YORKTOWN, NY — June 8, 2020 – Yorktown unveiled a new municipal website this week that is designed for ease of use. The new town website follows the parks department’s recent launch of an online registration page on the Community Pass platform. With the new Community Pass page, residents don’t have to come to the Parks and Recreation Office to …
The Left vs. The Right: Individualism and Wearing Masks
By Dr. GARY L. WELTON
ٍ “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” ٍGROVE CITY, PA — July 8, 2020 — President John F. Kennedy’s 1961 quote requires no citation for those in my age bracket. These are, in fact, the only words from any inaugural speech over my lifetime that I can recall. …
By Dr. GARY L. WELTON
Black Lives Matter’s Silence on a Champion of Racial Equality
By ROBERT L. WOODSON Sr.
COMMENTARY NEW YORK, NY — July 4, 2020 — One name that goes conspicuously unmentioned by those self-proclaimed champions of racial justice such as Black Lives Matters is an internationally acclaimed American hero who lived his life for racial equality. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his life for it, too. King’s quest for equality and his legacy are inconvenient for …
By ROBERT L. WOODSON Sr.
2020 Mazda CX-9 Signature AWD SUV
By Driving Me Crazy Duo JOHN and LAURIE WILES
PINEHURST, NC — July 4, 2020 — The Mazda CX-9 All-Wheel Drive Suburban Utility Vehicle you see in the picture is what was parked in our garage for the past week. It is a lovely design with nice sweeping lines and a very stylish appearance. Ours was the Mazda top of the line CX-9, which is the Signature edition. You …
By Driving Me Crazy Duo JOHN and LAURIE WILES
Fourth of July A Needed Reminder of National Unity
By NYS Assemblyman BRIAN M. KOLB
A Column by Assemblyman Brian M. Kolb (R,C,-Victor) VICTOR, NY — July 4, 2020 — In the moment, John Adams had a sense of how profound it was. He knew he was living through history. On July 3, 1776, he wrote his wife a letter detailing the Second Continental Congress’s vote the day before declaring the United States independent from …
By NYS Assemblyman BRIAN M. KOLB
Happy Fourth of July
The Statue of Liberty poem as it is known, was written by Emma Lazarus and is named “The New Colossus”. The Statue of Liberty poem is actually a sonnet by Lazarus written to raise money for the building of the base and is now engraved on a bronze plaque and contained inside of the Statue of Liberty. At first, Lazarus …
Yorktown Launches Independence Day Decorating Contest
YORKTOWN, NY — July 2, 2020 – Yorktown residents and business owners are encouraged to decorate their properties for Independence Day and submit photos to a holiday contest. “The 4th of July Patriotic Decorating Contest is an opportunity for residents and business owners to demonstrate their creativity while at the same time boosting our community’s spirits during this difficult year,” …
John and Laurie Wiles, the Driving Me Crazy Duo, Review the 2020 Mazda CX-9 All Wheel Drive SUV, and Hezi Aris, Yonkers Tribune Publisher / Editor-at-Large on Westchester On the Level – Thursday, July 2, 2020 @10am EST
Guests and Listeners are welcome to to share their perspective or inquiry on the subject matter discussed by calling: (347) 205-9201. This Broadcast is Heard “Live” or “On Demand” via the Internet … http://tobtr.com/s/11763689 The subject matter to be discussed is defined herein. NEW YORK, NY, PINEHURST, NC, and YONKERS, NY — July 2, 2020 —Driving Me Crazy duo John and …
Is It Time To Revisit Corporatism
By OREN M. LEVIN-WALDMAN
NEWARK, NJ — June 29, 2020 — Over the years, the economy has evolved from the small pre-industrial craft economy, where business enterprises were truly small and the path to good paying skilled work was through apprenticeship, to the larger industrial economy based on wage-labor to our current post-industrial economy where firms are large and one is either skilled or …
By OREN M. LEVIN-WALDMAN
CenturyLink Replaces Company Flag with LGBTQ+ Pride Flag
BROOMFIELD, CO — June 24, 2020 — In celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride this month, technology leader CenturyLink took the bold and supportive step of replacing its company flag with the LGBTQ+ Pride flag at various office locations in the U.S. and Europe. Replacing the company flag with the Pride flag is a first for the company, and it speaks to CenturyLink’s …