshrine amnesty on the “Dreamers,” promise more ...
By JIM MARTORANO
When I was 20, I was confronted with the following allegory: imagine that the wisest person who ever lived is dying. As a parting gift to the planet, the wisest one has agreed to travel the world and answer people’s questions. Luckily, after waiting in line for hours, you are able to ask your one question. What is your question?
Actually, this allegory is from a whole family of questions ...
By BRUCE APAR
Author’s Note: Mom + Pop Culture are a couple of real characters. They could be you and me. Or not. Every so often, I eavesdrop on their conversations. Let’s listen in on what they’re saying right now about Pop’s penchant for writing Letters to the Editor…
MOM: Whatcha doin’ there, Pop?
POP: Writin’, Mom.
MOM: Writin’ what?
POP: A ...
By TRACY BECKERMAN
“What’s in the bag?” I asked my mother as she got into the car. She had just come out of the hair salon and apparently had been talked into buying some high-end hair products.
“New shampoo,” she said with some excitement. “My old shampoo was terrible. It really dried out my hair.”
“What brand were you using?” I asked. She thought for a ...
By DR. LINDA SILBERT
Dear Dr. Linda,
We’re only into the second week of school and our fifth-grade son, Joey, doesn’t want to go to school again. He’s never liked school. For years we blamed his teachers. Then we put him in private school and it didn’t get better.
He’s a bright kid and self-driven. When he’s home, he’s never bored. He’s not playing video games or ...
Sun, September 24, 2:00 PM
John C. Hart Memorial Library, Shrub Oak
Tue, September 26, 7:00 PM
Support Connection, Yorktown Heights
Sun, October 1, 9:00 AM
FDR State Park, Yorktown Heights
By DANA STAHL
Dana Stahl, a learning specialist and educational consultant, will address educational questions and concerns that parents may have regarding their children’s academic development and progress in school. Topics can center on how to handle homework dilemmas to what questions to ask at a CSE meeting. Questions can range from “How best do parents advocate for their children?” to ...
