With 20/20 vision being the benchmark for clarity of sight, here are some thoughts regarding vision for the present times, in the year 2020.
The Lewisboro Town Board is fully supportive of the town’s three fire departments and two ambulance units. Any suggestion that they discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender or any other discriminatory criteria is in our mind totally unfounded and slanderous. In our experience, they are …
The cover photo of The Record-Review Friday June 26 demonstrated a serious lack of judgement and a complete disconnect with the pandemic our country (and the world) is currently facing. While the accompanying article detailed the carefully planned precautions enabling local high schools to c…
We, the members of John Jay United for Racial Justice, want to introduce ourselves and our mission. John Jay United for Racial Justice has emerged in light of and stands in solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives. We are unequivocally committed to the values and necessity of the Movemen…
Things were looking so good. New York’s active virus caseload was trending strongly downward. The number of confirmed cases in our immediate communities hovered around a dozen — in total. The reopening phases around the state and in the Hudson Valley were progressing smoothly through each stage.
Your recent cover photo of John Jay graduates really hit me badly. I am all for seniors celebrating and being honored for the incredible resiliency they have exhibited this year. However, the picture of a group of girls bunched together without masks and visible touching was not the right me…
I write as an elected and representative official of the Town of Lewisboro. I am also a proud member of the group John Jay United for Racial Justice. All interested in the Movement for Black Lives are welcome to be in touch to see how you can be active in that community. It is about time the…
Go ahead. Grab a mitt and head out to a baseball field for a few innings of softball with your buddies.
Out here in northern Westchester where the urban fabric melts into the countryside, we’ve been largely spared many of the more horrific aspects of the virus-induced “pause.” We haven’t been regaled by endless sirens, and given the relative abundance of space, we’ve been able to at least go o…
I was rather amused, actually ashamed, when I heard our Commander-in-Chief urge all Americans to look up at the beautiful rocket that sped into the heavens to rendezvous with the space station. Let the record be clear, I do not demean nor disparage the bravery and courage of the two astronau…
Let’s all take a moment, look around and voice our heartfelt thanks to those on the front lines facing one crisis after another to secure our health and safety.
Let’s all take a moment, look around and voice our heartfelt thanks to those on the front lines facing one crisis after another to secure our health and safety.
On Tuesday, voters in the towns of Bedford, Lewisboro and Pound Ridge will select the Democratic nominee for New York State Assembly’s 93rd District.
I write to voice my strong support for Chris Burdick in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly to succeed David Buchwald, who is not seeking reelection (he's running for Congress).
I am writing in support of Jeremiah Frei-Pearson’s campaign for New York State Assembly in the 93rd District. Jeremiah grew up in Katonah, went to John Jay High School, and now lives in White Plains. His progressive law firm represents ordinary people in conflict with powerful interests: low…
I write in support of Chris Burdick and ask that people vote for the only elected official in the race for Assembly person for the district.
The pandemic crisis hit with force, fury and suddenness. It has affected everyone to some degree, some more than others. I’ve been in close contact with Bedford residents during this time, making sure they know what’s going on and making sure that I am doing my best to take care of their nee…
I am writing this in response to the signs dotting the landscape supporting Chris Burdick for state Assembly. As much as I would like to see him out of Bedford higher office is certainly not the answer. As supervisor, he has enacted laws such as the leaf blower law. Yet another example of a …
Bedford held its first Pride Flag raising on Friday, June 5, in celebration of LGBTQ Pride Month. The town board passed a resolution May 19 declaring June to be LGBTQ Pride Month in the Town of Bedford. At the ceremony were (front row), Council Member MaryAnn Carr, County Legislator Kitley C…
I recently found a photo from my senior high school prom. It is not only significant because it was a happy milestone in my life, but because my prom date (Edgar) and I went to an all-white, public elementary school together.
By any measure, the turnout at Saturday’s Bedford Rally for Black Lives Matter was extraordinary. Following tens of thousands of Americans who gathered in peaceful protest over the tragic killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, our communities refused to stand by idly in the…
What possible words of inspiration and comfort can you give to graduates this year?
We have been fortunate to have the indefatigable Chris Burdick at the helm in Bedford for the last four terms. He has delivered strategies to manage our tax burden, improve the environment and ensure less fortunate residents are treated fairly. Building teams with, and leveraging funding sou…
I write to urge voters to choose Bedford Town Supervisor Chris Burdick for New York State Assembly in the June 23 Democratic primary. The only elected leader running, Mr. Burdick has an impressive record of achievement, including free testing for COVID-19, infrastructure, greenhouse emission…
While our immediate attention and thoughts are with the death of George Floyd and the reflection it brought forth, we are reminded that real change starts at the ballot box. There is a primary election coming up shortly, and I’m placing my full support behind Chris Burdick to represent us in…
I would like to urge you to vote for Chris Burdick for state Assembly on June 23. I have known Chris for many years, and this is my takeaway: Chris is very knowledgeable, hard-working, and he gets things done. Many times he gets things done that surprise me that he could.
I’m writing in support of Alexandra White’s candidacy to the board. I met Alex while at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, where I have worked as a clinical social worker since 2006.
I hope that you will join me in supporting Kristen Browde for New York State Assembly in the 93rd District. I’ve had the great pleasure of meeting Kristen and speaking with her about issues that are adversely affecting us here in northern Westchester. I have found her to be intelligent, earn…
I would be doing a disservice to the people of New York, if I did not convey my experience having Chris Burdick as town supervisor in Bedford. My motivation is simply to shed light on what kind of person Mr. Burdick is.
Though The Record –Review supports Proposition #2 in the 2020-21 Katonah-Lewisboro School District budget, which calls for the transfer of up to $725,600 in general funds for the purchase of seven new replacement school buses (“School budgets take sensible approach,” May 29), district voters…
I live in a multi-generational neighborhood, a friendly combination of ages, their birth years starting with the 1930s, on through the ‘50s, ‘80s, millennials and new, sweet 2020 babies. We live in a generous mix of shared experience, energy, goodwill and promise.
As a longtime resident of Bedford and Westchester County, I am writing to express my enthusiastic support for Chris Burdick for New York State Assembly. Chris is uniquely qualified to represent us in Albany and is the only candidate to actually hold elected office. For more than six years a…
Will pursue approach to education focusing on the whole child
In the past three months, almost 40 million Americans have lost their jobs, but our BCSD employees are at no risk of unemployment, or even inconvenience. The May 15 -Record-Review reported a 1.89% increase in school spending as a harsh austerity move. The median costs for a teacher at BCSD a…
Seventeen Westchester County towns already have limitations on the use of leaf blowers. Leaf blower emissions and noise are not just environmental problems, but have been deemed public health issues as well.
We don’t envy the tough jobs our school district leaders have in any school year. But as the spring semester of 2020 winds down, it’s hard to remember one as challenging as this one.
You know, Matthew, I never thought I would be writing this letter.
I have to voice my concerns over the Town of Pound Ridge’s decision to purchase the property on 7 Old Pound Road. Their reasoning for the purchase is “pie in the sky.” We’re told the property is in demand and being offered “under market value.” The land has been on the market for years and …
I am OK with paying an additional $26.26 per year to purchase a large parcel of land adjacent to any other open land in Pound Ridge. I want to say that I fully support the purchase of the Old Pound Road property and see the long-term value. Kevin Hansan and his colleagues and advisors have i…
I am writing to express my support for Alexandra White for the Bedford Central Board of Education. I have gotten to know Alex over the past four years, as a fellow parent, friend and an active community member. I have also had the privilege to work with Alex on the BCSD Elementary Language I…
Editor’s note: The author, a South Salem resident, wrote the following poem in honor of her sister, Margaret Correa, who is making face masks for the pandemic.
Bedford’s teachers feel we must set the record straight regarding salary freezes for the school district’s teachers.
Two holidays provide punctuation points in this pandemic. Or maybe they’re more like incidental bookends. Remember St. Patrick’s Day and the fuss we made over groups that celebrated irresponsibly during the very week the country declared a national health emergency? Now Memorial Day is here …
I’m struck by the number of people who wave at me. It used to be you waved at people you knew, or strangers with whom you had some kind of spontaneous bond: another Jeep driver, or a fellow bicyclist heading the opposite way. Now, perhaps because our human interaction is so limited, we seem …
Here’s an interesting fact in the times of COVID-19. When Westchester County District Attorney Tony Scarpino took office three years ago, 34 of the assistant district attorneys did not have laptops. Can you imagine what would be happening now if DA Tony Scarpino had not had the foresight to …
On behalf of the 5,400 essential postal workers in Westchester, we thank the residents for the many positive notes, drawings, and messages of encouragement posted at the mailboxes for our employees.
How are residents, largely stuck in the monotony of observing stay-at-home restrictions, getting a lift these days?
Sustainability is true Zero Waste. But we lack a clear understanding of the need to move in this direction and we are not convinced that such policies are required — that half measures will not suffice. While it is obvious to many that our present destructive policies are clearly detrimental…
This letter is in response to Dean Zarras’ letter in the May 1 edition of The Record-Review (“Commentary the chance to give brutal economic lesson”). Criticisms describing what we are doing wrong are less helpful than unity of purpose to combat-- the coronavirus and the economic hardships th…
With Earth Day here once again and as our country and world suffer from COVID-19, we find ourselves in a dysfunctional state, all around. And I’ve been pondering how we can move beyond our everyday lives towards true sustainability. Not only for recycling and energy reduction, but, more broa…
Pound Ridge Partnership Board Member Susan Grissom has often said that the members of the Partnership are “like family.” In fact, those members of the community who participate in our organization’s events have become part of that extended family. In the course of working together, we become close.
