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Folks are getting out of their cars and riding their bikes like never before - and the city is doing everything it can to stop it! With gasoline over $4 a gallon and the dreadful consequences of global warning begining to manifest, bicycling just makes sense. What does not make sense is the paltry accommodations to bicyclists evident around town.  read more »

In an abundance of caution, county pools were closed today because of a passing early morning shower. With the forecast calling for a high temp near 80 and partly cloudy skies with a chance of an afternoon thundershower, Westchester Park Pools stayed shut.  read more »

Parking in White Plains has reached crisis levels. The city is ticketing, booting and towing cars at records rates - amid a slowdown in business and declining retail revenues. If you're not mad you're not paying attention. Why is our government abusing us?

A few of the disturbing trends of the past year include metermaids and patrolmen writing tickets on the street until 9:00 at night, writing tickets in all municipal parking lots, covered and not, 24 hours a day 7 days a week.  read more »

AS I sat reading the New York Times near my bay window while listening to internet radio in the privacy of my home on Sunday, I learned that the operator of the streamlined music station I was listening to could zoom in on my actions.  read more »

Everybody get ready to rumba! – and jitterbug, lindy, and mambo – when the Milt Gerver Orchestra re-creates the sounds of the Big Band era on Friday evenings this summer, from 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m., on the boardwalk at Playland Park in Rye.

The orchestra will perform on Fridays, July 13, 20, 27 and August 3. August 10 is reserved as a rain date for any of the scheduled performances.  read more »