Month: August 2016

Chloe Best glides into the water on July 26 at the Westchester County Championships at Lake Isle Country Club. Best took first place in the 14 to 17 age group with a record-breaking score of 236.35. Photo/Mike Smith
Sports

2007 mark falls at Counties

On July 25, the Westchester County Swimming Association kicked off its 91st annual County Championships at Lake Isle Country Club in Eastchester. Over the next two weeks, swim and dive teams from all across the area will vie for a county championship, but in the first two days of the […]

The glory of the trade deadline
Opinion Sports

The glory of the trade deadline

Over the course of an average Major League Baseball season, I generally watch a lot of baseball. More baseball than is probably healthy, if I really had to think about it. If there’s nothing else airing on a given night, I’ll probably flip back and forth between the Mets and […]

Maybe we can’t take a joke
Opinion

Maybe we can’t take a joke

Just a few weeks after the terror attacks of 9/11, Gilbert Gottfried took to the stage of the Friar’s Club and explained he had to leave early to catch a plane to California. “I couldn’t get a direct flight. We have to make a stop at the Empire State Building.” […]

Hillary Clinton embraces daughter Chelsea after she speaks on the final night of the Democratic National Convention, held in Philadelphia. Photos courtesy Twitter
Politics

Clinton accepts historic nomination

Democrats from across the country came together for the Democratic National Convention from July 25 through July 28 to nominate Hillary Clinton’s candidacy for president. The convention marked a historic moment, as Clinton became the first woman to accept a presidential nomination from a major political party. Clinton recognized this […]

On July 29, state Senate candidate Julie Killian, of Rye, and Phil Oliva, a candidate for Congress, urged Westchester parents to voice their opinions against a federal education regulation. Photo/Franco Fino
Politics

Opt-out proposal could punish school districts

A proposed federal education regulation, which would strip Title I funding for public schools with excessive opt-out rates of standardized testing, has ignited opposition from parents, lawmakers and education professionals in Westchester County. Following an Aug. 1 deadline for public comments, the U.S. Department of Education began a final approval […]