OPINION

Letter: Taken aback by columnist’s slight of esteemed Binghamton University

I am responding to Dick Hubert’s Worldview column from the week of Friday, July 5.

More residents living downtown will require more green space

With the advent of spring and summer, I’ve noticed much more use of Summerfield Park than in past years. 

Letter: An invitation to interfaith Bible study

The late Swedish theologian Krister Stendahl referred to antisemitism as Christianity's most persistent heresy and asked, “How can Christians read the Bible in a way that guards against antisemitism?” 

Dick Hubert’s Worldview: The need for National Service, and the only Presidential candidate who wants it

There’s one political issue in the 2019-20 Presidential campaign to which one candidate holds the exclusive rights – and which has hit my “YES!” button in the bullseye. 

Dick Hubert’s Worldview: The 2019 college admissions report and our local high schools: Lots of surprises

One last opportunity to wish our local high school graduates a successful, productive, and joy-filled life! And to put the “Angst of College Admission” spotlight on rising juniors and seniors and their families.

Dick Hubert’s Worldview: If you don’t have a Real ID compliant driver’s license by Oct. 1, 2020, and you don’t have an alternative

Editor Jananne Abel and I had a shared experience with different outcomes recently.

The Village Crier: Parking signage clarified

I’ve been complaining on and off for several months about the unclear signage at the permit parking area adjacent to Summerfield Park

The Village Crier: Relic removed

Back in January of this year I wrote about the payphone I walked by every day at the bottom of Broad Street on my way to work.

Letter: Exiting The Twilight Zone

It was over a decade ago when the redevelopment of United Hospital was supposed to revitalize Port Chester.

Letter: Parking trumps nature

The contractor at Port Chester High School has cut down four 50-foot-tall trees along College Avenue east of the driveway to the flagpole. 

Dick Hubert’s Worldview: The whole college admissions process is…(fill in the blank)

It’s hard to have sympathy for any of the players in the college admissions scandals, which seem to be revealing in an ongoing way that the competition to get into so-called “good colleges” has corrupted everyone involved in the process: 

Letter: Is corruption rearing its ugly head again?

It’s been many years since I felt that corruption was evident here in our village, but now I have the feeling that there is something not right again. 

Editorial: Blind Brook tries to shoot the messenger

Watchdog journalism: a facet of the profession devoted to informing the public about the critical happenings, both the good and the bad, regarding institutions and public figures.

Honestly Abe: Our society is unequal. Adversity scores won’t help.

The Roman thinker Horace once wrote, “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.”

Dick Hubert’s Worldview: Anatomy of Victory – and other D-Day thoughts

Today’s publication date of the Westmore News is June 6, 2019. It is the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, which Western historians nearly unanimously agree marked “one of the most consequential 24 hours in history.” Period.