Month: April 2017

When your kid is ‘wasting’ time
Opinion

When your kid is ‘wasting’ time

[dropcap]E[/dropcap]very day after school and all day on weekends, kids run outside… to get to their soccer league, or ballet lesson, or origami boot camp. It’s all good, but here’s what it isn’t. Play. Playing is something else entirely, a chance for kids to make up games, run around, paint […]

Keeping Harrison safe, clean and diverse
News

Keeping Harrison safe, clean and diverse

I’m very happy to announce that SafeWise has released its 100 Safest Cities in America report and, for the fourth year in a row, Harrison ranked among the top 100 safest municipalities in the nation! The statistic is based on the number of reported violent crimes (aggravated assault, murder, rape, […]

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Features

SUNY Purchase announces new journalism partnership

 One area college is working to better equip its students with real-world journalism experience by partnering with Guernica Magazine. This collaboration will allow for students of SUNY Purchase College to have access to internships and fellowships with Guernica Magazine, a nonprofit online publication that began in 2004 which covers topics […]

Astorino Indian Point lawsuit lacks support
Lead Stories

Astorino Indian Point lawsuit lacks support

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino’s plan to sue the state over an imminent shutdown of Indian Point is facing stark opposition from county lawmakers, who are less eager to challenge a deal struck by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, earlier this year. After Astorino, a Republican, announced that he would […]

The Harrison Town Council has approved construction of a Wegmans Food Market at 106-110 Corporate Park Drive, the company’s first location in the Lower Hudson Valley region. Construction is expected to kick off in three months. File photo
News

Wegmans anticipates 500 jobs with town approval

Wegmans Food Market is projecting the creation of up to 500 new local jobs at its new Harrison store that is expected to be built at 106-110 Corporate Park Drive. According to Kim Goergen, a representative for the privately owned regional supermarket chain, the company is approximating that between 400 […]