OPINION

Letter: Calling all high schoolers interested in government

If you are a high school student and interested in government and how the legislative process works, the League of Women Voters of Rye, Rye Brook and Port Chester is accepting nominations for our Students in Albany Conference on May 17-20, 2020. 

Letter: Board of confusion versus Port Chester Board of Education

Monday night, Jan. 6, the three final candidates for consideration as the next Port Chester High School principal were made available to answer questions from the audience at the Port Chester High School auditorium. 

Letter: Port Chester High School principal search: Business as usual?

On Jan. 6, the Port Chester School District held a community forum at the high school with the three finalists for the high school principalship. 

Dick Hubert’s Worldview: News isn’t free, the last brunch, and other Doral Arrowwood musings

 I rarely write about the same subject two columns in a row, so I hope regular Westmore News subscribers will be understanding this time out: along with perhaps thousands of others in and around our community, I’m still facing up to the reality of the forced closing of the Doral …

Letter: Bird-window collisions

According to Michigan Audubon, up to 1 billion birds are killed each year from window strikes, making window collisions the second largest threat to bird populations in the U.S. Each residence is estimated to kill about two birds each year. 

Dick Hubert’s Worldview: Requiem for Doral Arrowwood

A lot of emotions, yes, deeply held emotions, are coursing through our community as you read this.

Dick Hubert’s Worldview: The Republican political divide in our community

We could all see and feel and touch the damage when Hurricane Sandy touched down in our little corner of the world.

Letter: The time is ripe for change

Let me start by saying I applaud the recent change in the way the Board of Education is conducting business. 

Making Sense of the Census: 2020 Census – Impact of Census counts over time

The 24th decennial census of the United States will take place in the first quarter of 2020, and its launch is fast approaching. 

Letter: The marketing of militarism

I would like to thank Jerry Morano for his response to my letter last week. It is an appropriate introduction to the follow-up letter I was already writing.

Dick Hubert’s Worldview: Bugs in our operating systems, or, what Apple says about our lives

If you have a relatively new Apple iPhone as I do, you’ve probably been installing more than the normal share of updates to their latest operating system (IOS 13) because the code writing team just hasn’t been able to deliver a bug free operating system from the get-go.

Dick Hubert’s Worldview: Tales of the Caribbean, political violence, and a mayor who is a professional bookie

When you’re a journalist, even on vacation, the news follows you, and thus on a recent Caribbean cruise the “news gods” were with me every step of the way.

Letter: A standing building and grounds committee is problematic

I wanted to respond to last week's article that the Port Chester Board of Education is being pushed into creating a buildings and grounds committee. 

Letter: Shame on P.C. letter writer for her anti-veteran rhetoric

After reading Port Chester's Nancy Mattson's despicable and vicious anti-veteran letter thanking County Legislator Nancy Barr and former Blind Brook School Board Member Dan Savitt for being in opposition to the Veterans Tax Exemption in Rye Brook, as Communications Director for the Vietnam Veterans of America, Westchester and an 80% …