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Lewisboro Ledger
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Opinion
Jun 5, 2008
Editorial
Out of time
For the people of Goldens Bridge — and those living on Fairmount Road
in particular — the recent dispute between the town and the owners of
dilapidated and dangerous cottages is of little concern. Nearby
residents just want the unoccupied and asbestos-filled structures
removed. More ...
Lewisboro Ledger
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Opinion
Jun 5, 2008
Lewisboro Confidential
Art for more than just art’s sake
According to local legend (and in this case it’s true), the movie
Pollack with Ed Harris was filmed here, and if you ever saw the movie
you would remember this part: the long drive through windblown
Hopperesque pines trees surrounded by deep black evening now opening up
to a clearing with a stark white house. That’s where the Ward Pound
Ridge Gallery is sited. In the movie, nighttime approached and the
misbehaving artist Jackson Pollack sped down the road in his
convertible Buick V-8 and ended up crashing over a big rock. They say
the park looks like the Springs of Eastern Long Island in the 1950s.
Even Zeke’s Sportsman’s Shop was corralled into one scene. For days the
residents were treated to the sights of old 50s cars parked in front. More ...
Lewisboro Ledger
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Opinion
May 29, 2008
Editorial
Let the voters decide
Town Supervisor Edward Brancati has reiterated his interest in
acquiring the property off Route 22 in Goldens Bridge that former Town
Supervisor Edward Mahoney famously (or infamously, depending on one’s
political bent) sought for playing fields, a community center and even
a state police barracks. Mr. Brancati, though, has a different vision
for the land. He wants to buy it in order to swap it for land owned by
the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) that is
closer to the shopping center in Goldens Bridge. His goal is to
re-create the hamlet center that was destroyed when the state bulldozed
through it in the 1960s to make room for Interstate 684. More ...
Lewisboro Ledger
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Opinion
May 29, 2008
Uncommon Sense
Back to school — now?
With Memorial Day Weekend marking the more-or-less official start of
summer, the schools are into pre-vacation mode. Seniors are marking off
the days until they get out, and everybody else is reviewing what they
learned — or at least, what they’re being tested on. Since I’ve been
neglecting the schools of late, we should review what we’ve learned as
well. More ...
Lewisboro Ledger
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Opinion
May 29, 2008
Briefing Book
A Bronx tale in Lewisboro
Most politicians would travel hours for the chance to speak to a group
of a dozen constituents for 30 uninterrupted minutes. When Newt
Gingrich and the House Republicans figured out in the 1980s that CSPAN
provided them with a vastly larger audience for a much longer period of
time, the nature of politics changed. Political debate came directly
into the homes of voters, unfiltered by the mainstream media. More ...
Lewisboro Ledger
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Opinion
May 22, 2008
Editorial
Ready for the next step
Congratulations to Eve Hundt and Janet Harckham on winning the two open
school board seats on Tuesday, and to the current board members and
school administration in passing next year’s budget and a proposition
to buy vehicles and a generator. Despite a difficult economic
atmosphere with soaring gas and food prices, inflation and a staggering
economy, the board presented a budget that voters thought was sound and
they approved it by a relatively wide margin. This is a significant
victory for school officials that should not go unnoticed. More ...
Lewisboro Ledger
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Opinion
May 22, 2008
Lewisboro Confidential
It won’t help land a loan,
but poetry’s power still persists
In an uncharacteristic lapse of judgment, the good folks at The Harvey School selected me to be a poetry contest “deciderer.” More ...
Lewisboro Ledger
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Opinion
May 15, 2008
Endorsements
Yes to budget, Harckham and Hundt
This year’s school board race was much quieter and less contentious
than it has been in recent memory, and perhaps that’s a reflection of
the state of the board and the public’s perception of it. There are
still distracters, and the board deserves criticism at times, but the
battle line between pro-spending, education-at-all-costs backers and
those who find fault with anything and everything the board does has
greatly faded. And rightly so. More ...
Lewisboro Ledger
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Opinion
May 15, 2008
Uncommon Sense
Déjà vu all over again, again
They say short-term memory is the first thing to go. But worse than not
being able to remember is having the nagging feeling that you do
remember something, but not being sure that what you are remembering is
correct. For instance, there’s this week’s headline, to which I added a
second “again” because I vaguely recall having used that Yogi Berra
quote as a headline once before. And then there’s the opening line,
“They say short-term memory is the first thing to go.” I’m pretty sure
I may have used that before, but it’s possible I’m just experiencing —
what do they call it?
Oh yeah ... “déjà vu.” More ...
Lewisboro Ledger
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Opinion
May 15, 2008
Briefing Book
Tonight on Larry King
CNN TRANSCRIPT
MAY 15, 2008
LARRY KING: Back again with Jeff Morris and J.D. Piro. Jeff, you were saying?
JEFF MORRIS: Larry, it’s surprisingly easy for a fire to start inside
the wall and ignite the frame of the house. Without a sprinkler system,
the whole house goes up like, well, like a pile of dry wood.
LK: And there go the wetlands! So you support sprinklers, J.D.? More ...
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