County battles ‘charter’ air carrier over private vs. public terminal use
Westchester County and Delux Air Charter are engaged in what for Delux is an existential battle for their very survival as a business operating out of Westchester County Airport (HPN) and for the County a “do or die” legal struggle to maintain control of commercial airline activity at HPN through its Terminal Use Procedures (TUP).
Breeze to fly to Raleigh/Durham out of Westchester starting May 3
Breeze Airways has announced new service from Westchester County Airport (HPN) to Raleigh/Durham (RDU) starting May 3.
Dick Hubert’s Worldview: A Feb. 14 cutoff date for changing party affiliation: why do it now?
Plus: Another Claudine Gay related story
Here’s a heads-up warning for all of our readers who are registered Republicans, Conservatives, or independents. If you want to have a say as to who represents you in Congress in our 16th District, you have until Feb. 14 to formally change your registration to Democrat with the Westchester County Board of Elections.
Sketch plan for former Arrowwood property gets positive reception from village board
Billionaire real estate operator and entrepreneur Charles Cohen came to Rye Brook Village Hall Tuesday evening, Dec. 12 with the sketch plan for his proposed development of the property that once was Doral Arrowwood Hotel and Conference Center at 975 Anderson Hill Rd.
WJWW to receive $30 million from NYS towards construction of filtration plant
The Westchester Joint Water Works (WJWW) will receive $30 million from New York State towards construction of its proposed $138 million water filtration plant to be built on land at Westchester County Airport (HPN).
Dick Hubert’s Worldview: Taylor Swift’s 2024 tour stops: visiting an ideal friendly world
Plus the Harrison supervisor election turns into a catastrophe for voters
Calling all pessimists: is there anything to look forward to in 2024? YES!
Dick Hubert’s Worldview: The American media—seeking ‘just facts’ in a dangerous, polarized environment
We have a lot to be thankful for, and fearful of, this Holiday Season. That’s why I want to make the case that if it were not for the work of determined and committed “just the facts” journalists internationally, nationally, and locally, our gratitude, and our fears, would not be based on reality.
Dick Hubert’s Worldview: Name stamps: a new standard for stifling write-in candidacies in New York State?
Politics is weird in New York State, let alone Westchester County. Take the neighboring Town of Harrison. In my last column, I left you up in the air as to the outcome of the Nov. 7 election for Supervisor/Mayor. As I write on Dec. 9, it’s still an embarrassing legal and political mess.
Latimer to challenge Bowman in Congressional primary
County Executive tells what motivated his controversial decision
Westchester County Executive George Latimer will challenge Congressman Jamaal Bowman in the 16th District Democratic Congressional primary June 25, 2024.
Dick Hubert’s Worldview: National political chaos creeps into local politics with maddening results
The political circus in Washington is creating a sideshow in our neck of the woods.
Dick Hubert’s Worldview: Medical records malpractice: a national scandal now personal
As I write this, post-Thanksgiving, I am recovering from a medical emergency. It involves how our hospital and health records are kept. I am infuriated.
Dick Hubert’s Worldview: Flaco the Owl stalks real vermin to survive; Trump calls opponents vermin to thrive
It’s Thanksgiving Weekend. Let’s start with some heartening news. And then, let’s not look away from the awful.
Dick Hubert’s Worldview: Local politics gets interesting; third parties, write-in candidates, & Latimer
The Village of Mamaroneck (through its Rye Neck section a part of the Town of Rye) and its registered Democratic, Republican, and independent voters have given an object lesson to residents of Rye Brook and Port Chester and the Port Chester/Rye Town/County Democratic and Republican parties.
ConEd billing snafu affects 100,000 ‘autopay’ accounts
If you pay your Con Edison monthly gas and electric bill by having it automatically deducted from your bank account, the so-called “autopay” system, you’re owed money big time by ConEd—but only if you claim it.
Opponents of WJWW filtration plant land swap given legislative hearing
Facts, history of opposition disputed
Westchester County legislators on the Environment, Energy and Climate Committee—reviewing the County Airport land swap application of the Westchester Joint Water Works (WJWW) to finally start construction of their 20-year-delayed water filtration plant—held their second hearing Oct. 18 with no sense of urgency and no schedule for future hearings.
Dick Hubert’s Worldview: Threats—and how the USA has reacted to them over the decades—until now
I’m of a generation that understands geopolitical threats.
Dick Hubert’s Worldview: The Hamas-Israel War has local political impact
I have followed the career and Twitter (now X) posts of our Westchester County District Attorney Miriam (Mimi) Rocah ever since I introduced her to readers of this column on Mar. 21, 2021.
Dick Hubert’s Worldview: Why won’t R.B.’s Mayor Jason Klein demand clean filtered drinking water?
Readers, forgive me this week if I write about matters local and close to home: I haven’t the stomach to say anything about the Hamas-Israel War or the upheaval amongst so far Speakerless Republicans in the House without repeating what others (like Thomas Friedman and Bret Stephens in the New York Times, or Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal) have said far better.
Dick Hubert’s Worldview: The need for inoculations—against COVID, flu and hate … everywhere
I have some thoughts on inoculations this week—against diseases of the body and mind and the body politic—domestic and international.
Dick Hubert’s Worldview: Saturday night chaos on TV strikes fear into my heart
Tuesday’s House vote made it even worse
I’m not sure I can take another Saturday night like I had this past Saturday. Maybe you feel that way, too.
Air charter service JSX now embroiled with FAA over ‘existential’ rule changes
County lawsuit against JSX has similar arguments
JSX, the 30-seats-per-plane self-described “air charter service” tied up in a lawsuit with Westchester County in Federal District Court over its refusal to use the County Airport’s (HPN) main terminal while selling tickets to the public on the internet and operating out of the Fixed-Base Operators (FBO) side of the airport, now has a tougher opponent to its business model than the County—the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
County legislature committee in no hurry to approve WJWW filtration plant land swap
Further delays will be costly to water users in Rye Brook, Port Chester
What a difference one month has made for the Westchester Joint Water Works (WJWW) effort to get the County Legislature and County Executive George Latimer to approve the land swap at the County Airport which will enable WJWW to start the process of constructing its 20-year court-mandated and Justice Department required water filtration plant for its 100,000 customers, including everyone who drinks water in Rye Brook and Port Chester.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection now located at all HPN private terminals
Next stop: the main terminal?
Residents fearful of expansion at Westchester County Airport (HPN) have a newly enhanced powerful player to contend with—the Federal Government. And this time it’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection—CBP—a presence at HPN’s private terminals for years which has recently enhanced its services.
Dick Hubert’s Worldview: Unions, strikes, imperiled industries; a bitter mix upending U.S. society
Labor strikes at a time of political, social, technological, and economic upheaval domestically and internationally can be problematic.
County files to dismiss JSX lawsuit and ban carrier from private terminals
What’s the difference between BermudAir whisking you from Westchester County Airport (HPN) to its British Commonwealth island home base or JSX leaving HPN for another British Commonwealth island in the Bahamas?
Dick Hubert’s Worldview: The dangers of donor fatigue: who to help, who not to help; who to ignore
Are you suffering from donor fatigue? That’s the malady that afflicts well-meaning citizens of this and other countries who try to help others and then are overwhelmed by the impossibility or the danger of coming to the rescue of our fellow humans.
Dick Hubert’s Worldview: Local Democrats provide fodder for journalists; Panama Canal drying up
Whether it’s at the County or Congressional level, our regional politics is nothing short of rich material for journalists.
BermudAir makes local history as first int’l airline to service HPN
The arrival Aug. 31 of the first scheduled international airline flight to the main passenger terminal at Westchester County Airport (HPN) was sudden and unexpected.
BermudAir CEO Adam Scott explains how HPN was chosen as its New York metro airport
The founder and CEO of BermudAir, Adam Scott, offered to answer Westmore News reporter Dick Hubert’s questions via e-mail. Following is their back-and-forth dialogue.
Latimer sees WJWW filtration plant land swap decision by mid-December
County Executive George Latimer told the Westmore News last week that he has set in motion a plan to have the County Government and the County Legislature make a decision by the end of the year regarding the proposed County Airport land swap that would (or would not) enable the Westchester Joint Water Works (WJWW) to begin construction of its court mandated water filtration plant.
Dick Hubert’s Worldview: A mugshot, Prigozhin, and a very biased letter writer
What was your instant reaction when you saw the mugshot of former President Donald J. Trump accompanying this column?
Kingfield resident found floating in pool ruled to have died of an overdose
The Aug. 9 edition of the Westmore New reported that an unidentified male was found floating face down in the community swimming pool at Rye Brook’s Kingfield housing complex on Monday, June 26, at 5:35 a.m.
Dick Hubert’s Worldview: Threats to our freedoms: this week, a personal list
I keep saying it’s OK if you feel uneasy these days—we are all subject to a mountain of threats—professional, societal, health, and personal. It can get dizzying.
Delta to compete with JetBlue on nonstops from Florida to HPN
A new airline proposes nonstops from HPN to Bermuda
JetBlue is getting some competition from Delta in non-stop flights to Florida out of the Westchester County Airport (HPN).
Dick Hubert’s Worldview: Sen. Tommy Tuberville: an albatross around America’s neck; two Haitis
Attention all the veterans reading this column: are you in favor of Alabama Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville’s single-handed effort to destroy the leadership of the American military?
An airline industry debate involving HPN: Breeze Airways: a start-up still finding its financial way?
Is “Breeze Airways Losing Massive Amounts of Money” as the web blogger Ben Schlappig writes on his site www.onemileatatime.com? And what does Breeze Airways Director, External Communications & Media Relations Gareth Edmundson-Jones have to say about that report?
Dick Hubert’s Worldview: On my mind: the indictment; explosive local politics; geese
Have you read the indictment? And I mean THE INDICTMENT, Special Prosecutor Jack Smith’s devastating criminal indictment of former President Donald Trump for his efforts to undermine American democracy.
Jewish extremists endangering both Israel and metro New York
Let’s delve this week into some news developments that may make you uncomfortable—a sure sign that what’s reported and described is as personally painful as it is dangerous to our society.
Port Chester’s William J. (Bill) Villanova, Sr. role in HBO’s hit series ‘Succession’ is life-changing
Noted funeral director now actor, TV consultant and more
William J. Villanova, Sr. may be better known to his longtime Port Chester and Rye Town friends as Bill, former Rye Town councilman and longtime Port Chester volunteer for just about everything.
The Ukraine War exposes U.S. and NATO shortcomings; China sees our naval weakness
Our current and future security as a nation is being decided on battlefields and seas far from home.
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